St Austell RFC
| Full name | St Austell Rugby Football Club |
|---|---|
| Union | RFU |
| Nickname(s) | The Saints |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Region | Cornwall Rugby Football Union |
| Ground(s) | Tregorrick Park, St Austell, Cornwall (Capacity: 4,000 (300 seats)) |
| Chairman | Paul Hayes |
| President | Roger French |
| Coach(es) | Andy Ashwin |
| League(s) | Tribute Western Counties West |
| 2015-16 | 11th |
| Official website | |
| www |
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St Austell RFC is a Cornish rugby union club that is based in the town of St Austell and was founded in 1963. The club run three senior men's teams as well as ladies side, a colts and multiple junior/mini sides. The club's kit is red and white hoops and the first team currently play in Tribute Western Counties West with home games at Tregorrick Park.
St Austell RFC was formed on 31 July 1963 by Wilf Vernalls and Des Robbins, with home games being played at Cyprus Avenue in Par Moor. Interestingly there had been a previous rugby club in St Austell called the Hornets who had formed in 1933, but during the 1954-55 season this club relocated to Newquay, becoming known as the Newquay Hornets. The club moved to Circus Field at Cromwell Road in 1967 but would have to wait until the mid 1970s until it emerged as a player on the Cornish senior circuit, defeating established clubs Truro and St Ives in 1976. Several years in 1978 the club reached the final of the Cornwall Cup for the first time, losing 7-6 to Camborne at the Recreation Ground in Redruth. In 1986, St Austell sold their Circus Field ground to Asda spending several seasons without a ground until they moved into their current ground, Tregorrick Park, in 1988.
With the creation of the Courage national leagues in 1987, St Austell were placed in Courage Cornwall/Devon (division 8 of the league system). They had a poor debut season in the new league, finishing second bottom in 10th place and were relegated to Courage Cornwall League 1. In 1991 St Austell reached the final of the Cornwall Clubs Cup (the secondary cup in Cornwall at the time) but ended up as losing finalists after a 13-0 defeat to Helston. After 7 seasons in Cornwall League 1 the club finally achieved promotion in 1995 as they claimed their first ever league title and booked a return to Cornwall/Devon. Several years later a second league title and promotion was achieved as St Austell won Western Counties West to reach the dizzy heights of South West 2 West - which at tier 5 is the highest level the club has reached to date.
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