Devon RFU Junior Cup explained

Devon Junior Cup
Sport:Rugby Union
Teams:15
Champion:North Tawton (8th title)
Season:2018–19
Most Champs:Honiton, North Tawton
Count:8
Website:Devon RFU

The Devon Junior Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Devon Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced in the 1888–89 season when it was won by Paignton. During the pre-war years the Devon Junior Cup was open to lower ranked teams in the county, along with the reserve sides of the larger clubs such as Exeter and Devonport Albion. Like the senior cup competition, the junior cup has periods of inactivity over its history due to World Wars, and was cancelled towards the end of the 1950s only to return in the 1986–87 season when it was won by Exeter Saracens. The Havill Plate was introduced in the 1970s for teams knocked out of the first round of the Devon Senior Cup but later included clubs knocked out of the early stages of the Junior Cup – it was discontinued after the 1998–99 season.

The Junior Cup is the third cup competition in the county behind the Senior Cup and Intermediate Cup, and is open to club sides based in Devon that play in tier 9 (Devon League 1) of the English rugby union league system, as well as the Devon Merit Tables (outside of the league system). The current format is a knock-out cup with a first round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, which is played at the home ground of one of the finalists. Also running alongside is a Plate competition for clubs knocked out of the first round of the Devon Junior Cup.[1] There was also a Vase competition but this has not been contested since 2017.

Devon Junior Cup winners

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Devon Junior Cup Finals
SeasonWinnerScoreRunners–upVenue
1888-89
1889-90
1890-91
1891-92
1892-93
1893-94
1894–95 3 goals, 2 tries – 0 Ilfracombe [2]
1895-96
1896-97
1897-98
1898-99
1899-1900
1900-01
1901-02 0-0 N/A
1902-03[3] 4-3 Rackerhayes, Kingsteignton
1903-04[4] Rackerhayes, Kingsteignton
1904-05[5] 24-0
1905-06[6] 6-3
1906-07
1907-08
1908-09 12-0 Rackerhayes, Kingsteignton
1909-10
1910-11
1911-12
1912-13
1913-14
1914-19 No competition due to World War I
1919-20
1920-21
1921-22
1922-23
1923-24
1924-25
1925-26[7]
1926-27 9-3
1927-28 21-7
1928-29 9-3 County Ground, Exeter
1929-30 9-5
1930-31
1931-32
1932-33
1933-34
1934-35
1935-36
1936-37 No competition
1937-38
1938-39
1939-46 No competition
1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
1949-50
1950-51
1951-52
1952-53
1953-54
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-86 No competition
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97[8] 48-0 Rackerhayes, Kingsteignton
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05[9] 29-3
2005-06[10] 8-3
2006-07[11]
2007-08 27-3 King George's Field, Bideford
2008-09[12] 34-15 Exhibition Fields, Exeter
2009-10[13] 19-3
2010-11[14] 21-10 Keyham Park, Plymouth
2011-12[15] 18-11 Five Lanes, Kingsteignton
2012-13[16] 20-8 Unicorn Park, South Molton
2013-14[17] 13-8 Weston Mill, Plymouth
2014-15[18] 20-17
2015-16[19] 24-15 Donnacroft, Torrington
2016-17[20] 29-11
2017-18[21] 34-13 Unicorn Park, South Molton
2018-19[22] 25-10 Taw Meadows, North Tawton
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Devon Junior Plate winners

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Devon Junior Plate Finals
SeasonWinnerScoreRunners–upVenue
2009-10[25] 41-0 Taw Meadows, North Tawton
2010-11 29-19 Dartmouth Leisure Centre, Dartmouth
2011-12[26] N/A N/A
2012-13[27] 48-10 Stonehouse Creek, Plymouth
2013-14 Unknown Unknown Ernesettle Lane, Plymouth
2014-15 Plymouth Argaum[28] N/A Unknown N/A
2015-16 N/A N/A
2016-17 13-10
2017-18 28-10 Unicorn Park, South Molton
2018-19[29] 20-3 Brimlands, Ilfracombe
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Devon Junior Vase winners

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Devon Junior Vase Finals
SeasonWinnerScoreRunners–upVenue
2009-10[30] 26-18 Keyham Park, Plymouth
2010-11[31] 27-12 King George V Playing Fields, Plymouth
2011-12[32] 24-9 Unicorn Park, North Tawton
2012-13[33] 20-12
2013-14[34] [35] 18-11 Bickleigh Down, Plymouth
2014-15[36] 37-14
2015-16[37] 55-0 Five Lanes, Kingsteignton[38]
2016-17 12-10
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Number of wins

