Sutton & Epsom RFC

Sutton & Epsom RFC

Sutton & Epsom Rugby Football Club is one of the oldest active rugby clubs in England, having been formed in 1881. The club first played against Saracens in the 1883–84 season as one of their very early opponents and in 1901 beat Stade Francais on their home ground.

The club is today one of the largest amateur rugby clubs in England, and from its main ground in Rugby Lane, Cheam, the club has a total of 25 teams with 1,200 current and former playing members, plus 1,800 social members who are usually members of their families.

The club currently run seven adult teams for men headed by a first XV. The club was one of the first to form an adult ladies rugby squad,.

The club has both mini and junior rugby sections and run 60 children strong development groups for those at under 5 and under 6. The Rugby Football Union national guidelines for children of these ages were based upon this approach and that of Ealing RFC. The club run similar sized age groups for both boys and girls at each of the under 7 to under 12 age groups, at each of which they play to a nationally recognised and tailored game format.