Dorchester Rugby Football Club
Full name | Dorchester Rugby Football Club | ||
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Union | Dorset & Wilts RFU | ||
Founded | 1871 | ||
Location | Dorchester, Dorset England | ||
Ground(s) | Coburg Road | ||
Coach(es) | Josh Ovey | ||
League(s) | Southern Counties South | ||
2019–20 | Champions, Dorset & Wilts 1 South | ||
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Official website | |||
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Dorchester Rugby Football Club is an English amateur rugby union club that is based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. The club currently play in Southern Counties South - a tier 7 league in the English rugby union system - following their promotion from Dorset & Wilts 1 South at the end of the 2019-20 season. Their home ground is Coburg Road, built on land leased from the Duchy of Cornwall. The club was first formed in 1871.
Club Honours[]
1st Team
- Dorset & Wilts 1 South champions (3): 1990-91[a], 2017-18, 2019-20
- Southern Counties champions: 1994-95
- South West 2 East champions: 1998-99
- Dorset & Wilts Cup winners: 1999-00
- Dorset & Wilts Senior Vase winners: 2017, 2020
2nd XV
- Dorset & Wilts Cup winners: 1995-96
- Dorset & Wilts Cup 2nd XV Cup
- Dorset & Wilts 1 South champions: 2008-09
- Dorset & Wilts 3 South champions: 2011-12
- Dorset & Wilts 2 South champions: 2018-19
3rd XV
- Dorset & Wilts 4 champions: 2014-15
- Dorset & Wilts South Matrix champions: 2019-20
Statistics
- Most games played for 1st XV — Frank Dike 658
- Most Games played for Dorchester — Frank Dike 969
- Most Tries scored for 1st XV — Tony Foot 138
1st XV biggest win vs. Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 4 October 1997: 99 – 7.[citation needed]
Notes[]
- ^ Includes Berks/Dorset/Wilts 1 league title.
References[]
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- English rugby union teams
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