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Haywards Heath RFC

English rugby union club, based in Haywards Heath

Summary

English rugby union club, based in Haywards Heath

Field	Value
image	Haywards_Heath_RFC_logo.png
teamname	Haywards Heath
fullname	Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club
nickname	Heath
location	Cuckfield, West Sussex, England
countryflag	England
founded
ground	Whitemans Green
president	England Mark Newey BME
chairman	England Dan Vander
coach	England Graham Childs
captain	England Wilf Bridges
league	Sussex 1
season	2022–23
url	http://www.hhrfc.co.uk

Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team. The first XV currently plays in Counties 1 Surrey/Sussex, the tenth tier of English rugby union competition. The club also has a number of other teams, with their 2nd XV currently playing in the Harvey's Brewery Counties 3 Sussex (level 12). They used to run a 4th Team called "The Dinos" named after the dinosaur fossil discovered by Gideon Mantell on what is now their playing fields. The Under 6's are have now taken on the Dino's mantle.

Club honours

1st Team:

Sussex 2 Counties Champions: 2023-24
Sussex 1 champions: 1992–93
London 2 South champions (2): 2000–01, 2007–08
London 1 v South West 1 promotion playoff winners: 2002–03
Shepherd Neame Kent 1 v Sussex Spitfire 1 promotion playoff winners: 2015–16
London 2 South East champions: 2019–2020.

2nd Team:

Sussex 2 champions: 2014–15
Sussex Late Red 3 champions: 2015–16

Club colours

The current club colours are black and red hoops.

Notable former players

Haywards Heath have a long-standing record of developing players who go on to play professional rugby. These include the following players :

England Adam Vander - England A, Bath, Richmond, Bristol
Wales Ben Broster - Wales, Northampton RFC
England Joe Marler - England, Harlequins
England Billy Twelvetrees - British & Irish Lions, England, Leicester Tigers, Gloucester Rugby
England Roy Winters - England, Harlequins, Bristol
England Nick Killick - Harlequins
England Ollie Tomasczczyk - Worcester Warriors, Falcons
England Ben Maidment - Cornish Pirates, Esher
England Perry Parker - Esher, Edinburgh
England Ross Chisholm - Harlequins
England James Chisholm - Harlequins
England Ollie Streeter - Harlequins

Notes

References

(20 August 2021). "Stong Future On The Horizon For Senior Rugby At Heath".

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