Henley Hawks
Full name | Henley Rugby Club | |
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Founded | August 1930 | |
Location | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England | |
Ground(s) | Dry Leas (Capacity: 4,000) | |
League(s) | National League 2 East | |
2022–23 | 6th | |
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Official website | ||
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Henley Hawks is a rugby union club based in Henley-on-Thames and is one of the leading rugby clubs in the Thames Valley. The first team play in the fourth tier of the English league system; National League 2 East.
History
Henley RFC was founded in August 1930 as Old Henleiensians (old boys of Henley Grammar School). After a break during the war years the club was re-founded in 1954 and changed its name to Henley RFC in 1963. It has been based at Dry Leas since then.
Recent playing record
Henley's fortunes stood still until
Henley finished ninth in National One in 1999–00, seventh in 2000–01 but finished 13th in 2001–02 and were relegated to
The Hawks squad is now coached by ex-Hawks players Steve Barnes and Pete Davies.
Current standings
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | ||||||||
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1 | Esher (C) | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1004 | 548 | 456 | 20 | 3 | 107 | ||||||
2 | Barnes | 25 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 857 | 607 | 250 | 17 | 4 | 101 | ||||||
3 | Dorking | 25 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 945 | 657 | 288 | 22 | 3 | 99 | ||||||
4 | Henley Hawks | 25 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 742 | 656 | 86 | 18 | 2 | 84 | ||||||
5 | Tonbridge Juddians | 25 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 811 | 672 | 139 | 19 | 7 | 84 | ||||||
6 | Bury St Edmunds | 25 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 787 | 625 | 162 | 16 | 5 | 79 | ||||||
7 | Canterbury | 25 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 774 | 715 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 68 | ||||||
8 | Old Albanian | 25 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 774 | 802 | -28 | 16 | 4 | 64 | ||||||
9 | Westcombe Park | 25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 693 | 708 | -15 | 15 | 9 | 64 | ||||||
10 | Sevenoaks | 25 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 584 | 690 | -106 | 10 | 4 | 60 | ||||||
11 | Guernsey Raiders | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 637 | 734 | -97 | 14 | 2 | 60 | ||||||
12 | Worthing Raiders | 25 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 690 | 944 | -254 | 17 | 5 | 46 | ||||||
13 | Wimbledon | 25 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 667 | 873 | -206 | 13 | 4 | 43 | ||||||
14 | North Walsham (R) | 25 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 413 | 1147 | -734 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 13 April 2024 Source: National League 2 East RFU [1] |
Ground
The ground is leased from the Town Council with the unexpired portion being nearly fifty years. When the leagues were started in 1987 Henley were placed in South West II. Henley have developed a working relationship with London Wasps, who for many seasons from 2005 used Dry Leas for their A-team matches, and also loaned squad players to Henley for development. Wasps moved their A league matches to Maidenhead Rugbys all weather pitch and since their move to Coventry in 2015 have used Henley again on a couple of occasions.
Honours
1st team:
- Oxfordshire RFU County Cup winners (8): 1979, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
- South West 2champions: 1991–92
- South West 1champions: 1993–94
- National League 1 champions: 1998–99
- National League 2 South champions (2): 2012–13, 2014–15
2nd team:
- Oxfordshire RFU County Cup winners (3): 2001, 2003, 2005
3rd team:
- Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 South champions: 2009–10
- Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier A champions: 2010–11
- Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 champions: 2016–17
4th team:
- Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 champions: 2014–15
Notable players
- Canada – Kevin Tkachuk - Canada, Barbarians
- England – Ayoola Erinle - England, England Sevens, England Students, Barbarians
See also
- Summary of the English rugby union system.
References
- ^ "National League 2 East". England Rugby.