Cup

Plate

Vase

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018/19 Devon Junior Cup . Devon RFU. 6 November 2018 .
  2. News: Football . The Cornishman . 877 . 25 April 1895 . 6.
  3. Web site: 31st Season 1902-3 . Exeter Chiefs Supporters Club . 6 February 2017 .
  4. Web site: 32nd Season 1903-4 . Exeter Chiefs Supporters Club . 6 February 2017 .
  5. Web site: 1900-1939 . BRFC Supporters . 13 November 2018 .
  6. Web site: 34th Season 1905-6 . Exeter Chiefs Supporters Club . 2 February 2017 .
  7. Web site: Centenary Booklet 1883-1983 . Honiton RFC . 2 February 2017 .
  8. Web site: Kingsbridge RFC History . Kingsbridge RFC . 2 February 2017 .
  9. Web site: PICTURES: 2005 rugby flashback - Torrington 3 South Molton 29 . North Devon Journal . 3 March 2016 .
  10. Web site: Hearts of Oke! . Tavistock Times Gazette . 6 April 2006 .
  11. Web site: RHINO DEVON JUNIOR CUP FINAL . Everything Rugby . 7 April 2008 .
  12. Web site: Coach delighted as Sarries crown season with cup win . Exeter Express & Echo . 4 May 2009 .
  13. Web site: Wessex shock Totnes with cup final triumph . This is Devon . 10 May 2010 .
  14. Web site: Veterans help Wessex win Devon Junior Plate . This is Devon . 18 April 2011 .
  15. Web site: Wessex keep their cool to win claim final . Exeter Express and Echo . 26 April 2012 .
  16. Web site: South Molton strike late to beat Torrington in Devon Junior Cup final . South Molton RFC. 1 February 2017 .
  17. Web site: Old Techs upset South Molton in Junior Challenge Cup final . Plymouth Herald . 27 April 2014 . 2 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427205225/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Old-Techs-upset-South-Molton-Junior-Challenge-Cup/story-21020472-detail/story.html . 27 April 2014 . dead .
  18. Web site: RUGBY: Totnes win Devon Junior Cup with 'awesome' comeback at North Tawton . Torquay Herald Express . 14 April 2015 . 2 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150818180431/http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/RUGBY-Totnes-win-Devon-Junior-Cup-awesome/story-26331080-detail/story.html . 18 August 2015 . dead .
  19. Web site: Devon Junior Cup glory for Torrington after beating North Tawton . North Devon Journal . 2 May 2016 .
  20. Web site: Dartmouth add Devon Junior Cup to league title win . North Devon Journal . 23 April 2017 .
  21. Web site: South Molton add Devon Junior Cup to their list of honours . Devon RFU . 22 April 2018 . 25 April 2018 . 26 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180426080338/https://www.devonrfu.com/news?nid=768 . dead .
  22. News: Devon Junior Cup Final. Sports Independent. Sports Independent. 21 April 2019. 67.
  23. Web site: DRFU Handbook 2011-12 . Devon RFU. 30 January 2017 .
  24. Web site: Devon Junior Cup winners . Devon RFU. 31 January 2018 .
  25. Web site: North Tawton pick up plate . Tavistock Times Gazette . 6 May 2010 .
  26. Web site: Cup win satisfying for Plymstock Albion Oaks . Plymouth Herald . 20 April 2012 .
  27. Web site: Devon Junior Plate final defeat for Devonport High School Old Boys . Plymouth Herald . 22 April 2011 .
  28. Web site: Riversiders end on win . Kingsbridge & Salcombe Gazette . 4 April 2014 .
  29. Web site: Ilfracombe clinch Devon Junior Plate with victory over Salcombe . North Devon Gazette . 1 February 2017 .
  30. Web site: Battling Darts lose out . Dartmouth Chronicle . 6 May 2010 .
  31. Web site: OPMs fail to fell Oaks in plate final . Plymstock Albion Oaks (Pitchero) . 1 February 2012 .
  32. Web site: Bullish Smith a muddy hero as he leads Molton to Devon Vase . North Devon Journal . 3 May 2012 .
  33. Web site: Old Technicians...20 Tamar Saracens...12 . Plymouth Herald . 1 April 2013 .
  34. Web site: Topsham Take Vase . Plymouth Argaum RFC (Pitchero) . 5 April 2014 .
  35. Web site: Topsham beat Plymouth Argaum in final . Exeter Express & Echo . 9 April 2014 .
  36. Web site: RUGBY: Nick Halse expects Devon Junior Vase win against Plymstock to be springboard for success . Torquay Herald Express . 19 March 2015 .
  37. Web site: New Cross retain Devon Junior Vase with big win against Devenport High School Old Boys . New Cross RFC (Pitchero) . 29 April 2016 .
  38. Web site: Devon Junior Vase Final- New Cross RFC vs. DHSOB . allevents.in . 1 February 2017 .

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