Northumberland Senior Cup (rugby union)
The Northumberland Senior Cup is an annual rugby union competition held between the clubs of the Northumberland RFU which was first played in 1882. It is the senior county cup for the Northumberland Rugby Union, which includes Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, and Northumberland. The current holders are Morpeth who defeated Alnwick in the 2020 cup final. Most finals were held at the Northumberland County Ground from 1932 up until 1988; before and after the County Ground's existence Senior Cup Finals have been played at various venues in the county.
The Senior Cup is currently the premier county cup competition for club sides affiliated to the Northumberland Rugby Football Union typically based at level 5 and level 6 of the English rugby union system, although the 2nd XV of Tynedale, Berwick and the two university's in Newcastle have taken part in the competition. The format is as a knock-out cup with a quarter-final, semi-final and final, which is to be played at a neutral ground in April on Easter Saturday.
Past winners
Clubs now defunct*By number of wins (clubs)
Team | Wins | Years |
Gosforth | 30 | 1928, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993*, 1994 |
Tynedale | 24 | 1887, 1906, 1911, 1914, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1988, 1992, 1993*, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014 |
Percy Park | 22 | 1886, 1897, 1899, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1921, 1924, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018 |
Northern | 17 | 1882, 1884, 1888, 1891, 1903, 1904, 1912, 1926, 1931, 1937, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1989, 1995 |
Rockcliff | 13 | 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1920 |
Morpeth | 5 | 1998, 2002, 2007, 2016, 2020 |
Medicals | 4 | 1922, 1923, 1952, 1953 |
Seghill | 4 | 1925, 1929, 1930, 1932 |
Alnwick | 3 | 1984, 2017, 2019 |
Tynemouth | 2 | 1883, 1885 |
Berwick | 1 | 1997 |
Newcastle University | 1 | 1965 |
Northumbria University | 1 | 2015 |