Tonbridge Juddians Rugby Football Club is an

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team based in

Tonbridge Tonbridge ( ) is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling, it had an estimated population ...

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. The club runs four senior teams, a ladies side and the full range of junior teams. The first XV play in

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for the 2022–23 season having been relegated from National League 1, the previous season.

History

Tonbridge RFC was formed in 1904 and Old Juddians was formed in 1928. 'Old Juddians' were former pupils of

The Judd School The Judd School (often known simply as Judd) is a voluntary aided grammar school in Tonbridge, Kent, England. It was established in 1888 at Stafford House on East Street in Tonbridge, where it remained for eight years before moving to its present ...

in Tonbridge. The two clubs merged to form Tonbridge Juddians in 1999. The merged club began life in

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, the same level at which Old Juddians was placed in when the league system was founded in 1987. The club suffered two further relegations before turning semi-professional and beginning a rapid climb up the pyramid, including a hat-trick of promotions, with the club joining the national leagues in 2011.

Honours

London 2 South East London 2 South East is an English level 7 Rugby Union League. When this division began in 1987 it was known as London 3 South East, changing to its current name ahead of the 2009–10 season. The division is made up of teams predominantly from ...

champions: 1990–91, 2009–10 *

Kent 2 Kent 2 (known as Shepherd Neame Kent 2 for sponsorship reasons) is an English level 10 Rugby Union League and is made up of teams predominantly from south-east London and Kent. The teams play home and away matches from September through to Apri ...

champions: 1990–91 *

Kent 3 Kent 3 was an English Rugby Union league that was the third tier for clubs in south-east London and Kent. Promoted teams went up to Kent 2 and relegation was to Kent 4 until that league was abolished at the end of the 2000–01 season. Dwindlin ...

champions: 1995–96 * London Division 4 South East champions: 2008–09 * London Division 1 South champions: 2010–11 *

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 ...

winners: 2012 *

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 ...

winners (2): 2015, 2017 *

National League 3 London & SE Regional 1 South East (up until 2022-23 known as London & South East Premier and up until 2016-17 known as National League 3 London & South East) is a level five league in the English rugby union system. It is one of six leagues at this level. ...

champions: 2016–17 * RFU National Colts Cup (U18) - Champions 2015, 2023 Runners-up 2022 * RFU National U17 Cup - Champions 2017

Current standings

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* {{National League 2 East Rugby union teams in England Rugby clubs established in 1904 Rugby clubs established in 1928 Rugby clubs established in 1999 Rugby union clubs in Kent Tonbridge 1999 establishments in England