Hampshire Rugby Football Union

Hampshire Rugby Football Union

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1883
President	Ian Kerr
Men's coach	Tim Allen (Rugby Director) Simon Burns (County XV Team Manager) Alan Morgan (Under 20s Team Manager) Mike Glogg (Under 18s Team Manager) Mike Greenslade (Under 17s Team Manager) Lynn Lawrence (Under 16s Team Manager) Simon Burns (Under 15s Team Manager) Steve Walker (Under 14s Team Manager)^[1]
Women's coach	Wyn Jones and Jason Kehoe
Website	www.hampshirerugby.co.uk

Hampshire Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in the county of Hampshire, England.

History

At the initiative of the Trojans Rugby Club and Eastleigh Rugby Football Club, a meeting was held on 13 April 1883 to discuss the formation of "The Hampshire County Rugby Football Union".^[2] In this inaugural season at least seven Trojans represented the County. The United Services proved to be the other early mainstay of the county side. In 1901 County activities had ceased. Once again, the Trojans, along with United Services Portsmouth RFC convened a meeting in 1910 at the Trojans Club for the purpose of forming a Rugby Football Union in Hampshire. Since then, with a notably strong side in the 1930s (drawn largely from the United Services) the county has won the County Championship twice, featuring in four finals. Their last appearance in the County Championship final was in 1962 although they did play in the County Championship Plate final in 2008 at Aldershot, beating Leicestershire 22-12.

County side

Honours

The county side has been in the county championship cup final four times, winning the title on two occasions. They have also played in the Plate (now named Shield) final two times, winning on both appearances.

Year	Winners	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Notes
1926	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	15-14	Hampshire	Bradford
1933	Hampshire	Hampshire	18-7	Lancashire	Boscombe
1936	Hampshire	Northumberland	6-13	Hampshire	Gosforth
1962	Warwickshire	Hampshire	6-11	Warwickshire	Twickenham
2008	Hampshire	Hampshire	22-12	Leicestershire	Aldershot	Championship Plate
2016	Hampshire	Hampshire	33-11	Staffordshire	Twickenham	Championship Shield

Notable players for the County side

References

Rugby union in England

Governing body

National teams

Men's	England England Saxons 7's U-20 U-21 U-19 U-18 Schoolboys British and Irish Lions England Counties XV

Women's	Women's 7's

International Competitions

Competition divisions

European competitions

National competitions

London and South East
competitions

Midland competitions

Northern competitions

South West competitions

County competitions

English counties rugby unions

County rugby unions	Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Devon Dorset & Wilts Durham East Midlands Eastern Counties Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Middlesex North Midlands Northumberland Notts, Lincs & Derby Oxfordshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire

Defunct county unions	Cumberland Midlands Counties Westmoreland

Major competitions	County Championship County Championship Shield County Championship Plate

External links

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