Northumberland Senior Cup (rugby union)
Northumberland Senior Cup is an annual rugby union competition held between the clubs of the Northumberland RFU which was first played in 1882. It is the senior county cup for the Northumberland Rugby Union , which includes Newcastle upon Tyne , North Tyneside , and Northumberland . The current holders are Alnwick who defeated Northern 31-8 in the 2024 cup final. Most finals were held at the Northumberland County Ground from 1912 up until 1988; before and after the County Ground's existence Senior Cup Finals have been played at various venues in the county.
The Senior Cup is currently the premier county cup competition for club sides affiliated to the Northumberland Rugby Football Union typically based at level 5 (North Premier ) and level 6 (North 1 East ) of the English rugby union system , although the 2nd XV of Tynedale (who play in level 4 National League 2 North ), Berwick (who play in the Scottish Regional League ) and the two university's in Newcastle (who play in the BUCS ) have taken part in the competition. The format is as a knock-out cup with a quarter-final, semi-final and final, which is to be played at a neutral ground in April on Easter Saturday.[ 1]
Past winners
± Denotes club now defunct Northumberland County Ground in 1965
Team
Wins
Years (* title was shared)
Gosforth (Newcastle Falcons) 30 (29/1)
1928, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993*, 1994
Tynedale 24 (23/1)
1887, 1906, 1911, 1914, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1988, 1992, 1993*, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014
Percy Park 22
1886, 1897, 1899, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1921, 1924, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018
Northern 18
1882, 1884, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1903, 1904, 1912, 1926, 1931, 1937, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1989, 1995, 2023
Rockcliff 13
1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1909, 1920
Alnwick 5
1984, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024
Morpeth 5
1998, 2002, 2007, 2016, 2020
Medicals 4
1922, 1923, 1952, 1953
Seghill 4
1925, 1929, 1930, 1932
Tynemouth
2
1883, 1885
Berwick 1
1997
Newcastle University 1
1965
Northumbria University 1
2015
Northumberland Senior Plate
With the advent of professionalism, the gap between some clubs became too great in the county. In the 2001-2002 season the Northumberland Senior Plate was inaugurated as a competition for clubs knocked out of the first round of the Northumberland Senior Cup. Since then the competition has undergone various changes. The Plate is now competed for by all clubs, who are not in the top eight of Northumberland clubs, every season.
See also
References
"Senior Cup" . northumberlandrugbyunion.com. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2011 .
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