Rochford Hundred Rugby Club is an English rugby union club based in Hawkwell near Rochford in Essex. The first XV team currently play in the National League 2 East having been promoted from the London & South East Premier, as champions in 2019–20. The club also operates other adult teams and a full academy set-up of junior teams for both boys and girls. Current standings History Foundation The foundations of Rochford Hundred date back to November 1961 when two rugby players, John Roden and Ernie Mills, met at the White Hart in Hawkwell to discuss plans for setting up a local rugby side, having both played for other Essex and London based clubs. The club held its inaugural meeting at the Bull Inn on the 4 January 1962. Further meetings secured the use of disused Rocheway School as its first ground, while the club name 'Rochford Hundred' was thought up by John Roden after he saw a poster advertising the Rochford Hundred Licensed Victuallers Association. Later that year the club had its first ever competitive fixture against Billericay. Move to Magnolia Road By the end of the 1960s performances on the pitch started to improve and the club started to consider moving to a new ground. In 1968 a potential location on Magnolia Road was found where there was a large field with sufficient room for a club-house and pitches. Originally Southend Manor Football Club had been looking at the same site but were unable to raise the money to purchase it, leaving it available for the rugby club. In March 1969 Rochford Hundred bought the land for £3,200 – part of which was funded by a loan from the Rugby Football Union. Further grants from a variety of sources enabled building work to begin at Magnolia Road in 1971, and the club-house was officially opened in April 1974 with Rochford Hundred facing an Eastern Counties XV. League rugby The introduction of the leagues in 1987 saw Rochford Hundred placed in the London and South East regional leagues. In 1992 the club their first ever league silverware, winning Eastern Counties 1 and gaining promotion into London 3 North East. Towards the end of the 1990s the club won the Essex Senior Cup in 1999, followed up by the London 3 North East league title in 2000, although the club was denied promotion due to RFU restructuring of the leagues. The