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{{short description|English rugby union football club}}
{{About|the English rugby union club|the [[Australian rules football]] club|Richmond Football Club}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
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  | fullname    = Richmond Rugby Club
  | location    = [[Richmond, London]], [[England]]
  | union       = [[Surrey Rugby Football Union|Surrey RFU]]
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  | founded     = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1861}}
  | ground      = [[Athletic Ground, Richmond]]
  | capacity    = 4,500 (1,000 seated)
  | chairman    = Nick Preston
  | president   = James Foster
  | coach       = [[Rob Powell]]
  | captain     = Alexander Post
  | league      = [[National League 1]]
  | season      = [[2023–24 National League 1|2023–24]]
  | position    = 6th
  | url         = https://richmondfc.co.uk/ 
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'''Richmond Rugby Club''' is a [[rugby union]] club in [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[London]], [[England]]. It is a founding member of the [[Rugby Football Union]], and is one of the [[oldest football clubs]] (of any code). It fields teams in both men's and women's rugby; the men's first team currently play in [[National League 1]] following their relegation from the [[RFU Championship]] at the end of the 2022–23 season, while the [[Richmond Women|women's first team]] play in the Women's Championship.

==History==
===Early history===
Formed in 1861, it is one of the oldest football clubs in the world and holds a significant place in the history of [[association football]], playing in the [[1863–64 Barnes F.C. season|first ever match]] under the rules of [[The Football Association]] on 19 December 1863, against the [[Barnes Club]],<ref name=HistoryFA>{{cite web|title=The History of The FA|url=http://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/history|publisher=The Football Association|access-date=6 June 2014}}</ref> even though it was not a member of [[the Football Association]]. In 1878 it hosted the first ever floodlit match and in 1909 played in the inaugural match at [[Twickenham Stadium]], the home of English rugby.

===Professional era===
In 1996, the then third division club was bought by financial markets trader and [[Monaco]] tax exile Ashley Levett. Levett turned the club into the first [[professional]] team in England, and began buying in big names to push the club up the leagues, including [[Ben Clarke]] from [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], the first £1million signing. The club outgrew the Richmond Athletic Ground and became tenants at the [[Madejski Stadium]] in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]. But the crowds and revenues from competition meant that Levett was continually financing the club, and so he placed it in [[Administration (insolvency)|administration]] in March 1999.

The professional Richmond club and professional [[London Scottish F.C.]] were both merged into [[London Irish]], who moved to the [[Stoop Memorial Ground]] before taking up tenancy at Madejski the following year.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20050123/ai_n9699145 Sugar daddies Four for whom the game turned sour] The Independent - 23 January 2005</ref> This period of hesitancy and uncertainty resulted in many of the professional players leaving the club pre-merger, and returning to their original home-teams. The amateur club was reformed in 2000, and the club rejoined the leagues as an amateur club at the bottom of the pyramid.

===Post administration===
After the professional era, [[Hooker (rugby union)|hooker]] [[Andy Cuthbert]] remained at the club and captained the side for several years.  Despite its lowly league position, Richmond has still managed to attract some top class players - former South Africa captain [[Bobby Skinstad]] joined for the 2005–06 season, Chilean fly-half [[Sebastian Berti]] joined in 2006 and England Students' wing [[Joe Ajuwa]] was a regular starter in the 1st XV.  Under head coach Andy Maren the club climbed through the lower ranks of the England rugby divisions, from Herts & Middlesex 1 (ninth level) to London 1 (fifth level) in four years, amassing a perfect record of 83 straight wins in league play in the process.  However, the club seemingly stalled at that level, continuing to put together winning seasons, but failing to gain promotion in 2005–06 and 2006–07.

