Staffordshire Senior Cup (rugby union)

For the football competition, see Staffordshire Senior Cup.

The Staffordshire Senior Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Staffordshire Rugby Union. It was first introduced during the 1976–77 season, with the inaugural winners being Walsall.^[1] It is the most important rugby union cup competition in Staffordshire, ahead of the Staffordshire Intermediate Cup and Staffordshire Owen Cup.

Staffordshire Senior Cup

Sport	Rugby Union
Instituted	1976; 49 years ago (1976)
Number of teams	8
Country	England
Holders	Burton (8th title) (2018–19)
Most titles	Lichfield (13 titles)
Website	Staffordshire RU website

The Senior Cup is open to club sides based in Staffordshire and parts of the West Midlands playing in tier 5 (Midlands Premier), tier 6 (Midlands 1 West) and tier 7 (Midlands 2 West (North)) of the English rugby union system. The current format is a knock-out competition with a first round, semi-finals and a final played at a neutral ground in April–May.^[2]

Staffordshire Senior Cup winners

Staffordshire Senior Cup Finals
Season	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Venue
1976–77	Walsall
1977–78	Walsall
1978–79	Lichfield
1979–80	Walsall
1980–81	Walsall
1981–82	Lichfield
1982–83	Walsall
1983–84	Lichfield
1984–85	Lichfield
1985–86	Lichfield
1986–87	Lichfield
1987–88	Wolverhampton
1988–89	Stafford
1989–90	Lichfield
1990–91	Lichfield
1991–92	Burton
1992–93	Stoke-on-Trent
1993–94	Walsall
1994–95	Walsall
1995–96	Stoke-on-Trent
1996–97[3]	Lichfield		Longton
1997–98	Longton	15–10	Stafford	Peel Croft, Burton On Trent
1998–99	Walsall
1999-00[3]	Burton		Longton
2000–01	Walsall
2001–02	Walsall
2002–03	Walsall
2003–04	Longton
2004–05[3]	Burton		Longton
2005–06	Longton
2006–07	Longton
2007–08[4]	Longton	17–3	Stoke-on-Trent	Trentham Fields, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
2008–09[5]	Longton	44–15	Stafford	The Sportsway, Burntwood
2009–10[6]	Longton	22–10	Burton	Hartwell Lane, Barlaston
2010–11[7]	Lichfield	24–22	Burton	Broadway Ground, Walsall
2011–12[8]	Burton	34–22	Tamworth	Cooke Fields, Lichfield
2012–13[9]	Lichfield	31–16	Tamworth	Broadway Ground, Walsall
2013–14[10]	Lichfield	50–18	Walsall	Lilleshall Road, Clayton, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
2014–15[11]	Burton	39–38	Stoke-on-Trent	Bognop Road, Essington
2015–16[12]	Lichfield	39–19	Burton	The Sportsway, Burntwood
2016–17[13]	Burton	27–24	Longton	Cooke Fields, Lichfield
2017–18[14]	Burton	N/A[a 1]	Longton	N/A

^[1]

Number of wins

• Lichfield (13)
• Walsall (11)
• Burton (8)
• Longton (7)
• Stoke-on-Trent (2)
• Wolverhampton (1)

Notes

1. Burton won the final by default as Longton were unable to raise a team.^[14]

See also

• Staffordshire RU
• Staffordshire Intermediate Cup
• Staffordshire Owen Cup
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England