Henley Hawks

Henley Hawks
Full name	Henley Rugby Club
Founded	August 1930; 93 years ago
Location	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Ground(s)	Dry Leas (Capacity: 4,000)
League(s)	National League 2 East
2022–23	6th
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	henleyrugbyclub.co.uk

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

Kingsholm

.

Henley finished ninth in National One in 1999–00, seventh in 2000–01 but finished 13th in 2001–02 and were relegated to

National Division One

for the 2013–14 season.

The Hawks squad is now coached by ex-Hawks players Steve Barnes and Pete Davies.

Current standings

2023–24 National League 2 East Table

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points for

Points against

Points diff

Try bonus

Losing bonus

Points

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

23

413

1147

-734

6

0

12

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Number of matches won
Difference between points for and against
Total number of points for
Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

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 2
champions: 1991–92
South West 1
champions: 1993–94
National League 1 champions: 1998–99
National League 2 South champions (2): 2012–13, 2014–15

2nd team: