Dorchester RFC


Dorchester Rugby Football Club is an English amateur rugby union club that is based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. The club currently play in Counties 2 Dorset & Wilts South - a tier 8 league in the English rugby union system - following their relegation from Counties 1 Southern South at the end of the 2024-25 season. Their home ground is Coburg Road, built on land leased from the Duchy of Cornwall. The club was first formed in 1871.

Club Honours

1st Team
  • Dorset & Wilts 1 South champions : 1990-91, 2017–18, 2019-20
  • Southern Counties champions: 1994-95
  • South West 2 East champions: 1998-99
  • Dorset & Wilts Cup winners: 1999-00
  • Dorset & Wilts Senior Vase winners: 2017, 2020
2nd XV
  • Dorset & Wilts Cup winners: 1995-96
  • Dorset & Wilts Cup 2nd XV Cup
  • Dorset & Wilts 1 South champions: 2008-09
  • Dorset & Wilts 3 South champions: 2011-12
  • Dorset & Wilts 2 South champions: 2018-19
3rd XV
  • Dorset & Wilts 4 champions: 2014-15
  • Dorset & Wilts South Matrix champions: 2019-20
Statistics
  • Most games played for 1st XV — Frank Dike 658
  • Most Games played for Dorchester — Frank Dike 969
  • Most Tries scored for 1st XV — Tony Foot 138
1st XV biggest win vs. Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 4 October 1997: 99 – 7.