Worthing Rugby Football Club

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Worthing
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Full name Worthing Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s) Raiders
Founded 1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Location Angmering, West Sussex, England
Ground(s) Roundstone Lane
Coach(es) Ireland Kieron Dawson
Captain(s) Scott Barlow
League(s) National League 2 South
2014–15 5th
Team kit
Official website
worthingrfc.com

Worthing Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team playing in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system; National League 2 South. The first XV, nicknamed The Raiders, were runners-up to Henley Hawks in the National League 2 South 2012–13 season and qualified for a play-off against the runners-up of National League 2 North, Stourbridge winning 28 – 26.[1][2][3] In doing so, the club became the first club from Sussex to play in the third tier of English rugby.[4] The club also has a number of other teams, and while their 2nd XV is non-league, their 3rd XV currently plays in the Sussex Spitfire 1 league.[5] Worthing also have a successful Ladies 1st XV who are currently in 2nd place in the National Challenge South East South 2 league

History

A group of local sportsmen meeting at York House formed the club on the 10 September 1920.[6] They had no ground or equipment,[6] and initially borrowed a field from a local farmer off Wallace Avenue in West Worthing[7] before moving to the Rotary Ground at Broadwater.[6] In the 1924–25 season the club moved to Rugby Road in West Worthing. The Rugby Road ground was the club's home until 1927, when a 6-acre (24,000 m2) site was purchased in Castle Road, West Tarring.[6] The club moved to its current location at Roundstone Lane in Angmering in 1977 and the ground is now designated a Centre of Excellence for rugby in Sussex. The ground is approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of the centre of Worthing.

Honours

1st Team:

Worthing Senior I:

Worthing Senior II:

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.[9]


Club colours

The original club colours were green and white stripes, which were also sported by Old Guilfordians RFC.[6] The choice of the present royal blue with chocolate and gold hoops was made in 1927.[6] The scheme is an amalgamation of the colours of Dulwich College, Mill Hill School and Cranleigh School where many of the team members had been to school.[6]

Current squad

In July 2011, former Ireland international Kieron Dawson was appointed head coach of Worthing Rugby Football Club, succeeding Will Green.[10] Charlie McGowan previously made an appearance for the Barbarians against the Combined Services at Plymouth in the annual Remembrance Match in November 2013. He has also been selected for the England Counties squad for their match against Scotland Club XV at Fylde’s Woodlands Memorial Ground on 27 February 2015. Matt Miles (ex Raiders captain) had previously played for Northampton Saints and Ulster before joining Worthing RFC.

Notable former players

References

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  7. ↑ Elleray, D. Robert (1998). A Millennium Encyclopaedia of Worthing History. Worthing: Optimus Books. ISBN 0-9533132-0-4
  8. ↑ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=729&Itemid=386
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External links

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