The Early History of Rugby League in Kent
The first rugby league club in Kent was a professional outfit, called Kent Invicta. Invicta were formed by Paul Faires and were admitted to the Rugby League on 6 April 1983. Southend United Football Club then approached Invicta and in late 1984 became Southend Invicta but they were struck from the 1985-86 fixtures by the Rugby League only days before the commencement of the new season because they were considered not to have formed a team. They went into liquidation soon afterwards.
There have been many other small amateur teams that played rugby league in Kent, such as Bexleyheath RLFC who won the London League third division in 1985/86 and Ashford Bears (1991-1993) who were made up of construction workers from the North of England.
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