The Kent Vase is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2001-02 season, with the inaugural winners being Bromley. It is the third most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, behind the Kent Cup and Kent Shield but ahead of the Kent Plate and Kent Salver.
The Kent Vase is open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that play in tier 9 (Shepherd Neame Kent 1) and tier 10 (Shepherd Neame Kent 2) of the English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, second round, third round, semi-finals and a final, typically to be held at a pre-determined ground at the end of April on the same date and venue as the Cup, Shield, Plate and Salver finals. Teams that are knocked out of the first round complete for the Kent Salver.
The current holders of the Kent Vase are Sittingbourne RFC who on the 3rd May 2026 beat Cliffe Crusaders 37-12 in the final at Canterbury Rugby Club.
Kent Vase winners Kent Vase Finals Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue 2001-02 Bromley 2002-03 Whitstable Old Elthamians Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2003-04 Old Elthamians 2004-05 Dover 2005-06 Beccehamian Old Gravesendians 2006-07 Old Gravesendians 2007-08 Old Gravesendians 20-12 Medway Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2008-09 Medway Old Gravesendians The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent 2009-10 Lordswood 19-18 Cranbrook Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, London 2010-11 Sheppey 53-14 Southwark Lancers Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2011-12 Gillingham Anchorians 20-9 Dartfordians Priestfields, Rochester, Kent 2012-13 Beccehamian 37-17 Old Gravesendians Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent 2013-14 Cranbrook 28-26 Old Williamsonian Footscray Road, New Eltham, London 2014-15 Cranbrook 17-10 Beccehamian Tomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent 2015-16 Snowdown Colliery 31-5 Beccehamian The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent 2016-17 Beccehamian 84-0 King's College Hospital Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2017-18 Beccehamian 48-22 Cranbrook Footscray Road, New Eltham, London 2018-19 2022-23 Old Gravesendians 37-33 Faversham Cranbrook RFC, Cranbrook, Kent2023-24Whitstable 25-14Brockleians Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent2024-25Brockleians25-24Cliffe CrusadersAylesford Bulls RFC2025-26Sittingbourne37-12Cliffe CrusadersCanterbury Rugby Club
Number of wins Beccehamian (4) Old Gravesendians (3) Cranbrook (2) Whitstable (2) Bromley (1) Dover (1) Gillingham Anchorians (1) Lordswood (1) Medway (1) Old Elthamians (1) Sheppey (1) Snowdown Colliery (1) Sittingbourne (1)
See also Kent RFU Kent Cup Kent Shield Kent Plate Kent Salver English rugby union system Rugby union in England
References
External links Kent RFU