Oxfordshire RFU County Cup

For the football competition, see Oxfordshire Senior Cup.

Oxfordshire RFU County Cup

Sport	Rugby Union
Instituted	1970; 55 years ago (1970)
Number of teams	10
Country	England
Holders	Oxford Harelquins (2022-23)
Most titles	Henley Hawks / Oxford (11 titles)
Website	Oxfordshire RFU website

The Oxfordshire RFU County Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Oxfordshire Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 1970–71 season, with the inaugural winners being Oxford. It is the most important rugby union cup competition in Oxfordshire, ahead of the Oxfordshire RFU County Shield.

The County Cup is open to club sides based in Oxfordshire playing in tier 6 (South West 1 East) and tier 7 (Southern Counties North) of the English rugby union system, 2nd teams of higher ranked clubs in the county (tiers 3–4), as well as invitee sides from outside of the league structure (e.g. university representative sides). The current format is a knock-out competition with a preliminary round, first round, semi-finals and a final played at Iffley Road in Oxford in March–April.[1]

Oxfordshire RFU County Cup winners

Oxfordshire RFU County Cup Finals MOST RECENT TITLE
Season	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Title Number	Venue
1970-80
1970–71	Henley Hawks	29–28	Oxford	Henley Hawks 1st Title	Iffley Road, Oxford
1971–72	Oxford Old Boys	11–7	Henley Hawks	Oxford Old Boys 1st title
1972–73	Oxford	24–12	Oxford Marathons	Oxford RFC 1st Title
1973–74	Oxford Old Boys	18–6	Oxford	Oxford Old Boys 2nd title
1974–75	Oxford	22–3	Oxford Marathons	Oxford RFC 3rd Title
1975–76	Oxford University Greyhounds	18–6	Oxford	Oxford University RFC 1st Title
1976–77	Chinnor	9–6	Henley Hawks	Chinnor RFC 1st Title
1977–78	Oxford	10–7	Banbury	Oxford RFC 4th Title
1978–79	Henley Hawks	9–3	Oxford University Greyhounds	Henley Hawks 2nd Title
1979–80	Oxford	13–6	Banbury	Oxford RFC 5th Title
1980-90
1980–81	Oxford	10–6	Henley Hawks	Oxford RFC 6th Title
1981–82	Oxford	7–6	Oxford Old Boys	Oxford RFC 7th Title
1982–83	Henley Hawks	8–7	Bicester	Henley Hawks 3rd Title
1983–84	Oxford Old Boys	20–11	Bicester	Oxford Old Boys 3rd title
1984–85	Henley Hawks	17–12	Chinnor	Henley Hawks 4th Title
1985–86	Oxford	9–7	Henley Hawks	Oxford RFC 8th Title
1986–87	Oxford	21–7	Oxford Old Boys	Oxford RFC 9th Title
1987–88	Oxford	15–6	Banbury	Oxford RFC 10th Title
1988–89	Oxford	29–16	Banbury	Oxford RFC 11th Title
1989–90	Banbury	16–9	Bicester	Banbury RUFC 1st Title
1990-00
1990–91	Henley Hawks	13–10	Oxford	Henley Hawks 5th Title
1991–92	Henley Hawks	34–23	Oxford	Henley Hawks 6th Title
1992–93	Henley Hawks	13–3	Oxford	Henley Hawks 7th Title
1993–94	Henley Hawks	13–12	Banbury	Henley Hawks 8th Title
1994–95	Henley Hawks	28–0	Oxford	Henley Hawks 9th Title
1995–96	Bicester	22–21	Henley Hawks	Bicester RUFC 1st Title
1996–97	Bicester	22–19	Banbury	Bicester RUFC 2nd Title
1997–98[2]	Banbury	13–0	Chinnor	Banbury RUFC 2nd Title
1998–99[3]	Chinnor	8–5	Banbury	Chinnor RFC 2nd Title
1999-00[4]	Banbury	20–19	Chinnor	Banbury RUFC 3rd Title
2000-10
2000–01[5]	Henley II	36–9	Banbury	Henley Hawks 10th Title
2001–02[6]	Chinnor	17–13	Banbury	Chinnor RFC 3rd Title
2002–03[7]	Henley II	29–19	Oxford Harlequins	Henley Hawks 11th Title
2003–04[8]	Oxford Harlequins	35–30	Chinnor	Oxford Harlequins 1st Title
2004–05[9]	Henley II	20–18	Chinnor	Henley Hawks 12th Title
2005–06[10]	Oxford Harlequins	19–12	Witney	Oxford Harlequins 2nd Title
2006–07[11]	Oxford Harlequins	36–13	Witney	Oxford Harlequins 3rd Title
2007–08[12]	Oxford Harlequins	30–20	Chinnor	Oxford Harlequins 4th Title
2008–09[13]	Oxford Harlequins	57–18	Banbury	Oxford Harlequins 5th Title
2009–10[14]	Chinnor	68–0	Witney	Chinnor RFC 4th Title
2010-20
2010–11[15]	Chinnor	19–9	Oxford Harlequins	Chinnor RFC 5th Title
2011–12[16]	Chinnor II	13–10	Henley II	Chinnor RFC 6th Title
2012–13[17]	Chinnor II	27–19	Oxford University Greyhounds	Chinnor RFC 7th Title
2013–14[18]	Oxford Harlequins	21–3	Banbury	Oxford Harlequins 6th Title
2014–15[19][20]	Grove	24–22	Oxford Harlequins	Grove 1st Title
2015–16[21]	Banbury	28–5	Henley II	Banbury RUFC 4th Title
2016–17[22]	Banbury	17–12	Oxford University Greyhounds	Banbury RUFC 5th Title
2017–18[23]	Banbury	44–8	Witney	Banbury RUFC 6th Title
2018–19	Banbury	20–5	Chinnor	Banbury RUFC 7th Title
2019–20	Chinnor	Walkover	Oxford Harlequins	Chinnor RFC 8th Title
2020-2030
2020–21	COVID-19
2021–22	No Competition
2022–23	Oxford Harlequins	33–15	Witney	Oxford Harlequins 7th Title
2023–24
2024–25
2025–26
2026–27
2027–28
2028–29
2029–30

