Thurrock RFC

Thurrock
Full name	Thurrock Rugby Football Club
Union	Rugby Football Union
Founded	1928;95 years ago
Location	Grays, Essex, England
Ground(s)	Oakfield
Chairman	Andy Stanford
President	Brian Howells
Coach(es)	Martin Jones
Captain(s)	Ben Timson
Most caps	Charlie Russo(204)
Top scorer	Jake Barrand
League(s)	London Anglia East 2
2019–20	10th
Official website
	www.thurrockrfc.com

Last updated May 08, 2023

Thurrock Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Grays, Essex. The club runs four senior sides, a colts side and the full range of junior teams. The club also operates women's teams in both union and league. The senior side is called T-Birds with the two youth sides called T-Chicks.^[1] The first XV currently plays in London 1 North after having been level transferred to London 1 South for the 2017-18 season and then back to London 1 North ahead of the 2020-21 season.

History

Thurrock Rugby Football Club was formed in 1928 as Grays Rugby Football Club and adopted their present identity after World War II to reflect the wider area from where players were drawn from. The club saw plenty of success during the 1970s, including completing the Eastern Counties Cup and the Essex Cup Double three years in a row from 1974 to 76. Four years later the club reached the final rounds of the Middlesex 7s.^[2] The introduction of the league system in 1987 saw the club placed in London 2 North and won promotion to London 1 three seasons later. The 1991/92 season saw the club win another promotion, this time to National 4 South but were relegated back into London 1 the following season. The club returned to the National Leagues in 2012 following promotion from what was by now London 1 North.^[3]

Club Honours

London 1 North champions (2): 1989–90, 2011–12^{[a 1]}
London Division 2 North East champions: 2009–10

Notes

↑ London 1 North was formerly known as London 2 North when Thurrock first won the league title back in 1989-90.

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[4] London 1 North was formerly known as London 2 North when Thurrock first won the league title back in 1989-90.

[1] "Home". thurrockrfc.com.

[2] Club website history page

[3] Club statistics 1987 to date

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