In the 2007–08 season, Richmond laid out a serious plan for promotion - something they had failed to achieve in the past two seasons, one reason being they had not had any semi-professional players on their books.  For the 2007–08 season, the club recruited a number of semi-professional players to boost Richmond's promotion chances. One of these players was USA international Jon Hartman. Richmond eventually achieved promotion, winning all but one of their League games. 
The coach, Brett Taylor, laid out plans for the club to be in National League 2 South in two seasons, and attempts were made to structure the colts teams into an effective feeder system for the 1st XV. However, during summer 2008, London Scottish were boosted financially and subsequently signed Taylor as their head coach. 
Richmond appointed Geoff Richards to take his place. Following two years in National League Two, Geoff Richards decided not to renew his contract citing differences in opinion between the board and himself on how the club should move forward.  
In 2009–10 Richmond appointed Oxford University Director of Rugby Steve Hill to take over after fourteen years in charge of the university side. Within two years (summer 2011) promotion was achieved and Richmond played in [[National League 1]] until the end of the [[2015-16 National League 1|2015–16 season]] when they achieved a further promotion into the [[RFU Championship|Green King IPA Championship]]. Following three seasons in the Championship, Richmond were relegated at the end of the 2018–19 season and forced to return to National League 1. They hit back strongly in season 2019–20, winning 20 out of 25 matches in National League 1 to finish top of the league and earn promotion back to the Championship.

==Shirt numbering==
Richmond always traditionally played without a number 13 (similar to [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]) – the outside centre would wear 14, right wing 15 and fullback 16. However, during the professional era they adopted squad numbering; meaning rather than rugby's usual method of giving numbers 1–15 to the starting line-up, players were assigned a number for the season, as seen in football. Back in the amateur leagues, Richmond returned to their traditional numbering system before promotion to the National Leagues in 2008 saw them forced to adopt the uniform 1–15 numbering system according to RFU laws.

==Current standings==
{{2024–25 National League 1}}

==Youth==
Richmond's youth section is also highly successful - [[London Irish]] fullback [[Delon Armitage]] was a member of the mini section, and London Wasps' centre [[Dominic Waldouck]] earned an England callup for the 2008 tour of New Zealand, having progressed through the agegroups at Richmond. [[Wasps RFC|London Wasps]] No.8 [[Hugo Ellis]], another product of Richmond's youth section, captained Wales U16s, as well as England at U19 and was the England U20 Captain in the 2008 Grand Slam winning side, also reaching the finals of the iRB Junior World Championship. Yet another former Richmond Youth, [[Joe Simpson (rugby player born 1988)|Joe Simpson]], winning his first full England cap in [[2011 Rugby World Cup]], also of London Wasps, was scrum half for the U20s. Simpson was in the England Sevens squad for the first round of the [[2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series]]; Sevens being an important stepping stone for the development of the best youth talent.

In the 2009–10 season a colts team was revived based on the highly rated U17 age group team of the previous season, and several U19 players returning to further bolster the squad. They entered the National Colts Cup and having defeated eight opponents most notably Blackheath, they beat former champions Old Northamptonians, 25–12 at [[Franklin's Gardens]].

==Home ground==
Richmond play at the [[Athletic Ground, Richmond|Athletic Ground]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], which borders Royal Mid Surrey Golf Club, and is close to other sporting facilities such as Richmond Swimming Pool, [[Old Deer Park]] and also a gym. The complex includes two pitches (pitches 3 & 4) by the front gate, the 1st team pitch and perpendicular to that, pitch 2. The site also has a disused driving range behind the 1st team pitch which has three pitches on it, and a disused bowls club. One side of the pitch has a large concrete all-seater stand, under which are the changing rooms, a canteen, shop, physio room and two bars. Also on this southern side of the pitch is a disused cricket pavilion which also contains several more changing rooms and showers. During the early professional years, a temporary stand was erected along the north side of the pitch.

Later on in the professional era, Richmond 1st team moved to the [[Madejski Stadium]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], where they played until bankruptcy. The stadium would later become [[London Irish]]'s home ground, and was an early example of London rugby clubs playing in football grounds – London Wasps played at [[Loftus Road]] before moving to [[Adams Park]], and [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] moved to [[Vicarage Road]].

