Dorchester RFC

Full name	Dorchester Rugby Football Club
Union	Dorset & Wilts RFU
Founded	1871
Location	Dorchester, Dorset England
Ground(s)	Coburg Road
Coach(es)	Josh Ovey
League(s)	Southern Counties South
2019–20	Champions, Dorset & Wilts 1 South
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Official website
www.dorchester-rfc.co.uk

Dorchester Rugby Football Club is an English amateur rugby union club that is based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. The club currently play in Southern Counties South - a tier 7 league in the English rugby union system - following their promotion from Dorset & Wilts 1 South at the end of the 2019-20 season. Their home ground is Coburg Road, built on land leased from the Duchy of Cornwall. The club was first formed in 1871.

Club Honours

1st Team

• Dorset & Wilts 1 South champions (3): 1990-91,^[a] 2017–18, 2019-20
• Southern Counties champions: 1994-95
• South West 2 East champions: 1998-99
• Dorset & Wilts Cup winners: 1999-00
• Dorset & Wilts Senior Vase winners: 2017, 2020

2nd XV

• Dorset & Wilts Cup winners: 1995-96
• Dorset & Wilts Cup 2nd XV Cup
• Dorset & Wilts 1 South champions: 2008-09
• Dorset & Wilts 3 South champions: 2011-12
• Dorset & Wilts 2 South champions: 2018-19

3rd XV

• Dorset & Wilts 4 champions: 2014-15
• Dorset & Wilts South Matrix champions: 2019-20

Statistics

• Most games played for 1st XV — Frank Dike 658
• Most Games played for Dorchester — Frank Dike 969
• Most Tries scored for 1st XV — Tony Foot 138

1st XV biggest win vs. Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 4 October 1997: 99 – 7.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

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External links

• Dorchester RFC official website

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