Worthing RFC

Worthing
Full nameWorthing Rugby Football Club
UnionSussex RFU
Nickname(s)Raiders
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
LocationAngmering, West Sussex, England
Ground(s)Roundstone Lane (Capacity: 1,500 (100 seats)[1])
PresidentEngland Pip Dennis
Coach(es)England Fred Pierrepoint
England Luke Wallace
Captain(s)England Jack Forrest
League(s)National League 2 East
2023-2412th
Team kit
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Official website
worthingrfc.co.uk

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 East. 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.[2][3][4] In doing so, the club became the first club from Sussex to play in the third tier of English rugby.[5] 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.[6] Worthing also have a successful Ladies 1st XV who are currently in 2nd place in the National Challenge South East South 2 league

  1. ^ "Championship Rugby on The South Coast". Rolling Maul. 4 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Results - SSE National League 2S". The Rugby Paper. 12 May 2013. p. 32.
  3. ^ "National League 2 South". Rugby Football Union.
  4. ^ "RFU National Leagues (levels 1-4)". Sussex Rugby Football Union.
  5. ^ Legg, Mike (13 September 2013). "Worthing Raiders Fired Up For Historic Home Clash". The Argus. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Sussex Spitfire 1". Rugby Football Union.