1970–71 Rugby Union County Championship

The 1970–71 Rugby Union County Championship was the 71st edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. It would be the last season when the competition was viewed as the premier club competition because the following season would see the introduction of a National Knockout Competition.^[1][2][3]

1970–71 County Championship
Countries	England
Champions	Surrey (2nd title)
Runners-up	Gloucestershire
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Surrey won their second title after defeating Gloucestershire in the final.^[4][5]

First Round

Pos	Northern Group	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Northumberland	5	5	0	0	65	34	10
2	Lancashire	5	4	0	1	90	41	8
3	Cheshire	5	2	0	3	73	70	4
4	Yorkshire	5	2	0	3	51	51	4
5	Durham	5	1	0	4	22	50	2
6	Cumberland & Westmorland	5	1	0	4	44	99	2

Pos	Midland Group	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Warwickshire +	5	4	0	1	49	27	8
2	Leicestershire	5	4	0	1	70	46	8
3	North Midlands	5	3	1	1	54	36	7
4	East Midlands	5	1	1	3	41	70	3
5	Staffordshire	4	1	0	3	35	40	2
6	Notts, Lincs & Derby	4	0	0	4	29	59	0

+ Won play off

Pos	South East Group	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Surrey	5	5	0	0	99	26	10
2	Middlesex	5	4	1	0	69	41	8
3	Eastern Counties	5	3	0	2	86	52	6
4	Kent	5	2	0	3	55	80	4
5	Hampshire	5	1	0	4	55	92	2
6	Sussex	5	0	0	5	32	105	0

Pos	South-West Group	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Gloucestershire	3	3	0	0	32	11	6
2	Devon	3	2	0	1	47	29	4
3	Cornwall	3	1	0	2	25	34	2
4	Somerset	3	0	0	3	14	44	0

Pos	Southern Group	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Dorset & Wilts	4	4	0	0			8
2	Berkshire	4	1	2	1			4
3	Buckinghamshire	4	2	0	2			4
4	Oxfordshire	4	1	1	2			3
5	Hertfordshire	4	0	1	3			1

Second Round

Date	Venue	Team One	Team Two	Score
9 Jan	Bristol	Gloucestershire	Dorset & Wilts	18-3

Semi finals

Date	Venue	Team One	Team Two	Score
23 Jan	Gosforth	Northumberland	Gloucestershire	6-9
20 Feb	Twickenham	Surrey	Warwickshire	11-9

Final

6 March 1971

Gloucestershire	3–14	Surrey
Pen: Stephens		Try: McHarg, Novak Con: Hiller Pen: Hiller Drop: Wright (2)

Kingsholm, Gloucestershire Referee: R F Johnson (Kent)

15 Eric Stephens Gloucester 14 Peter Knight Bristol & St Luke's College 13 Pat Simmons Rosslyn Park 12 Des Diamond Loughborough College 11 Mike Collins Bristol 10 Jonathan Gabitass Bristol 9 John Spalding Gloucester 1 Robin Cowling Gloucester 2 John Pullin Bristol 3 Barry Nelmes Bristol 4 Alan Brinn Gloucester 5 N A Jackson Gloucester 6 Charlie Hannaford Bristol 7 Dick Smith Gloucester 8 Dave Rollitt (capt) Bristol

15 Bob Hiller (capt) Harlequins 14 R C Cunis Rosslyn Park 13 C T Gibbons London Welsh 12 Bob Lloyd Harlequins 11 John Novak Harlequins 10 Ian Wright Northampton 9 Nigel Starmer-Smith Harlequins 1 Paddy Hinton Richmond 2 B Russell Richmond 3 Mike Roberts London Welsh 4 Alastair McHarg London Scottish 5 Geoff Evans London Welsh 6 A M Phillips London Welsh 7 John Taylor London Welsh 8 Mervyn Davies London Welsh

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England