Haywards Heath RFC

Haywards Heath

Full name	Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	Heath
Founded	1950
Location	Cuckfield, West Sussex, England
Ground(s)	Whitemans Green
Chairman	James Melody
President	Nicholas Soames
Coach(es)	Jody Levett
Captain(s)	Chris Turner
League(s)	London 3 South East
2015-16	2nd
Official website
www.hhrfc.co.uk

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.

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^{[n 1]}
• Sussex Late Red 3 champions: 2015-16

1. Despite winning the league - Haywards Heath II would be demoted to Sussex Late Red 3 due to the Haywards Heath 1st team being demoted into Sussex Spitfire 1.

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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