The Kent Vase is an annual

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knock-out club competition organized by the

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

. 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

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, behind the

Kent Cup The Kent Rugby Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 1890-91 season, with the inaugural winners being R.N.C., Greenwich. It was discontin ...

and

Kent Shield The Kent Shield is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2015-16 season, with the inaugural winners being Aylesford Bulls RFC, Aylesford Bulls. It is the ...

but ahead of the

Kent Plate The Kent Plate is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2001–02 season, with the inaugural winners being Bromley. It is the fourth most important rugby ...

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 (

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) of the

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. 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 Old Gravesendians RFC who on 30 April, 2023 beat Faversham RFC 37-33 in the final at Cranbrook Rugby Club.

Kent Vase winners

Number of wins

*Beccehamian (4) *Old Gravesendians (3) * Cranbrook (2) *Bromley (1) *

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(1) *Gillingham Anchorians (1) *Lordswood (1) *

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(1) *Sheppey (1) *Snowdown Colliery (1) *Whitstable (1)

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Kent Vase winners

Number of wins

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