Haywards Heath RFC

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Nickname(s) Heath Captain(s) Nicolas Main Ground Whitemans Green President Nicholas Soames		Chairman James Melody League London 3 South East Founded 1950

Full name Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club Location Cuckfield, West Sussex, England Coach(es) Hew Jenkins & Peter Kerins

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Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team. The first XV currently plays in London 3 South East, the ninth tier of English rugby union competition. The club also has a number of other teams, with their 2nd XV currently playing in the Sussex Late Red 3 (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.

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Club Honours

1st Team:

London Division 2 South champions (2 times): 2000-01, 2007–08

London 1 v South West 1 promotion playoff winners: 2002–03

Sussex v Kent (level 9) promotion playoff winners: 2015-16

2nd Team:

Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate 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 :

Adam Vander - England A, Bath, Richmond, Bristol

Ben Broster - Wales, Northampton RFC

Joe Marler - England, Harlequins

Billy Twelvetrees - British & Irish Lions, England, Leicester Tigers, Gloucester Rugby

Roy Winters - England, Harlequins, Bristol

Nick Killick - Harlequins

Ollie Tomasczczyk - Worcester Warriors, Falcons

Ben Maidment - Cornish Pirates, Esher

Perry Parker - Esher, Edinburgh

Ross Chisholm - Harlequins

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References

Haywards Heath RFC Wikipedia

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