Colchester RFC

English rugby union club, based in Colchester

Rugby team

Colchester
Official website
Full name	Colchester Rugby Football Club
Union	Eastern Counties RFU
Nickname(s)	Col
Founded	1925; 99 years ago (1925)
Location	Colchester, Essex, England
Ground(s)	Raven Park, Cuckoo Farm Way, Colchester, CO4 5YX
Coach(es)	Craig Burrows
League(s)	Regional 1 South East
2023–24	Champions (promoted to National League 2 East)
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^[1]
London 1 North champions: 2014–15^[2]
London 1 North third (promoted): 2021–22
Regional 1 South East champions: 2023–24^[3]

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

References

^ "Hammers 22 Colchester 29". Fulham Rugby. 17 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "2014-2015 London & South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ "Colchester Rugby Club celebrating promotion to fourth tier". Daily Gazette. 18 March 2024.

Rugby union in England

Governing body

Rugby Football Union
Rugby Football Union for Women (merged into the RFU)

National teams

Men's	England England A 7's U-21 U-20 U-18 British & Irish Lions England Counties XV
Women's	Women's 7's

International competitions

Men's	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series Sevens Grand Prix Series Commonwealth Games
Women's	World Cup Six Nations World Series Sevens

Competition divisions

Men's	Premiership Championship National Leagues London and SE Division Northern Division Midland Division South West Division United Hospitals Cup
Women's	Premiership Women's Rugby