Kent Salver Explained

Kent Salver
Sport:	Rugby Union
Teams:	18
Champion:	Faversham RUFC (2nd title)
Season:	2021-2022
Most Champs:	Brockleians, Dartfordians, Sheppey, Sittingbourne,Faversham
Count:	2
Website:	Kent RFU

The Kent Salver is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2005-06 season, with the inaugural winners being Guy's Hospital. It is the fifth most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, behind the Kent Cup, Kent Shield, Kent Vase and Kent Plate.

The Kent Salver is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that have been knocked out of the first round of the Kent Vase. The format is a knockout cup with a first 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, Vase and Plate finals.^[1]

Kent Salver winners

<					----> Kent Salver Finals
Season	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Venue
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08^[2]		13-9		Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2008-09^[3]		26-25		The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent
2009-10^[4]		29-10		Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, London
2010-11^[5]		64-13		Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2011-12^[6]		57-10		Priestfields, Rochester, Kent
2012-13^[7]				Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent
2013-14^[8]				Footscray Road, New Eltham, London
2014-15^[9]		26-5		Tomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent
2015-16^[10]				The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent
2016-17^[11]		17-7		Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2017-18^[12]		33-26		Footscray Road, New Eltham, London
2018-19	Faversham	17-15	Southwark Lancers	Charlton Park Kidbrooke London
2021-22	kings college Hospital	7-14	Faversham	Priestfields, Rochester ME1 3AD

Number of wins

• Brockleians (2)
• Dartfordians (2)
• Sheppey (2)
• Sittingbourne (2)
• Ashford (1)
• Cranbrook (1)
• Gillingham Anchorians (1)
• Greenwich (1)
• Guy's Hospital (1)
• Faversham RUFC (2)

See also

• Kent RFU
• Kent Cup
• Kent Shield
• Kent Vase
• Kent Plate
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

External links

• Kent RFU

Notes and References

1. News: Kent Salver. Kent RFU. 23 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170618192051/http://www.kent-rugby.org/competitions/club-rugby/kent-salver/. 18 June 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Old Gs take Kent Vase title. Kent Online. 13 May 2008 .
3. Web site: Dartfordians Rugby Club edge Kent Salver final against Cranbrook. Kent Online. 13 May 2009 .
4. Web site: Sheppey Rugby Club defeat Gillingham Anchorians 29-10 to win Kent Salver. Kent Online. 29 April 2010 .
5. Web site: Salver - Ashford v Orpingto. Sports Images. 1 May 2011 .
6. Web site: Showing old season: 2011 - 2012. Cranbrook Rugby Club. 23 June 2017 .
7. Web site: KENT FINALS DAY - RESULTS. Old Dunstonian RFC (Pitchero). 21 June 2013 .
8. Web site: Kent 2 2014-15. Edenbridge RFC (Pitchero). 23 June 2017 .
9. Web site: Brockleians vs. Sheppey Rugby Football Club. Sheppey RFC (Pitchero). 26 April 2015 .
10. Web site: Shepherd Neame Kent Cup Finals Day - Sunday 1st May. Maidstone Rugby. 24 April 2015 .
11. Web site: Kent Salver Final. Greenwich RFC (Pitchero). 4 May 2017 .
12. Web site: KENT RFU SALVER FINAL - WINNERS. Gillingham Anchorians (Pitchero). 29 April 2018 .