# English Colts Club Knockout Cup

The English Clubs Knockout Cup or The National Colts Cup is a Nationwide competition for English Rugby union Clubs Colts (under age 19) teams. The competition is a straight knock-out competition that is organised by the East Midlands Rugby Union. The prestigious competition has always had a wide range of grassroots clubs up to Premiership academy teams competing for the top prize.
The Competition is firstly set on a Regional level, with the four national districts being split into 8 Regions. From each region there will be 4 qualifiers to go onto the National Stages of the Cup competition. A plate competition was introduced to run alongside the main Cup competition for all sides knocked out in the Regional stages. In 2009/10 the Cup Competition is celebrating its thirteenth year of existence.

## Latest update 2014/15

Final played 4 May 2015 at Bedford RFU
Tonbridge Juddians 43 Wolverhampton 17
Plate Final
Havant v Wharfedale
Wharfedale won narrowly
Hornets 12 Bedford Blues 55

## 2007/2008 Competition
### Cup Competition
#### Final: 5 May 2008 (Bank Holiday Monday)

| Home | | | | Away |
| Bedford Blues | 33 | v | 16 | Nuneaton |

### Plate Competition
#### Final: 5 May 2008 (Bank Holiday Monday)

| Home | | | | Away |
| Bishops Stortford | 16 | v | 46 | Newbury |

## Previous season's roundup

2007/2008 = 2007 - 2008 English Colts Club Knockout Cup
2006/2007 = 2006 - 2007 English Colts Club Knockout Cup

## Past winners
### Cup winners

1997/1998 Moseley 8 v 3 Leeds
1998/1999 London 36 v 0 Leeds
1999/2000 Bath 29 v 24 Leicester
2000/2001 Gloucester 23 v 10 Bath
2001/2002 Bath 29 v 19 Bristol
2002/2003 London 31 v 18 Worcester
2003/2004 Bedford 7 v 25 Leeds
2004/2005 Moseley 3 v 24 Harlequins
2005/2006 Bishops Stortford 32 v 6 Old Northamptonians
2006/2007 Bedford Blues 30 v 5 Redruth R.F.C.
2007/2008 Bedford Blues 33 v 16 Nuneaton R.F.C.
2008/2009 Hinckley RFC 22 v 5 Old Albanians
2009/2010 Bedford Blues 55 v 12 Hornets
2010/2011 Bedford Blues 38 v 10 Redingensians
2011/2012 Bedford Blues 31 v 15 Ivybridge
2012/2013 Bishops Stortford 24 v 7 Worcester Wanderers
2013/2014 Thanet Wanderers 50 v 19 Old Elthamians
2014/2015 Tonbridge Juddians 43 v 17 Wolverhampton

### Plate winners

1999/2000 Preston Grasshoppers 40 v 14 Basingstoke
2000/2001 Bristol 54 v 0 Leicester Lions
2001/2002 Gloucester 14 v 0 Bedford Blues
2002/2003 Cambridge 17 v 10 Preston Grasshoppers
2003/2004 Devonport Services 16 v 14 London Scottish
2004/2005 Northampton Old Scouts RFC 7 v 38 Bishop Stortford
2005/2006 Rochford Hundred 3 v 29 Worcester Wanderers
2006/2007 Bury St Edmunds 18 v 14 Weston-super-Mare R.F.C
2007/2008 Newbury 46 v 16 Bishop Stortford
2008/2009 Bedford Blues 52 v 5 Burton
2008/2009 Richmond RFC 20 v 11 Northampton Old Scouts
2010/2011 Bishop's Stortford 41 v 8 Devonport Services
2011/2012 Westcombe Park RFC 27 v 13 Old Brodleians
2012/2013 Westcombe Park RFC Winners
2013/2014 Ivybridge 15 v 14 Market Harborough
2014/2015 Wharfdale RFC 23 v 21 Havant RFC

## Success records

| Pos | Team | Cup Wins | Cup Runners Up | Plate Wins | Plate Runners Up | Total Finals |
| 1 | Bedford Blues | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Bath | 2 | 1 | | | 3 |
| 3 | London Irish | 2 | | | | 2 |
| 4 | Leeds Tykes | 1 | 2 | | | 3 |
| 5 | Moseley | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| 6 | Bishop Stortford | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| | Gloucester | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| 7 | NEC Harlequins | 1 | | | | 1 |
| | Hinckley RFC | 1 | | | | 1 |
| | Tonbridge Juddians RFC | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 8 | Bristol | | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| | Ivybridge | | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| | Worcester Wanderers | | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 9 | Leicester Tigers | | 1 | | | 1 |
| | Old Northamptonians | | 1 | | | 1 |
| | Redruth R.F.C. | | 1 | | | 1 |
| | Nuneaton R.F.C. | | 1 | | | 1 |
| 10 | Preston Grasshoppers | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Bury St Edmunds | | | 1 | | 1 |
| | Cambridge | | | 1 | | 1 |
| | Devonport Services | | | 1 | | 1 |
| | Newbury | | | 1 | | 1 |
| 12 | Burton R.F.C | | | | 1 | 1 |
| | Basingstoke | | | | 1 | 1 |
| | Leicester Lions | | | | 1 | 1 |
| | London Scottish | | | | 1 | 1 |
| | Northampton Old Scouts RFC | | | | 1 | 1 |
| | Rochford Hundred | | | | 1 | 1 |
| | Weston-super-Mare RFC | | | | 1 | 1 |
| | Hornets RFC | | 1 | | | 1 |

## Sources

* East Midlands Rugby Union