==Rivalries==
Richmond contested the first ever rugby match with [[Blackheath F.C.]], and the clubs have continued to play an annual fixture to uphold the tradition – now referred to as the longest-running annual fixture in rugby. As of [[2013–14 National League 1|2013–14]], the two clubs are in the same league, after many years apart, meaning that they play each other at least twice during the regular season, in addition to the traditional pre-season fixture.

Richmond shared the Athletic Ground with [[London Scottish F.C.|London Scottish]], and this rivalry is very intense. Both sides experienced a high point at the beginning of the professional era and played in the Premiership. Both teams also fell into administration and dropped down to a level well below the national leagues, and though the routes taken have been slightly different, both clubs have battled their way up the leagues. As of 2019–20, London Scottish were also in the Championship. In years when the clubs are in the same division, the two "home" and "away" matches are two of the most well-attended and hotly contested of the year.

Richmond also have a local rivalry with [[Barnes Rugby Football Club|Barnes]] who they have recently frequently played as both sides sought to move into the national leagues.

At youth level, Richmond's strongest rivalry tends to be with nearby [[Rosslyn Park F.C.|Rosslyn Park]].  A Richmond vs Rosslyn Park game is always surrounded by controversy of some sort, which is the same for just about any team that plays against Rosslyn Park.

==Honours== 
*'''[[Middlesex Sevens]] titles:''' (9) 
**1951, 1953, 1955, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983 
*'''[[National League 1]] champions:''' (3)
**1991–92, [[2015–16 National League 1|2015-16]], [[2019–20 National League 1|2019-20]]
*'''[[RFU Championship|Courage League National Division Two]] champions:''' 
**[[1996–97 Courage League National Division Two|1996–97]]
*'''[[Herts/Middlesex 1]] champions:'''
**2000–01
*'''[[Surrey Cup]] titles:''' (6)
**2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
*'''[[London 3 South West|London Division 4 South West]] champions:'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=749&Itemid=399|title=UNDER 14 COMPETITIONS|website=www.hampshirerugby.co.uk}}</ref>
**2001–02
*'''[[London 2 South West|London Division 3 South West]] champions:'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=730&Itemid=387|title=Hampshire Rugby|website=www.hampshirerugby.co.uk}}</ref>
**2002–03
*'''[[London 1 South|London Division 2 South]] champions:'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/component/content/716.html?task=view |title=London 2 South 03/04 |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521215157/http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/component/content/716.html?task=view |archive-date=21 May 2014  }}</ref>
**2003–04
*'''[[National League 3 London & SE|London Division 1]] champions:'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/component/content/524.html?task=view |title=London 1 07/08 |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521214937/http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/component/content/524.html?task=view |archive-date=21 May 2014  }}</ref>
**2007–08
*'''[[National League 2 South|National League 2 (north v south)]] promotion play-off winners:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.richmondfc.co.uk/index.php/club/our-history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022215843/http://www.richmondfc.co.uk/index.php/club/our-history|url-status=dead |title=Our History|archive-date=22 October 2013}}</ref>
**[[2011–12 National League 2 South|2011–12]]
* [[Gala Sevens]]
** Champions (1): 1984

==Current squad==
{{for|player movements before or during the [[2021–22 RFU Championship|2021–22 season]]|List of 2021–22 RFU Championship transfers#Richmond}}

The Richmond squad for the 2022–23 season are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richmondfc.co.uk/teams/238928/the-team|title=Richmond Men 1st XV squad|work=Richmond FC|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref>

