{{Short description|Rugby union team in Somerset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby team | teamname = Hornets | image = Hornets_RFC_logo.png | imagesize = | union = Somerset RFU | fullname = Hornets Rugby Football Club | nickname = | shortname = | founded = {{Start date and age|1962}} | location = Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England | region = | ground = The Nest | capacity = 1,100 (100 in stand) | chairman = Stuart Simmons | ceo = | president =Neil Cowlin | captain = Matthew Parker | coach = Jack Gadd (Headcoach) | top scorer = | caps = | url = http://www.hornetsrfc.co.uk | league = National League 2 West | season = 2025–26 | position = 6th | pattern_la1 = _black hoops | pattern_b1 = _blackhoops | pattern_ra1 = _black hoops | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _hoops black | leftarm1 = ffcc00 | body1 = ffcc00 | rightarm1 = ffcc00 | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = ffcc00 }}
'''Hornets Rugby Football Club''' is an English rugby union team based in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. The club runs three senior teams, a ladies team and the full range of junior teams. The first XV currently play in National Two West following their promotion from the South West Premier in 2022. The club also has a second XV which plays in the Tribute Somerset Premier and a third XV which plays in the Tribute Somerset 2 North. They are one of two rugby clubs in the town –- the other being Weston-super-Mare RFC.
==Ground== The Nest (formerly Hutton Moor Park) is located in the Hutton Moor neighbourhood at the heart of the Weston-super-Mare. The ground has good access, being next to the A370 and around 15 minutes walk from Weston Milton railway station.<ref>{{cite web |title=HORNETS RFC |url=https://pitchfinder.org.uk/map/site/1039769/ |website=Pitchfinder |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> Facilities include a club house, parking for up to 80 cars, two full size rugby pitches with floodlights, the main pitch having an artificial grass surface, and a small covered stand for spectators.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hornets, rugby club in Weston-super-Mare, to get pitch revamp |url=https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/20528869.hornets-rugby-club-weston-super-mare-get-pitch-revamp/ |publisher=Weston Mercury |date=12 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RFU'S ARTIFICIAL RUGBY PITCH PILOT SCHEME – HORNETS RFC |url=https://mcardlesport.co.uk/case-studies/hornets-rfc-artificial-3g-rugby-pitch/ |website=McArdle Sport Tec |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> Capacity around the main pitch is approximately 1,100 - 100 in the covered stand and a further 1,000 standing pitch side.
==Current standings== {{2025–26 National League 2 West}}
==Honours== '''1st team:''' * Somerset 1 champions: 1992–93 * Somerset Senior Cup winners (5): 1995, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022 * Western Counties North champions (2): 1998–99, 2012–13 * Bristol Combination Cup winners (3): 1999, 2003, 2020 * Somerset Premier champions: 2010–11 * South West 1 West champions (2): 2013–14, 2019–20<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hornetsrfc/s/match-centre-25470/1-928511| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141219223828/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hornetsrfc/s/match-centre-25470/1-928511| archive-date = 2014-12-19| title = Hornets crowned Champions of South West One - 1st XV - Hornets RFC}} </ref>
'''2nd team:''' * Somerset 2 North champions: 2012–13 * Somerset 1 champions: 2014–15
'''3rd team:''' * Somerset 3 South champions (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}}
{{National League 2 West}}
Category:1962 establishments in England Category:Rugby clubs established in 1962 Category:Rugby union teams in Somerset Category:Sport in Weston-super-Mare
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