Current season or competition: 2024–25 Counties 1 Kent | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Number of teams | 12 |
| Country |  England |
| Website | [1] |
Counties 1 Kent is an English level 7rugby union regional league for rugby clubs in London and the south-east of England including sides fromKent,Greater London andEast Sussex. Administration of the leagues is divided betweenKent Rugby,[1]Sussex Rugby[2] and theLondon & SE RFU.[3] (The locations in Greater London are all in areas that were historically part of Kent.)
The twelve teams play home and away matches from September through to April, making a total of twenty-two matches each. The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:
In addition:
There is one automatic promotion place and two relegation places. The first-placed team at the end of season wins promotion toRegional 2 South East. The last twoplaced clubs are typically relegated to eitherCounties 2 Kent orCounties 2 Sussex depending on location.
Departing wereCanterbury II and Bromley promoted toRegional 2 South East.
| Locations of the 2025-26 Counties 1 Kent teams in London Locations of the 2025-26 Counties 1 Kent teams in Kent and East Sussex
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Departing were Dartfordians promoted toRegional 2 South East as runners-up[4] (Canterbury Pilgrims finished top[5] but owing to league regulations were not permitted to be promoted to Level 6) with Thanet being relegated toCounties 2 Kent.[6] With no team coming down fromRegional 2 South East there was a reprieve for Charlton Park who finished 11th and would ordinarily have been relegated toCounties 2 Kent. Coming up wereSevenoaks 2XV[7] and Park House.
| Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 1 Kent teams in London Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 1 Kent teams in Kent and East Sussex
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Departing wereOld Alleynians[8] promoted toRegional 2 South East with Folkestone[9] and Aylesford Bulls relegated toCounties 2 Kent. In their place In their place came Dover andCanterbury Pilgrims promoted as 'joint champions'[10] fromCounties 2 Kent whilst Dartfordians were relegated fromRegional 2 South East.
| Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 1 Kent teams in London Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 1 Kent teams in Kent and East Sussex
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | Adjust | |||||
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| C | Canterbury Pilgrims | 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 | |||||
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This was the first season following theRFU Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar toLondon 2 South East with the teams placed 5th-12th returning. The teams finishing 1st - 4th were promoted toRegional 2 South East (level 6) with the top four teams coming up fromLondon 3 South East (level 8).[12]
| Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 1 Kent teams in London Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 1 Kent teams in Kent and East Sussex
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | Adjust | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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