Southend RFC

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Southend RFC
Full name Southend Rugby Football Club
Union RFU
Founded 1870; 154 years ago (1870)
Ground(s) Warners Bridge Park
Chairman David Ridler
President Gerald Brigg
Coach(es) Chris Green
League(s) National League 2 South
2015–16 15th (relegated to National League 3 London & SE)
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/southendrfc/

Southend Rugby Club (also known as Southend Saxons) is an English rugby union football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The club currently plays in the fifth tier of English club rugby, participating in National League 3 London & SE. The club runs seven senior sides and a full range of junior teams.[1]

History

Southend RFC was formed in 1870 and was originally called Southend Foot Ball Club.[2] The club moved to its current location in 1978 and this heralded a golden period for the club, including three country cup victories in the decade before club rugby was introduced. The club was placed in Area 4 South but relegations saw the club relegated to London North East 3 by the turn of the millennium. However, a major turnaround saw the club back in the national leagues by 2003 and the club has remained at that level ever since, having returned to the level in which the club when the leagues were founded in 1987.[2] In 2014, the first team name was changed to Southend Saxons.[3]

Honours

Current standings

2015–16 National League 2 South Table watch · edit · discuss
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Cambridge (C) 30 25 2 3 1029 532 497 25 1 130
2 Old Albanian (P) 30 25 1 4 1040 468 572 23 3 128
3 Bishop's Stortford 30 22 1 7 912 436 476 21 5 116
4 Redruth 30 22 1 7 752 547 205 16 4 110
5 Taunton Titans 30 20 1 9 896 611 285 16 5 103
6 Chinnor 30 13 0 17 802 748 54 13 8 73
7 Bury St Edmunds 30 13 0 17 735 753 –18 12 7 71
8 Redingensians Rams 30 13 1 16 670 746 –76 12 5 71
9 Old Elthamians 30 13 2 15 669 770 –101 8 6 70
10 Canterbury 30 13 0 17 700 871 –171 12 6 70
11 Worthing Raiders 30 13 1 16 636 684 –48 10 5 69
12 Clifton 30 11 2 17 732 749 –17 12 6 66
13 Barnes 30 10 4 16 677 827 –150 15 3 66
14 Dorking (R) 30 10 0 20 598 822 –224 9 7 56
15 Southend Saxons (R) 30 7 3 20 574 845 –271 8 4 46
16 Launceston (R) 30 0 1 29 290 1303 –1013 2 6 5[b 1]
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 30 April 2016
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Notes
  1. ↑ *Launceston were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Bury St Edmunds on 19 March 2016.[6]


See also

References

  1. ↑ Club website
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/11341662.Rugby_club_changes_name_to_Southend_Saxons/
  4. ↑ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=728&Itemid=385
  5. ↑ http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/southendrfc/a/history-8503.html?page=3
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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