Northumberland Senior Plate (rugby union)

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Northumberland Senior Cup
SportRugby Union
Instituted2002; 20 years ago (2002)
Number of teams8
Country England
HoldersNorth Shields (2018-19)
Most titles & Ashington (3 titles)
WebsiteNorthumberland RFU

The Northumberland Senior Plate is an annual rugby union competition held between the clubs of the Northumberland RFU which was first played for during the 2001-2002 season. It is the second tier county cup for the Northumberland Rugby Union, which includes Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, and Northumberland.

The plate was originally introduced in 2001-2002 for the first round losers in the Northumberland Senior Cup when it was clear some clubs would not reach the latter rounds of the Cup. Since then the competition has undergone various changes. The competition is now open to the 9th-16th best placed clubs in the league pyramid. The current holders are North Shields who defeated 24-23, in the 2019 cup final. The 2020 final was not completed due to the coronavirus outbreak. All Senior Plate Finals have been played at various venues in the county and takes place on Easter Saturday.

The Senior Plate is currently the second most important county cup competition for club sides based in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear typically competing at tier 7 (Durham/Northumberland 1), tier 8 (Durham/Northumberland 2) and tier 9 (Durham/Northumberland 3) of the English rugby union system. The format is a knock-out cup with a quarter-final, semi-final and final, which is to be played at a neutral ground in April.[1]

Northumberland Senior Plate Winners[]

Year Winners Score Runners Up
2002 Ashington 37-23 North Shields
2003 Berwick 36-19 Ashington
2004 [2] 22-8 Wallsend
2005 Gosforth[3] North Shields
2006 Ashington
2007 Wallsend 18-17 Gosforth
2008 Ashington Northumbria University
2009 Northumbria University
2010-2011 No Competition played
2012 Medicals[4] 27-19 Rockcliff
2013 Northumbria University 78-17 Novocastrians
2014 Blyth[5] 37-31 Berwick
2015 32-23 Novocastrians
2016 Novocastrians 41-3
2017 [6] 21-18 Rockcliff
2018 Novocastrians 33-30 North Shields
2019 North Shields 24-23
2020-2021 No Competition due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

By number of wins (clubs)[]

Team Wins Years
Ashington 3 2002, 2006, 2008
3 2004, 2015, 2017
Northumbria University 2 2009, 2013
Novocastrians 2 2016, 2018
Berwick 1 2003
Blyth 1 2014
Gosforth 1 2005
Medicals 1 2012
North Shields 1 2019
Wallsend 1 2007

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "CUP DRAWS FOR SEASON 2016-17 (Word doc)". Northumberland RFU. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Rugby - Ponteland Champions". Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Rugby - Plate Final Gosforth North Shields". Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Rugby - Medicals Champions". Medicals RFC. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Rugby - Blyth Champions". Blyth RFC. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Rugby - Ponteland Champions". Ponteland RFC. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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