| Teamname | Haywards Heath |
|---|---|
| Fullname | Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club |
| Location | Cuckfield, West Sussex, England |
| Countryflag | England |
| Founded | 1950 (age 76) |
| Ground | Whitemans Green |
| President | Mark Newey BME |
| Chairman | Dan Vander |
| Captain | Wilf Bridges |
| League | Counties 1 Surrey/Sussex |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Position | 9th |
Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team. The first XV currently play in Counties 1 Surrey/Sussex, the seventh tier of English rugby union competition. The club also has a number of other teams, with their 2nd XV currently playing in the Harvey's Brewery Counties 3 Sussex (level 12). They used to run a 4th team called "The Dinos" named after the dinosaur fossil discovered by Gideon Mantell on what is now their playing fields. The under-6's have now taken on the Dino's mantle.
Honours
1st team:
- Sussex 2 Counties Champions: 2023–24
- Sussex 1 champions: 1992–93
- London 2 South champions (2): 2000–01, 2007–08
- London 1 v South West 1 promotion play-off winners: 2002–03
- Shepherd Neame Kent 1 v Sussex Spitfire 1 promotion play-off winners: 2015–16
- London 2 South East champions: 2019–2020.[a][1]
2nd team:
- Sussex 2 champions: 2014–15[b]
- Sussex Late Red 3 champions: 2015–16
Club colours
The current club colours are black and red hoops.
Notable former players
Haywards Heath have a long-standing record of developing players who go on to play professional rugby. These include the following players :
- Adam Vander - England A, Bath, Richmond, Bristol
- Ben Broster - Wales, Northampton RFC
- Joe Marler - England, Harlequins
- Billy Twelvetrees - British & Irish Lions, England, Leicester Tigers, Gloucester Rugby
- Roy Winters - England, Harlequins, Bristol
- Nick Killick - Harlequins
- Ollie Tomasczczyk - Worcester Warriors, Falcons
- Ben Maidment - Cornish Pirates, Esher
- Perry Parker - Esher, Edinburgh
- Ross Chisholm - Harlequins
- James Chisholm - Harlequins
- Ollie Streeter - Harlequins
See also
Notes
- ^ Despite winning L2SE and being promoted to London 1 South for 2020–1 (season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic), Haywards Heath 1XV withdrew from L1S ahead of the 2021–22 season and instead competed in Harvey's of Sussex 2 in season 2021–22.
- ^ Despite winning the league – Haywards Heath II were demoted to Sussex Late Red 3 due to the Haywards Heath 1st team being relegated to Sussex Spitfire 1.
References
- ^ "Stong Future On The Horizon For Senior Rugby At Heath". 20 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.