Paignton Rugby Football Club

Paignton

Full name	Paignton Rugby Football Club
Union	RFU
Founded	1873
Ground(s)	Queen's Park
Chairman	Nick Moloney
President	Norman Harries
League(s)	Tribute Cornwall/Devon
2015–16	8th
Team kit
Official website
www.paigntonrugby.com

Paignton Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club, formed in 1873 and based in Paignton, Devon. They moved to Queens Park in 1902 and have played there ever since. Paignton rugby club is affiliated to the Devon RFU. Many of the clubs players have represented the club at county or national level. The club have won the Cornwall/Devon League on three occasions; more than any other club.

Recent seasons

• 2005–06 season played in the Western Counties West and were relegated to the Tribute Cornwall/Devon|Cornwall/Devon League
• 2006–07 season Paignton were promoted back to the Western Counties West, and were Devon Cup runners up to Torquay RFC, Match played at Queens Park on the 21 April 2007
• 2007–08 season – Western Counties West. Champions
• 2008–09 season – Tribute South West 2 West
• 2009–10 season
• 2010–11 season
• 2011–12 season – South West 1
• 2012–13 season – Western Counties West
• 2013–14 season – Devon & Cornwall

Honours

• Devon Junior Cup winners (5): 1889, 1900, 1927 (reserve team), 1977, 1992
• Devon Senior Cup winners: 1931
• Havill Plate winners: 1974
• Cornwall & Devon champions (3): 1994–95, 2001–02, 2006–07
• Tribute Western Counties West champions: 2007-08

Devon Senior Cup record

• 1906 (lost) 12 – 4 in the final against Plymouth.
• 1931 (won), 6 – 0 in final against Sidmouth
• 2007 runner-up in a final against Torquay
• 2008 semi-final

Source - Devon RFU Handbook 2005/2006

The clubhouse

External links

• Official Club Website

References

• Data obtained from club, Devon cup data obtained from Match day programme for the 2007 Devon cup final.