Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team. The first XV currently play in Counties 1 Surrey/Sussex, the seventh 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 have now taken on the Dino's mantle.
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 play-off winners: 2002–03 Shepherd Neame Kent 1 v Sussex Spitfire 1 promotion play-off 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 :
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 James Chisholm - Harlequins Ollie Streeter - Harlequins
See also Sussex RFU
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