Kent Plate | |
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Sport | Rugby Union |
Instituted | 1993 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Country | England |
Holders | Maidstone (2nd title) (2016-17) |
Most titles | Beckenham, Tunbridge Wells (3 titles) |
Website | Kent RFU |
The Kent Plate is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2001-02 season, with the inaugural winners being Bromley. It is the forth most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, behind the Kent Cup, Kent Shield and Kent Vase, but ahead of the Kent Salver.
The Kent Plate is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that have been knocked out of the first round of the Kent Cup and Kent Plate. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, semi-finals and a final, typically to be held at a pre-determined ground at the end of April on the same date and venue as the Cup, Shield, Vase and Salver finals.