Weston-super-Mare RFC

Weston-super-Mare

Full name	Weston-super-Mare Rugby Football Club
Union	Somerset RFU
Founded	1875; 149 years ago (1875)
Location	Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Ground(s)	Recreation Ground, Drove Road (Capacity: 6,000)
Chairman	Barry Sparks
President	John Brentnall
Coach(es)	Darren Crompton, Dan Lomax
Captain(s)	Tom Sugg
Most caps	Chris brown (431)
Top scorer	Robbie Hazzard
League(s)	Regional 1 South West
2022–23	10th
Official website
www.westonrugby.co.uk

Weston-super-Mare Rugby Football Club is an

The second XV (United) play in the

The club was formed in 1875 and played their early games on what is now a supermarket car park before moving to their present ground at Drove Road in 1880. The Great Depression saw people from Wales arriving in the town, played rugby for Weston and became one of the top clubs in the country at that time. Recently they have had a resurgence in player attendance, overall improvement in facilities and a thriving social scene which has equated to success on the field.

Honours

1st team:

• Somerset Senior Cup winners (11): 1979, 1981, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017
• South West 1
  champions: 2001–02
• Somerset Division 3 South champions: 2008–09
• South West 1 West
  champions: 2016–17
• Bristol Combination Cup winners: 2019

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2nd team:

• Somerset 2 South champions: 2008–09

3rd team:

• Somerset 3 South champions: 2008–09

4th team:

• Somerset 3 South champions: 2016–17

International players

Eight former players have gone on to win international caps.^[5]

• 1882–84 E L Strong
• W H Thomas
• (RL) 1935 George Bennett
• 1939 R E Price
• 1967–73 Peter Larter
• G F Redmond
• 1984–97 Nigel Redman
• 2010 Dan Tuohy
• 2011 Jack Cuthbert

References

External links

• Official club website