Southend RFC

Southend RFC
Full name Southend Rugby Football Club
Union RFU
Founded 1870 (1870)
Ground(s) Warners Bridge Park
Chairman David Ridler
President Gerald Brigg
Coach(es) Chris Green
League(s) National League 2 South
2014–15 13th
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 fourth tier of English club rugby, participating in National League 2 South. 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
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Cambridge 22 19 1 2 680 376 304 18 0 96
2 Old Albanian 21 16 1 4 646 344 302 16 3 85
3 Bishop's Stortford 23 15 1 7 622 377 245 14 5 81
4 Taunton Titans 21 16 0 5 640 410 230 13 2 79
5 Redruth 21 15 0 6 470 378 92 9 4 73
6 Old Elthamians 23 12 2 9 514 519 -5 5 4 61
7 Barnes 23 10 3 10 530 557 -27 11 3 60
8 Worthing Raiders 23 10 1 12 505 509 -4 7 4 53
9 Clifton 22 9 1 12 564 525 39 9 4 51
10 Bury St Edmunds 23 9 0 14 480 575 -95 6 6 48
11 Chinnor 23 8 0 15 522 614 -92 8 7 47
12 Redingensians Rams 22 8 0 14 479 550 -71 7 5 44
13 Dorking 21 8 0 13 402 535 -133 5 6 43
14 Canterbury 22 8 0 14 451 607 -156 6 5 43
15 Southend Saxons 22 6 3 13 426 593 -167 5 3 38
16 Launceston 20 0 1 19 230 692 -462 2 5 9
  • 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: 20 February 2016
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby. 

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