{{rugby squad start}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=Hong Kong  | pos=HK | name='''[[Alex Post]]'''}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=HK | name=[[Callum Torpey]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=HK | name=[[Arun Watkins]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=RSA | pos=PR | name=[[Vaughan Bentley]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=PR | name=[[George Cave (rugby union)|George Cave]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=PR | name=[[Ben Christie]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=PR | name=[[Jonny Harris (rugby union)|Jonny Harris]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=PR | name=[[Jimmy Litchfield]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=PR | name=[[Conor Maguire (rugby union)|Conor Maguire]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=RSA | pos=PR | name=[[Ntinga Mpiko]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=PR | name=[[Luke Spring]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=PR | name=[[Timmy Walford]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=LK | name=[[Will Carrick-Smith]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=LK | name=[[Sam Collingridge]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=LK | name=[[Cameron Gray (rugby union)|Cameron Gray]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=AUS | pos=LK | name=[[Byron Hodge]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=LK | name=[[George Nugent (rugby union)|George Nugent]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=LK | name=[[Ayanfe Oladukun]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=LK | name=[[Henri Williams (rugby union)|Henri Williams]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=[[Ethan Benson]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=[[Mark Bright (rugby union)|Mark Bright]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=RSA | pos=BR | name=[[Graham Geldenhuys]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=WAL | pos=BR | name=[[Bailey Marshall-Telfer]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=[[David Massey (rugby union)|David Massey]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=[[Toby Saysell]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=[[Oscar White (rugby union)|Oscar White]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=[[Miles Wakeling]]}}
{{rugby squad mid}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=SH | name=[[Aaron Bagwell]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=SH | name=[[Alex Crocker]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=SH | name=[[Toby Dabell]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=SH | name=[[James Lennon (rugby union)|James Lennon]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=SH | name=[[Callum Watson (rugby union)|Callum Watson]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=SH | name=[[Stephen Kerins]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=FH | name=[[Alex Burrage]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=FH | name=[[Bill Johnston (rugby union)|Bill Johnston]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=FH | name=[[Ted Landray]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=CE | name=[[Paddy Case]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=CE | name=[[Craig Duncan]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=CE | name=[[Harry Hunter (rugby union)|Harry Hunter]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=CE | name=[[Zuriel Makele]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=CE | name=[[Raz Patel]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=WG | name=[[Jake Caddy]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=WG | name=[[Tom Caesar]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=WG | name=[[Hamish Graham]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=WAL | pos=WG | name=[[Rhys Lewis (rugby union)|Rhys Lewis]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=WG | name=[[Alex O'Meara]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=FB | name=[[Owain James (rugby union)|Owain James]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=FB | name=[[Will Kaye]]}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=FB | name=[[Tom Mills (rugby union)|Tom Mills]]}}
{{rugby squad end}}

{{notelist}}

==Notable former players==
{{famous|date=August 2018}}
{{Div col}}
:''See also [[:Category:Richmond F.C. players]]''
* {{ru|England}} - [[Frank Reginald Adams]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Harry Alexander (rugby union)|Harry Alexander]]
* {{ru|Wales}} - [[Allan Bateman]]
* {{ru|South Africa}} - [[Tommy Bedford]]
* {{ru|Wales}} - [[Norman Biggs]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Spencer Brown (rugby player born 1973)|Spencer Brown]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Tony Bucknall]]
* {{ru|Romania}} - [[Daniel Carpo]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Ernest Cheston]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Ben Clarke]]
* {{ru|Ireland}} - [[Thomas Crean]]
* {{ru|Wales}} - [[Arthur Gould (rugby player)|Arthur "Monkey" Gould]]
* {{ru|Wales}} - [[Bob Gould (rugby player)|Bob Gould]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Charles Gurdon]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Edward Temple Gurdon]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Ben Harvey (rugby union)|Ben Harvey]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Jeremy Janion]]
* {{ru|Scotland}} - [[Peter Kininmonth]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Henry Lawrence (rugby union)|Henry Lawrence]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Dan Luger]]
* {{ru|Argentina}} - [[Rolando Martín]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Brian Moore (rugby union)|Brian Moore]]
* {{ru|USA}} - [[Boyd Morrison]]
* {{ru|England}} - Richard Parker<!--No-one of that name in List of England national rugby union players-->
* {{ru|Argentina}} - [[Agustín Pichot]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Nick Preston (rugby union)|Nick Preston]]
* {{ru|Wales}} - [[Craig Quinnell]]
* {{ru|Wales}} - [[Scott Quinnell]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Chris Ralston]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Alan Rotherham]] ([[IRB Hall of Fame]] inductee) 
* {{ru|South Africa}} - [[Bobby Skinstad]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Dyne Fenton Smith]], also part of the first official [[British and Irish Lions|British Isles]] team that [[1910 British Lions tour to South Africa|toured South Africa in 1910]]
* {{ru|England}} - [[Dawson Turner (rugby union)|Dawson Turner]] - the only man to play in the first five rugby internationals
* {{ru|Samoa}} - [[Earl Va'a]]
* {{ru|Wales}} - [[Barry Williams (rugby union)|Barry Williams]]
* {{ru|England}}- [[Jeff Probyn]]
{{Div col end}}

