Northumberland Senior Plate (rugby union)

The Northumberland Senior Plate is an annual rugby union competition held between the clubs of the Northumberland RFU which was first played in 2002. It is the second tier county cup for the Northumberland Rugby Union, which includes Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, and Northumberland. The plate was introduced when the gap between clubs became too great after the advent of professionalism in 1995. The competition is open to the 9th-16th best placed clubs in the league pyramid. The current holders are North Shields who defeated Ponteland 24-23, in the 2019 cup final. The 2020 final was not completed due to the coronavirus outbreak. All Senior Plate Finals have been played at various venues in the county and takes place on Easter Saturday.

Northumberland Senior Cup
SportRugby Union
Instituted2002 (2002)
Number of teams8
Country England
HoldersNorth Shields (2018-19)
Most titlesPonteland & Ashington (3 titles)
WebsiteNorthumberland RFU

The Senior Plate is currently the second most important county cup competition for club sides based in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear typically competing at tier 7 (Durham/Northumberland 1), tier 8 (Durham/Northumberland 2) and tier 9 (Durham/Northumberland 3) of the English rugby union system. The format is a knock-out cup with a quarter-final, semi-final and final, which is to be played at a neutral ground in April.[1]

Northumberland Senior Plate Winners
2002 Ashington 2003 Berwick 2004 Ponteland
2005 Gosforth 2006 Ashington 2007 Wallsend
2008 Ashington 2009 Northumbria University 2010 No competition
2011 No competition 2012 Medicals 2013 Northumbria University
2014 Blyth 2015 Ponteland 2016 Novocastrians
2017 Ponteland 2018 Novocastrians 2019 North Shields
2020 Competition not completed*

The 2020 final was not completed due to the coronavirus outbreak. All rugby was suspended in March 2020 by the RFU*.

By number of wins (clubs)
Team Wins Years
Ashington32002, 2006, 2008
Ponteland32004, 2015, 2017
Northumbria University22009, 2013
Novocastrians22016, 2018
Berwick12003
Blyth12014
Gosforth12005
Medicals12012
North Shields12019
Wallsend12007
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References
  1. "CUP DRAWS FOR SEASON 2016-17 (Word doc)". Northumberland RFU. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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