Barking Rugby Football Club

Barking RFC is an English rugby union team based in Barking, east London and currently play in the eighth tier of the English rugby union league system, London 3 Essex, having been relegated from London 2 South East at the end of the 2017-18 season.

Barking
Full nameBarking Rugby Union Football Club
UnionEssex RFU
Founded1930 (1930)
LocationBecontree, Dagenham, London, England
Ground(s)Goresbrook (Capacity: 1,000)
Coach(es)Adrian Boyce
Captain(s)Corporal Snowflake
League(s)London 3 Essex
2019–2012th (relegated to Essex 1)
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/barkingrufc/
The main stand at Goresbrook

History

Park Modern Old Boys

The club was founded in 1930, under the name of Park Modern Old Boys. In 1926 the Park Modern School in Barking was founded and the headmaster decided that the school would play rugby, despite football being the most popular sport in the area. As a result, the Old Boys team was created four years later and won 16 out of 19 games in its inaugural season.

Barking RFC

Old Boys continued to prosper after the Second World War. In 1974 they were declared no longer an Old Boys team, and so were obliged to change their name to Barking Park RFC, which became Barking RFC in 1976.

Barking were successful upon the introduction of leagues and moved slowly up the league ladder. Jason Leonard, whose total of 119 caps as a prop was the world record from 2004 to 2006, began his club career at Barking. In 1989 Barking opened their current ground at Goresbrook, Dagenham and have remained there since. They reached the National Leagues in 1994. After winning National Division Three South in the 2004–05 season, Barking enjoyed two seasons in National Division Two before being relegated in 2007. The season began with a crushing 63–10 defeat at the hands of newly promoted Mounts Bay, who were eventually crowned champions. This set the tone for a season in which the Eastenders were constantly staving off the threat of relegation. However, Barking survived by the narrowest of margins after defeating the very team who had destroyed them on the opening day and finished the league as champions. The 16–14 win at Goresbrook was enough to send Bristol-based Clifton down by a single point and secure another season of National League rugby for Essex and London's East End.

Comedian and actor Nick Frost, known for his many film and television collaborations with Simon Pegg, is an ex-player.

Honours

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Jimmy 'The Vest' Magee Prop England
Aaron Cohen Prop England
Jake Matthews Prop England
Craig “the bawbag” McCandles Prop England
Thom McCaffrey Prop England
Scott Turner Prop England
Luke Seeley aka Corporal Snowflake Prop England
Stephen Hayes Second row England
George Clark Second row England
Kane 'The Big Red Machine' Second row England
Conor O Toole Second row England
Michael Anderson Flanker England
Mitch Young Flanker England
Ross Myers Flanker England
Joe Forde Flanker England
Nathan Barham Flanker England
David Howard Prop Australia
Andrew Moreland Hooker England
Connor Baker Scrum-half England
Joe Cook Scrum-half England
Chris Steadman Fly-half England
Sam Clark Fly-half England
Shaun Turner Fly-half England
Nathan Barham Fullback England


See also

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