Colchester RFC

Colchester

Full name	Colchester Rugby Football Club
Union	Eastern Counties RFU
Nickname(s)	Col
Founded	1925 (1925)
Location	Colchester, Essex, England
Ground(s)	Raven Park, Cuckoo Farm Way, Colchester, CO4 5YX
Coach(es)	Craig Burrows
League(s)	National League 2 East
2023–24	Promoted from Regional 1 South East (champions)
Official website
www.colchesterrugby.co.uk

Colchester Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Colchester, Essex. The first XV team play in National League 2 East at level 4 in the English rugby union system, having been promoted from Regional 1 South East at the end of the 2023–24 season.

Honours

1st team:

• London 3 North East champions: 1994–95
• Eastern Counties 2 champions: 2001–02
• Eastern Counties 1 champions: 2002–03
• London 2 (north-east v north-west) promotion play-off winner: 2009–10
• London 1 North champions: 2014–15
• London 1 North third (promoted): 2021–22
• Regional 1 South East champions: 2023–24

2nd team:

• Eastern Counties 2 (South) champions: 2014–15

3rd team:

• Eastern Counties 3 (South) champions: 2014–15
• Eastern Counties 2 (South) champions: 2015–16

4th team:

• Eastern Counties 4 (South) champions: 2014–15

Current standings

2024–25 National League 2 East table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Canterbury	2	2	0	0	80	27	+53	2	0	10	Promotion place
2	Tonbridge Juddians	2	2	0	0	93	57	+36	2	0	10
3	Guernsey Raiders	2	2	0	0	61	42	+19	2	0	10
4	Havant	2	2	0	0	65	49	+16	1	0	9
5	Henley Hawks	2	2	0	0	42	38	+4	0	0	8
6	Barnes	2	1	0	1	71	51	+20	1	1	6
7	Old Albanian	2	1	0	1	59	54	+5	1	1	6
8	Westcombe Park	2	1	0	1	55	61	−6	2	0	6
9	Dorking	2	1	0	1	60	69	−9	2	0	6
10	Bury St Edmunds	2	0	0	2	41	49	−8	1	2	3
11	Worthing Raiders	2	0	0	2	50	64	−14	1	1	2
12	Oxford Harlequins	2	0	0	2	54	85	−31	1	1	2
13	Colchester	2	0	0	2	39	101	−62	1	0	1	Relegation place
14	Sevenoaks	2	0	0	2	29	52	−23	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: September 2024. Source:
Rules for classification: 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