Teamname: | Westcliff |
Fullname: | Westcliff Rugby Football Club |
Nickname: | The Lions |
Ground: | The Gables, Cherry Orchard Way |
Capacity: | 2,000 |
Chairman: | James Evans |
President: | Nick Crowe |
Captain: | Greg Bannister |
Coach: | Danny Johnston |
Url: | http://www.westcliffrfc.co.uk/ |
Position: | 11th (relegated to Regional 2 Anglia) |
Westcliff Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Eastwood, a suburb of Southend-on-Sea in Essex. The club was formed in 1922 as Old Westcliffians Rugby Football Club, for ex-pupils of Westcliff High School and took the current name of Westcliff Rugby Club in the 1990s. They run four senior teams and the full range of junior teams.[1] The men's 1st XV currently play in Regional 2 Anglia, level 6 of the English rugby pyramid having experienced successive relegations from National League 2 East in 2022-23 and Regional 1 South East in 2023-24.