== List of seasons (since the beginning of professional era) ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Season
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Division
! rowspan="2" |Level
! colspan="9" |League record
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Promotion play-off
|-
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|P|Played}}
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|W|Won}}
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|D|Drawn}}
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|F|Goals for}}
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|A|Goals against}}
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|BP|Bonus points}}
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|Pts|Points}}
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|Pos|Position}}
|-
!1987-88
|[[1987–88 Courage League National Division Two|National Division 2]]
|2
|11
|6
|0
|5
|140
|156
| -
|29
|6th
|
|-
!1988-89
|[[1988–89 Courage League National Division Two|National Division 2]]
|2
|11
|4
|1
|6
|112
|216
| -
|9
|9th
|
|-
!1989-90
|[[1989–90 Courage League National Division Two|National Division 2]]
|2
|11
|7
|1
|3
|282
|135
| -
|15
|3rd
|
|-
!1990-91
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|[[1990–91 Courage League National Division Two|National Division 2]]
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|2
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|12
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|3
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|1
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|8
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|134
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|245
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| -
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|7
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|12th
|
|-
!1991-92
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|[[1991–92 Courage League National Division Three|National Division 3]]
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|3
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|12
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|10
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|1
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|1
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|296
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|124
|style="background-color:#cfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|21
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''1st'''
|
|-
!1992-93
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|[[1992–93 Courage League National Division Two|National Division 2]]
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|2
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|13
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|5
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|0
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|8
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|202
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|196
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| -
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|10
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|10th
|
|-
!1993-94
|[[1993–94 Courage League National Division Three|National Division 3]]
|3
|18
|9
|0
|9
|337
|300
| -
|18
|7th
|
|-
!1994-95
|[[1994–95 Courage League National Division Three|National Division 3]]
|3
|18
|6
|1
|11
|319
|290
| -
|13
|8th
|
|-
!1995-96
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|[[1995–96 Courage League National Division Three|National Division 3]]
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|3
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|18
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|13
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|1
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|4
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|476
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|266
|style="background-color:#cfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|27
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''2nd'''
|
|-
!1996-97
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|[[1996–97 Courage League National Division Two|National Division 2]]
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|2
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|22
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|19
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|2
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|1
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|986
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|410
|style="background-color:#cfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|40
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''1st'''
|
|-
!1997-98
|[[1997–98 Premiership Rugby|English Premiership]]
|1
|22
|12
|0
|10
|607
|499
| -
|24
|5th
|
|-
!1998-99
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|[[1998–99 Premiership Rugby|English Premiership]]
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|1
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|26
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|11
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|2
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|13
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|720
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|715
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| -
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|24
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|9th
|''Entered administration''<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE RICHMOND STORY |url=https://www.richmondfc.co.uk/a/club-history-60700.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=www.richmondfc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
!1999-2000
| colspan="11" |''Did not compete - reformed as an amateur side at Level 9'' <ref>{{Cite web |title=THE RICHMOND STORY |url=https://www.richmondfc.co.uk/a/club-history-60700.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=www.richmondfc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=RFU |url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?season=2000-2001&division=805&competition=261#table |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=www.englandrugby.com}}</ref>
|
|-
!2000-01
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|Herts/Middlesex 1
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|9
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|18
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|17
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|0
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|1
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|816
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|72
|style="background-color:#cfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|34
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''1st'''
|
|-
!2001-02
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|London 4 South West
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|8
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|22
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|22
