Chelmsford Rugby Club

As a result of the RFU’s announcement on Friday the 1st XV’s fixtures in September, October and November now look as above 👆.

The 1st XV will kick off the league season on 26th September with a trip to Norfolk and Wymondham RFC.

The Woodford game away and the Braintree home fixture have been rescheduled for 10th October and 28th November respectively.

The 2nd XV are at home to Canvey and the 3rd XV are away to Kings Cross Steelers.

Luncheon and buffet dates will be out soon.

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Following the RFU’s announcement on Friday we can now confirm league games for 1st XV, 2nd XV, and 3rd XV will take place on Saturday 26th September 2026.

1st XV v Wymondham (A)
2nd XV v Canvey Island (H)
3rd XV v Kings Cross Steelers ll (A)

The 1st XV fixture’s that were due to take place on 12th and 19th September against Woodford and Braintree will be rescheduled for 10th October and 28th November respectively.

We are working through what is best for all players and trainers with regard to preseason friendlies. Watch this space for more details.

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With the season fast approaching we would like to share another quartet of players that have resigned for the 2026/27 campaign.

Ashley Toomey
harry campion
Frankie Hart
Ollie Hitchcock

The 1st XV kick off their league season on 12th September away at Woodford.

The 2nd XV start two weeks later at home to Canvey Island and the 3rd XV also start their campaign in Essex Merit Table Division 3 away at Kings Cross Steelers.

Hard to believe but it’s true. We need some rain 🌧️!!

COYBB.

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Chelmsford Rugby Football Club would like to inform all associated with the club of Peter Jordan’s funeral arrangements.

The funeral will take place at Chelmsford Crematorium on Thursday 13th August starting at 2.30 pm.

After the service all are invited to the clubhouse at Coronation Park to share our memories of Peter in a location so dear to him.

💙 Many Minds, One Heart 💙

We are excited to announce our first pre season ‘Triple Header’ versus Ipswich Rugby .

Having played Ipswich over the last few seasons at this time of year, the 1st XV, Ladies XV and Colts XV will all be travelling to Suffolk to get ready for September league fixtures.

The Colts XV game will be the ‘curtain raiser’ for the 1st XV game at 3.00 pm and the Ladies will kick off at 2.00 pm.

Come and support the club at Humber Douchy Lane, IP4 3PZ.

COYBB.

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Week 4 of pre-season has started. Balmy evenings in the heat.

Matt Searle putting the lads through their paces with some detail and structure being added.

Training is at the Police HQ across from Coronation Park until the end of August. Even a few classic Jags were in attendance. Perhaps our ex President was overseeing proceedings! Snaps courtesy of Christian Gibson

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Congratulations to our wonderful U10s who were involved in the Race for Life last weekend.

The Chelmsford Race for Life took place on Sunday, July 19, 2026. The event featured a variety of distances, including a 3k and 5k, a chip-timed 10k, and a 5k “Pretty Muddy” obstacle course.

The local events were organised by Cancer Research UK to raise vital funds for life-saving cancer and the U10s raised a whopping £1,700!

Well done to all involved including Marcus Bloomberg and Karthik Vilwanathan our wonderful coaches.

COYBB.

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CLUB STATEMENT

It is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of Peter Jordan, long-serving President of Chelmsford RFC.

Peter had been a member of the club since 1971, and the term ‘stalwart’ cannot begin to describe his contribution to the life of the club over that period, serving as player, vice-Chair, Chairman and then President from 1996 until 2008, and then resuming this duty in 2024. In that time he was one of the driving forces in planning, fundraising and executing the construction of our wonderful clubhouse in 2006.

His role both as an ambassador of the club and ever-present supporter on the touch line means that we will all have strongly-formed warm impressions of Peter, none more so than his team mates from the original Undertakers. And we look forward to hearing their stories of past adventures!

At this sad time our thoughts are with his family and friends, many of whom will be part of the CRFC rugby family.

Go well Peter, Many Minds One Heart. You will be greatly missed.

James Crouch, President CRFC
Gabby Rowe, Chair CRFC

Training this evening. Burn some energy, burgers and the second half of France 🇫🇷 v Spain 🇪🇸. What more could you want?!?

These boys are our next four signings…….

John Warburton
Matt Jefferson

jamie.calver

See you at Coronation Park for a 7.15 pm start.

COYBB.

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On a normal Sunday craig_stanford would just be leaving the rugby club having overseen the Minis activities.

With rugby available for U6 to U12 in the Mini section at Chelmsford Rugby Club every Sunday, Craig installs the RFU core values of Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline and Sportsmanship across all the age groups.

Keep up the good work
Craig.

COYBB!

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