DURHAM COUNTY RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION
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County Plate Final
Seaham won the County Plate final by 25 points to nil against Newton Aycliffe on Saturday the 12th May 2012.Congartulations to Seham and all the other cup winners

Intermediate Cup - Darlington
Junior Cup           - Winlaton
County Trophy    - Seaham
2nd Team Cup    - Blaydon
3rd Team Cup     - Blaydon
4th Team Cup     - Blaydon
Seaham - 2012 County plate winners

County Championship - Durham win with style
The Senior County side made a winning start to their County Championship with a victory in the home fixture against Warwickshire by 48 points to 14 points. - See more

The next game is on Saturday 19th May 2012 against Eastern Counties at Cambridge RFC, k.o. 3pm.

Click here to see DURHAM COUNTY SQUAD FOR BILL BEAUMONT COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES 2012


Past Presidents
Each season the Past Presidents' are invited to attend the first home game of the County Championship. This year 12 Past Presidents joined the current President, Mike Riby, for lunch before the game at Blaydon RFC against Warwickshire RFU see more

Senior County Cup Final
Due to the inability of the two sides to agree a date for the final, disappointingly it is looking likely that the competition will not be completed for the 2nd year in succession.

The situation has arisen due to league games being postponed due to bad weather earlier in the year. This has caused fixture congestion at the end of the season and the national league committee insisting these games went ahead despite not affecting promotion or relegation issues.


Intermediate Cup Intermediate County Cup Final
Darlington and Stockton faced each other for the 3rd time this season in the Intermediate County cup which Stockon won last season. In the first two league encounters, Stockton were successful by the narrowest of margins 1 and 2 points so a close encounter was anticipated.

Stockton took an early lead before the Darlington side cut loose scoring 3 converted tries either side of the break. Stockton never gave up and were eventually rewarded with a second d score. The was one more exchange of scores before the final whistle saw Darlington win by 47 points to 17


Junior County Cup Final
Winlaton won the Junior Cup Final by 15 points to 6 against Bishop Auckland who were last years winners. Despite appalling weather conditions the two teams produced a very enjoyable game showing good rugby skills, infront of a good crowd of supporters.

2nd Team Cup Final
Blaydon faced Darlington Mowden Park in the 2nd Team cup final. Blaydon raced to a 49 points to 5 half time lead, however they were unable to add to their score after the break and the game ended with the same scoreline.

The results meant that Blaydon 2nd team followed the Blaydon 3rd and 4th teams in lifting their
respective cups.

3rd Team Cup Final
Blaydon collected their second cup of the season when their 3rd team defeated Gateshead at Ryton RFC by 23 points to 5pts. Despite heavy rain at the start of the game both sides tried to play positive rugby.

County Cup Competitions
The cup competitions finals are detailed below.
Cup Team vs Team Date Venue
Senior County Cup Westoe vs Darlington Mowden Park TBC Durham City
Intermediate County Cup Stockton vs Darlington 28-04-2012 West Hartlepool TDSOB
Junior County Cup Bishop Auckland vs Winlaton 25-04-2012 Durham City
County Plate Seaham vs Newton Aycliffe 12-05-2012 Hartlepool RFC
2nd Team Cup Darlington Mowden Park 2nds vs Blaydon 2nds 28-04-2012 Durham City
3rd Team Cup Gateshead 3rds vs Blaydon 3rds 21-04-2012 Sunderland
4th Team County Shield Blaydon 4ths vs Winlaton 3rds 14-04-2012 Gateshead

Annual Hartlepool Rovers vs RF Oak's XV fixture

This year sees the centenary of the RF Oak's game. Hartlepool Rovers have indicated this will be the final Oak's game to be played.

Rovers are planning a weekend of celebration,s with a Kevin Oliphant's XV facing the English Fire Brigade at 1pm, as a precursor to the Oak's game which kicks off at 3pm. In the first Oak's game Rovers faced a Yorkshire XV so for this final game it seems fitting that Rovers play Middlesbrough.

On Sunday a Rovers Vets XV will take on a Vets XV from Hartlepool and District

Information on Youth County Cup and Plate Finals.
U13's Cup Final, Durham City 32 Darlington 3
U13's Plate Final, Westoe 0 Billingham 41

U14's Cup Final, Billingham 13 Westoe 15
U14's Plate Final, Bishop Auckland 14 Sunderland 17

U15's Cup Final, Durham City defeated Darlington Mowden Park
U15's Plate Final – West Hartlepool v Blaydon - cancelled

U17's County Cup Final, Ryton 29 Westoe 3
17's Plate Final Hartlepool Rovers 15 v Darlington 7


U18's County Cup Final, Darlington Mowden Park 18 Westoe 0
18's Plate Final Billingham 56 Darlington 12


Youth Finals


Youth Structured Season
The Youth Structured Season for 2012-2013 season has now been put together. The YSS contains all the dates for Schools of Rugby, CB Matches and training sessions, Schools County Cup, Club County Cups and other competitions being run in the region and nationally. See Provisional Youth Structured Season

Pyman Cup Draws
The Pyman cup draws have been made for the 2011-2012 season. The draw includes the Pyman Cup and the Pyman Shield. Unfortunately this year sees no entry from Hartlepool Athletic who like West Hartlepool TDSOB have ceased playing. The Pyman Shield has been introduced for the first time to extended the competition to include more sides

See Pyman Cup and Shield Draw

Youth Structured Season
The Youth Structured Season for 2012-2013 season has now been put together. The YSS contains all the dates for Schools of Rugby, CB Matches and training sessions, Schools County Cup, Club County Cups and other competitions being run in the region and nationally.
See Provisional Youth Structured Season

Durham Clubs in the National Leagues
With most clubs having only 1 game of their league season left a lot of the promotion and relegation issues have been resolved. Congratulations go to Darlington Mowden Park, Billingham and Darlington who all gain promotion as champions of their respective leagues, National League 3 North, North One East and Durham and Northumberland Division 1.

Congratulations also go to Consett and Seaham who have also gained promotion, with Consett still having a mathmatical chance as being promoted as Champions of Durham and Northumberland Division 2.

At the other end of the leagues only Gateshead and Yarm face next season at a lower level following relegation

Durham County Rugby Football Union has launched a Facebook page
You can view this at www.facebook.com/dcrfu .

The page is completely new, and will be shaped by the number of people who like the page, and leave us comments.

Over time, we plan to profile all aspects of rugby union in Durham including schools, clubs, colleges, universities, representative squads, and much, much more. Please do take time to look at the page and feed in your comments as to what you would like to see included. Please note, as you would expect, we will be strictly adhering to the usual codes of conduct regarding postings.
  Discipline Committee
Details of the disciplinary committee and meeting dates Disciplinary Information

http://www.rfu.com/FixturesAndResults

 Events and Meetings
 Dates for the Diary meetings

League Fixtures

See the league fixtures at RFU.com

Cup rules

Senior Cup Competition Rules
u13-u18 Cup Competition Rules