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Counties 1 Kent
Current season or competition:
2024–25 Counties 1 Kent
SportRugby union
Number of teams12
Country England
HoldersCanterbury Pilgrim's (1st title) (2024–25))
Website[1]

Counties 1 Kent is an English Level 7 Rugby Union league. It is organised by the London and South East Division Rugby Football Union and is the top-tier competition for clubs in Kent and Sussex. It was previously known as London 2 South East. After the restructuring of the RFU Leagues ahead of the 2022–23 season[1], where the league was renamed to Counties 1 Kent. Promoted teams typically go up to Regional 2 South East while relegated teams drop to Counties 2 Kent.

The inaugural champions of the new league structure were Old Alleynians who were promoted to Regional 2 South East for the 2023/24 season. As part of the league revamp for the 2022-23 season Kent Rugby Football Union was one of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) constituent bodies that allowed second teams of clubs playing higher up the pyramid to enter their league structure. In 2023-24 the eventual champions were Canterbury Pilgrim's[2] however as part of second team inclusion in the league ladder system the highest level they can compete is currently capped at Counties 1 (Level 7) meaning 2nd placed Dartfordians were promoted to Regional 2 South East instead.

2024-25[3]

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Departing were Dartfordians as runners up, promoted to Regional 2 South East. Thanet Wanderers were relegated to Counties 2 Kent.

2023-24[4]

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Departing were Old Alleynians as champions, promoted to Regional 2 South East. Relegated were Folkestone and Aylesford Bulls to Counties 2 Kent.

League table

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Counties 1 Kent 2023–24
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points Adjust
C Canterbury Pilgrim's 22 20 0 2 846 439 +407 18 0 98
2 Dartfordians 22 17 1 4 692 444 +248 19 1 90
3 Beccehamian 22 18 1 3 839 299 +540 16 1 86 -5
4 Bromley 22 15 1 6 621 416 205 13 3 79
5 Crowborough 22 14 2 6 530 463 +67 9 1 70
6 Dover 22 9 1 12 466 548 -82 9 3 50
7 Heathfield & Waldron 22 8 2 12 459 469 -10 7 6 50
8 Deal & Betteshanger 22 8 0 14 403 582 -179 6 4 42
9 Ashford 22 6 0 16 345 518 −173 3 3 30
10 Cranbrook 22 4 1 17 388 756 −368 4 4 26
11 Charlton Park 22 5 0 17 371 684 −313 5 3 23 -5
R Thanet Wanderers 22 3 1 18 378 720 −342 4 3 21
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of draws
  3. Difference between points for and against
  4. Total number of points for
  5. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  6. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places.
Updated: 25 June 2024
Source:[5]

2022-23

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Participating teams

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League table

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Counties 1 Kent 2022–23
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points Adjust
C Old Alleynians 22 20 0 2 890 257 +633 16 1 97
2 Bromley 22 16 0 6 575 316 +259 12 1 77
3 Beccehamian 22 14 0 8 596 381 +215 11 4 71
4 Heathfield & Waldron 22 14 0 8 468 486 -18 9 3 68
5 Charlton Park 22 14 0 8 525 537 -12 10 1 67
6 Cranbrook 22 12 0 10 538 511 27 10 1 59
7 Ashford 22 12 0 10 440 399 41 4 4 56
8 Deal & Betteshanger 22 11 0 11 448 507 -39 7 3 55
9 Crowborough 22 8 0 14 443 552 −109 7 1 35 -5
10 Thanet Wanderers 22 7 0 15 309 593 −284 5 0 33
R Folkestone 22 3 0 19 346 797 −451 5 4 21
R Aylesford Bulls 22 1 0 21 341 603 −262 3 6 13
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of draws
  3. Difference between points for and against
  4. Total number of points for
  5. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  6. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places.
Updated: 25 June 2024
  1. ^ "RFU ANNOUNCE NEW MEN'S COMMUNITY STRUCTURE". 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Canterbury Rugby Club first-team head coach Matt Corker on Canterbury Pilgrims' Kent 1 title triumph and his side's 33-19 win against Guernsey Raiders". 22 March 2024.
  3. ^ "England Rugby". 28 June 2024.
  4. ^ "England Rugby". 28 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Counties 1 Kent". Rugby England. Retrieved 25 June 2024.