The Kent Salver is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2005-06 season, with the inaugural winners being Guy's Hospital. It is the fifth most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, behind the Kent Cup, Kent Shield, Kent Vase and Kent Plate.
The Kent Salver is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that have been knocked out of the first round of the Kent Vase. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, semi-finals and a final, typically to be held at a pre-determined ground at the end of April on the same date and venue as the Cup, Shield, Vase and Plate finals.
Kent Salver winners
Kent Salver Finals Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue 2005-06 Guy's Hospital 2006-07 Sheppey 2007-08 Sittingbourne 13-9 Park House Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2008-09 Dartfordians 26-25 Cranbrook The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent 2009-10 Sheppey 29-10 Gillingham Anchorians Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, London 2010-11 Ashford 64-13 Orpington Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2011-12 Cranbrook 57-10 Brockleians Priestfields, Rochester, Kent 2012-13 Dartfordians Shooters Hill Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent 2013-14 Brockleians Bexley Footscray Road, New Eltham, London 2014-15 Brockleians 26-5 Sheppey Tomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent 2015-16 Sittingbourne Southwark Lancers The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent 2016-17 Greenwich 17-7 Snowdown Colliery Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2017-18 Gillingham Anchorians 33-26 Footscray Footscray Road, New Eltham, London 2018-19 Faversham 17-15Southwark Lancers Charlton Park Kidbrooke London 2021-22Faversham 14-7 King's College HospitalPriestfields, Rochester ME1 3AD2022-23Cliffe Crusaders48-14SheppeyCranbrook Rugby Club2023-24Cliffe Crusaders32-7AshCanterbury Rugby Club2024-25Sittingbourne21-0AshAylesford Bulls Rugby Football Club2025-26King's College Hospital42-19New Ash GreenCanterbury Rugby Club, CT4 7DZ
Number of wins Sittingbourne (3) Cliffe Crusaders (2) Brockleians (2) Dartfordians (2) Sheppey (2) Ashford (1) Cranbrook (1) Gillingham Anchorians (1) Greenwich (1) Guy's Hospital (1) Faversham RUFC (2) King's College Hospital (1)
See also Kent RFU Kent Cup Kent Shield Kent Vase Kent Plate English rugby union system Rugby union in England
References
External links Kent RFU