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|0
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|0
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|1,142
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|115
|style="background-color:#cfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|44
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''1st'''
|
|-
!2002-03
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|London 3 South West
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|7
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|18
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|18
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|0
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|0
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|885
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|113
|style="background-color:#cfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|36
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''1st'''
|
|-
!2003-04
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|London 2 South
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|6
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|22
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|22
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|0
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|0
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|991
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|155
|style="background-color:#cfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|44
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''1st'''
|
|-
!2004-05
|London 1
|5
|22
|16
|0
|6
|616
|291
| -
|32
|3rd
|
|-
!2005-06
|London 1
|5
|22
|19
|0
|3
|850
|337
| -
|38
|2nd
|
|-
!2006-07
|London 1
|5
|22
|14
|0
|8
|756
|418
| -
|28
|4th
|
|-
!2007-08
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|London 1
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|5
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|22
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|21
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|0
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|1
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|870
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|180
|style="background-color:#cfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|42
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''1st'''
|
|-
!2008-09
|[[2008–09 National Division Three South|National Division 3 South]]
|4
|26
|15
|2
|9
|566
|510
|10
|74
|4th
|
|-
!2009-10
|[[2009–10 National League 2 South|National League 2 South]]
|4
|28
|11
|0
|17
|706
|761
|18
|62
|8th
|
|-
!2010-11
|[[2010–11 National League 2 South|National League 2 South]]
|4
|30
|24
|0
|6
|1,125
|526
|21
|117
|3rd
|
|-
!2011-12
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|[[2011–12 National League 2 South|National League 2 South]]
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|4
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|30
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|23
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|2
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|5
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|927
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|488
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|22
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|118
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''2nd'''
|''[[2011–12 National League 2 South|Richmond 20-13 Caldy (a.e.t.)]]''
|-
!2012-13
|[[2012–13 National League 1|National League 1]]
|3
|30
|13
|4
|13
|730
|732
|16
|76
|8th
|
|-
!2013-14
|[[2013–14 National League 1|National League 1]]
|3
|30
|14
|1
|15
|761
|699
|22
|80
|7th
|
|-
!2014-15
|[[2014–15 National League 1|National League 1]]
|3
|30
|14
|2
|14
|837
|866
|20
|80
|7th
|
|-
!2015-16
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|[[2015–16 National League 1|National League 1]]
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|3
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|30
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|23
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|2
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|5
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|854
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|534
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|19
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|116
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|'''1st'''
|
|-
!2016-17
|[[2016–17 RFU Championship|RFU Championship]]
|2
|20
|5
|0
|15
|347
|585
|6
|26
|10th
|
|-
!2017-18
|[[2017–18 RFU Championship|RFU Championship]]
|2
|22
|9
|0
|13
|444
|597
|10
|46
|9th
|
|-
!2018-19
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|[[2018–19 RFU Championship|RFU Championship]]
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|2
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|22
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|6
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|0
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|16
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|430
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|604
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|9
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|33
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|12th
|
|-
!2019-20
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|[[2019–20 National League 1|National League 1]]
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|3
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|25
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|20
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|0
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|5
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|741
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|347
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|19
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|97
|style="background-color:#cfc;"|1st
|''Season curtailed due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
!2020-21
|[[2020–21 RFU Championship|RFU Championship]]
|2
|10
|1
|0
|9
|138
|366
|0
|4
|11th
|''Truncated season due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
!2021-22
|[[2021–22 RFU Championship|RFU Championship]]
|2
|20
|7
|1
|12
|440
|546
|12
|42
|9th
|
|-
!2022-23
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|[[2022–23 RFU Championship|RFU Championship]]
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|2
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|22
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|3
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|1
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|18
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|413
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|762
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|9
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|21
| style="background-color:#fcc;"|12th
|
|-
! colspan="3" |Total
!737
!442
!25
!270
!20,996
!14,156
!213
!1,527
!
!
|}

==See also==
* [[Rugby union in London]]
* [[Stefan Czerpak]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}

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