Dorking R.F.C.

Dorking Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union football club, originally based in Dorking, Surrey and play in the nearby village of Brockham. The club currently play in the fourth tier (National League 2 East) of English club rugby.

Dorking R.F.C.
Full nameDorking Rugby Football Club
UnionSurrey RFU
Founded1921 (1921)
LocationBrockham, Surrey, England
Ground(s)The Big Field (Capacity: (1,000+) all standing)
ChairmanShaun Hammond
PresidentJon Watts
Coach(es)Armand Roux
Captain(s)James Catton
League(s)London & South East Premier
2021–222nd (promoted to National League 2 East)
Official website
dorkingrfc.com

About

With over 700 active registered players, the club runs four senior sides and is a home-club to many internationals such as Elliot Daly, George Kruis,[1] and Kay Wilson; a ladies team,[2] and a large youth section aged between 5 and 18.[3]

History

Dorking RFC was founded in 1921 with a single team; a second team followed in 1928. The club ceased to play in 1940 due to the demands of World War II. It was re-established in 1946, initially with a single team, but grew rapidly as 2nd (1947), 3rd (1948) and 4th (1954) teams were formed.[4]

Brockham Big Field (NT)

The club moved to The Big Field in Brockham in 1972 when it was granted a 50-year lease by the National Trust. This was extended with another 50-year lease in 2011.[4]

The first youth team – Dorking Schoolboys XV – was formed in 1951 with a single team of 13- to 18-year-olds. By 1965 this had grown to the point of splitting into three age banded teams. A mini section (for girls and boys aged 6–12) followed in 1980 and the first ladies team in 1988.[4] Dorking youth teams have twice triumphed in the National under-17 cup, winning the main competition in 2007 and the Shield in 2012.

The 1st XV was promoted to the RFU National Leagues (National League 3 London & SE) in 2009 and at the end of the 2013–14 season won promotion to National League 2 South, finishing fourth in 2014–15, their highest league position to date.[4] However the 2015–16 season saw the club lose many players such as hooker Ross Grimstone to Richmond F.C. & scrum half Will Crow to Rosslyn Park F.C. who represented the England Counties side in a game against Romania in the summer prior to the end of 2014–15.

Current standings
2022–23 National League 2 East Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points Points adj
PBlackheath242103973348625182104
2Barnes24180680841639218393
3Worthing Raiders24170786759926818288
4Dorking24161783650932717588
5Henley Hawks24160867653713913481
6Bury St Edmunds24160871657014614280
7Old Albanian24141970958312617176
8Tonbridge Juddians24130116325597312266
9Guernsey Raiders2491146716581313556
10Canterbury248016595727−13211346
11Sevenoaks245217483694−2118739
12North Walsham247017551836−2857237
13Rochford Hundred245118458916−45811336
RWestcliff2400243471370−1023421−5
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. 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 the relegation places.

Source: "National League 2 East". RugbyEngland.
Updated: 1 April 2023

John Douglas Youth Development Fund

The official launch of the John Douglas Youth Development Fund took place on Wednesday 15 March 2017. Joined by members of John's family and his former colleagues from Surrey RFU, it was a fitting tribute to a man who gave so much to DRFC and the wider rugby community over many years and whose enormous passion for the sport has benefited so many of our players. The primary aim of the JDYDF is to "fund or part fund specific projects or initiatives in the support of obtaining the highest possible standard and engagement of rugby through Dorking Rugby Club with particular emphasis on Youth Development".

Honours

References
  1. "Senior Team Home". Dorking RFC. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. "Ladies". Dorking RFC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. "Youth Section (Minis and Juniors)". Dorking RFC. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. "History". Dorking RFC. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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