Harpenden RFC
Harpenden Rugby Football Club is a rugby club based in Harpenden. They play in Regional 1 South East - a league at tier 5 of the English rugby union system - following their promotion from London 1 North at the end of the 2021–22 season. Formation It was formed in 1919 when a group of young men, old friends and school friends were having coffee together in 'Bunty's Tea Room' in the High Street on the corner of Vaughan Road, Harpenden. For the most part they had all played rugby at school and decided they would try and form a side to continue playing together. After some difficulty they found a ground they could use in Rothamsted Park, a large open area owned by the Lord of the Manor, contacted some opponents and managed to arrange a few games during the 1919/20 season, playing as Harpenden Old Public Schoolboys. Establishment The following season, on 2 March 1921, they were officially constituted as the Harpenden Rugby Football Club and began to establish themselves. Unfortunately their use of the pitch in Rothamsted Park was abruptly terminated by the then Lady of the Manor who apparently classified rugby players as 'rough loiterers'; a