The Hertfordshire presidents' Trophy is an annual

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

knock-out club competition organised by the

Hertfordshire Rugby Football Union The Hertfordshire Rugby Football Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Hertfordshire in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Hertfordshire, and administers and orga ...

. It was first introduced during the 1999–00 season, with the inaugural winners being

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. It is the third most important rugby union cup competition in Hertfordshire, behind the Hertfordshire presidents' Cup and Hertfordshire presidents' Tankard. The presidents' Trophy is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Hertfordshire that play in tier 9 (

Herts/Middlesex 1 Herts/Middlesex 1 is a tier 9 English Rugby Union league. It is organised by the London and South East Division Rugby Football Union and is the top tier competition for clubs in Hertfordshire and parts of north-west London that traditionally ...

) and tier 10 (

Herts/Middlesex 2 Herts/Middlesex 2 is a tier 10 English Rugby Union league. It is organised by the London and South East Division Rugby Football Union and is the second division competition for clubs in Hertfordshire and parts of north-west London that tradit ...

) of the

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. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, semi-finals and a final to be held at Allianz Park ( Saracen's home ground) in April–May, on the same date and same venue as the Cup and Tankard finals.

Hertfordshire presidents' Trophy winners

Number of wins

* Verulamians (5) * Royston (3) *

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Hertfordshire presidents' Trophy winners

Number of wins

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