Esher RFC

Esher RFC
Full name	Esher Rugby Football Club
Founded	1923; 101 years ago
Location	Hersham, England
Ground(s)	Molesey Road (Capacity: 3,500)
Chairman	Bob Stratton
Coach(es)	Ricky Nebbett
Captain(s)	Ian Kench
League(s)	National League 1
2015–16	7th
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.esherrugby.com

Esher Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Surrey. Esher RFC currently play in the third division of the English league system; National League One.

History

The club was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club.

When the league system was introduced in 1987 Esher were placed in London 1, but were relegated in the first season and did not win promotion back to that league until 1993.

Esher were first promoted to the national leagues system for the 1997–98 season, finishing fourth in National League 2 South. They led for most of the season the following year but finished second, but won promotion in 1999–00. The club set a new points record when winning National Division Two in 2006–07 and were thus promoted. They were promoted into the second tier, the RFU Championship after winning National League 1 in 2009-10. During this season they broke the world record when they beat Manchester 148 – 0. They played in the Championship for two seasons before being relegated back into National League 1 for the 2012–13 season.^[1]

Club honours

Surrey Cup: 1993–94
London Division 1 champions: 1996–97^[2]
Jewson National League 2 South champions: 1999–00
National League 1 (formerly National League 2) champions: 2006–07, 2009–10

Current standings

2015–16 National League 1 Table

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Club

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points for

Points against

Points diff

Try bonus

Losing bonus

Points

1

Richmond (C)

30

23

2

5

854

534

320

16

4

116

2

Hartpury College

30

21

0

9

966

558

408

15

5

104

3

Blackheath

30

21

2

7

794

488

306

9

6

103

4

Ampthill

30

20

2

8

746

620

126

14

5

103

5

Rosslyn Park

30

20

0

10

745

578

167

12

3

95

6

Darlington Mowden Park

30

19

0

11

766

640

126

11

4

91

7

Esher

30

17

0

13

801

603

198

14

6

88

8

Plymouth Albion

30

22

0

8

733

647

86

11

3

72^{[n 1]}

9

Coventry

30

13

2

15

710

653

57

9

6

71

10

Fylde

30

11

1

18

736

804

–68

11

10

67

11

Blaydon

30

10

0

20

565

772

–207

10

7

57

12

Hull Ionians

30

9

0

21

645

872

–227

10

11

57

13

Loughborough Students

30

9

0

21

680

774

–94

10

9

55

14

Wharfedale (R)

30

6

1

23

592

869

–277

10

7

43

15

Cinderford (R)

30

7

1

22

545

969

–424

7

4

41

16

Henley Hawks (R)

30

6

1

23

478

975

-497

5

3

29

Points system: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 point if a team loses by seven points or less (losing bonus); 1 point if the team scores four or more tries in a match (try bonus)
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Number of matches won
Difference between points for and against
Total number of points for
Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

↑ *Plymouth Albion were deducted 30 points for going into administration on 8 April 2016^[3]

Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 30 April 2016
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Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
James Campbell	Hooker	Wales
Neil Sweeney	Hooker	England
Simon Edwards	Hooker	England
Stewart Maguire	Prop	Ireland
Oliver Mines	Prop	England
David Millard	Prop	Ireland
Ricky Nebbett	Prop	England
Kristian Chesney	Lock	England
Cameron Gentles	Lock	New Zealand
Alexander Bibic	Lock	England
Ian Kench	Lock	England
Steven Wood	Flanker	England
John Downey	Flanker	Ireland
Peter Synnott	Flanker	Ireland
Chris Goodman	Number 8	England
Mike MacFarlane	Number 8	England
Brandon Walker	Number 8	South Africa

Player	Position	Union
Andy Garner	Scrum-half	England
Patrick O'Grady	Scrum-half	England
Clive Stuart-Smith	Scrum-half	England
Robbie Shaw	Scrum-half	United States
Thomas Chalcraft	Scrum-half	England
Mark Atkinson	Fly-half	England
Nicky Little	Fly-half	Fiji
Richard Mill	Fly-half	Scotland
Tom Cheeseman	Centre	Wales
Aaron Cruickshanks	Centre	Scotland
Geoff Griffiths	Centre	England
Sam Edgerley	Wing	England
Jonny Hylton	Wing	England
Tom Loizides	Wing	Cyprus
Andy Wright	Wing	England
Luke Daniels	Fullback	England
Rob Kirby	Fullback	New Zealand

Simon Clemmey (Esher RFC first team manager)

References

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↑ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=792&Itemid=441
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External links

Official site

[Plymouth_Albion-4] *Plymouth Albion were deducted 30 points for going into administration on 8 April 2016^[3]

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