Colchester RFC
Appearance
Full name | Colchester Rugby Football Club |
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Union | Eastern Counties RFU |
Nickname(s) | Col |
Founded | 1925 |
Location | Colchester, Essex, England |
Ground(s) | Raven Park, Cuckoo Farm Way, Colchester, CO4 5YX |
Coach(es) | Craig Burrows |
League(s) | National League 2 East |
2023–24 | Promoted from Regional 1 South East (champions) |
Official website | |
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Colchester Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Colchester, Essex. The first XV team play in National League 2 East at level 4 in the English rugby union system, having been promoted from Regional 1 South East at the end of the 2023–24 season.
Honours
[edit]1st team:
- London 3 North East champions: 1994–95
- Eastern Counties 2 champions: 2001–02
- Eastern Counties 1 champions: 2002–03
- London 2 (north-east v north-west) promotion play-off winner: 2009–10[1]
- London 1 North champions: 2014–15[2]
- London 1 North third (promoted): 2021–22
- Regional 1 South East champions: 2023–24[3]
2nd team:
- Eastern Counties 2 (South) champions: 2014–15
3rd team:
- Eastern Counties 3 (South) champions: 2014–15
- Eastern Counties 2 (South) champions: 2015–16
4th team:
- Eastern Counties 4 (South) champions: 2014–15
Current standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Canterbury | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 48 | +81 | 3 | 0 | 15 | Promotion place |
2 | Tonbridge Juddians | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 67 | +76 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
3 | Guernsey Raiders | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 62 | +38 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
4 | Barnes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 71 | +36 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
5 | Dorking | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 97 | +6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
6 | Westcombe Park | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 90 | −3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
7 | Henley Hawks | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 70 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
8 | Havant | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 88 | −3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
9 | Bury St Edmunds | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 82 | +20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
10 | Old Albanian | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 97 | −10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
11 | Oxford Harlequins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 146 | −59 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
12 | Worthing Raiders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 113 | −42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | Colchester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 137 | −78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Relegation place |
14 | Sevenoaks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 102 | −63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: September 2024. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Number of matches won
- Difference between points for and against
- Total number of points for
- Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
- Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
References
[edit]- ^ "Hammers 22 Colchester 29". Fulham Rugby. 17 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2014-2015 London & South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Colchester Rugby Club celebrating promotion to fourth tier". Daily Gazette. 18 March 2024.