Winners & Runners Up

Club	Wins	Runners-up	Winning Seasons	Last Win
Banbury RUFC	7	11	1997–98 1999-00 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19	2018-19
Bicester	2	3	1995–96 1996–97	1996–97
Chinnor	8	7	1976–77 1998–99 2001–02 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2019–20	2019–20
Grove	1	0	2014–15	2014–15
Henley	12	7	1970–71 1978–79 1982–83 1984–85 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 2000–01 2002–03 2004–05	2004–05
Oxford	11	7	1972–73 1974–75 1977–78 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89	1988–89
Oxford Harlequins	7	4	2003–04 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2013–14 2022–23	2022–23
Oxford Marathons	0	2	N/A	N/A
Oxford Old Boys	3	2	1971–72 1973–74 1983–84	1983–84
Oxford University	1	3	1975–76	1975–76
Witney	0	5	N/A	N/A

• 2020–21 - No Competition due to COVID-19
• 2021–22 - No Competition

Number of wins

• Henley Hawks (12)[a 1]
• Oxford (11)
• Chinnor (8)[a 2] [a 3]
• Banbury (7)
• Oxford Harlequins (7)[a 4]
• Oxford Old Boys (3)
• Bicester (2)
• Grove (1)
• Oxford University Greyhounds (1)

Notes

1. Includes 3 wins by the Henley 2nd XV.
2. Includes 2 wins by the Chinnor 2nd XV.
3. Includes Walkover win in 2019-20.
4. Oxford Harlequins have 10 cup wins if you count the 3 titles won by Oxford Old Boys (who would merge with Oxford Marathon to form the Harlequins in 1996).

See also

• Oxfordshire RFU
• Oxfordshire RFU County Shield
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

1. "Oxfordshire RFU County Cup". Oxfordshire RFU. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
2. "Banbury capture second county rugby cup". Oxford Mail. 25 March 1998.
3. "Chinnor are rugby champs". Oxford Mail. 31 March 1999.
4. "RUGBY: BULLS WIN COUNTY CUP". Banbury Guardian. 6 April 2000.
5. "Rugby: Henley step on the gas to land trophy". Oxford Mail. 11 April 2001.
6. "Rugby: Matt proves he's no McWally!". Oxford Mail. 24 April 2002.
7. "CUP PROGRAMMES". Rugby Relics. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
8. "Rugby: Quins top in classic final". Oxford Mail. 30 March 2004.
9. "Rugby: Holders crushed as Chinnor reach final". Oxford Mail. 8 March 2005.
10. "RUGBY: Underdogs Witney edged out in final". Witney Gazette. 19 April 2006.
11. "RUGBY UNION: Quins urged to make impact". This is Oxfordshire. 23 March 2007.
12. "Quins win Oxfordshire Cup final". BBC Sport. 5 April 2008.
13. "RUGBY UNION: Cup records for Quins". Oxford Mail. 27 April 2009.
14. "RUGBY UNION: Coach Harper stays upbeat". Oxford Mail. 28 April 2010.
15. "RUGBY UNION: Chinnor edge it". Oxford Mail. 25 April 2011.
16. "Chinnor seconds leave Henley gutted". Chinnor RFC (Pitchero). 7 April 2012.
17. "Job well done". Chinnor RFC (Pitchero). 21 April 2013.
18. "Quins look very professional as they take Oxfordshire County Cup Final spoils". Banbury RUFC (Pitchero). 7 May 2014.
19. "Grove win the Oxfordshire Cup at their 1st attempt, after 43 years". Grove RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 18 September 2017.
20. "Oxfordshire Cup Final Oxford Harlequins V Grove". Oxford Harlequins RFC (Pitchero). 1 April 2015.
21. "Bulls thrash Henley to lift County Cup". Banbury RUFC (Pitchero). 23 March 2016.
22. "Banbury Bulls retain Oxfordshire Cup!". Banbury RUFC (Pitchero). 13 April 2017.
23. "RUGBY UNION: Banbury beat Witney to win Oxfordshire Cup". Oxford Mail. 29 March 2018.

External links

• Oxfordshire RFU website