{{short description|English rugby union competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox rugby league football competition | name = Kent Vase | logo = | sport = Rugby Union | founded ={{Start date and age|2001}} | country = {{ENG}} | teams = 21 | champion = Sittingbourne (1st title) | season = 2025-26 | most_champs = Beccehamian | count = 4 | website = [http://www.kent-rugby.org/ Kent RFU] }}
The '''Kent Vase''' is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2001-02 season, with the inaugural winners being Bromley. It is the third most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, behind the Kent Cup and Kent Shield but ahead of the Kent Plate and Kent Salver.
The Kent Vase is open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that play in tier 9 (Shepherd Neame Kent 1) and tier 10 (Shepherd Neame Kent 2) of the English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, second round, third round, semi-finals and a final, typically to be held at a pre-determined ground at the end of April on the same date and venue as the Cup, Shield, Plate and Salver finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kent-rugby.org/competitions/club-rugby/kent-vase/|title=Kent Vase|publisher=Kent RFU|accessdate=22 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619050751/http://www.kent-rugby.org/competitions/club-rugby/kent-vase/|archive-date=19 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Teams that are knocked out of the first round complete for the Kent Salver.
The current holders of the Kent Vase are Sittingbourne RFC who on the 3rd May 2026 beat Cliffe Crusaders 37-12 in the final at Canterbury Rugby Club.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
==Kent Vase winners== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" |- |colspan="5" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|<!-- --> {| border="0" style="width:100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" |- | style="width:20%; border:0;"| | style="border:0;"|'''Kent Vase Finals''' | style="width:20%; border:0;"| |} |- ! Season ! Winner ! Score ! Runners–up ! Venue |- | 2001-02 || Bromley || || || |- | 2002-03<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/sport/final-test-for-whitstables-rugg-a8475/|title=Final test for Whitstable's rugger men|publisher=Kent Online|date=8 May 2003 }}</ref> || Whitstable || || Old Elthamians || Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent |- | 2003-04 || Old Elthamians || || || |- | 2004-05 || Dover || || || |- | 2005-06<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldgravesendiansrfc/news/beccehamian-rfc-15-old-gravesendians-rfc-39-214275.html|title=Beccehamian RFC 15 - Old Gravesendians RFC 39|publisher=Old Gravesendians RFC (Pitchero)|accessdate=22 June 2006 }}</ref> || Beccehamian || || Old Gravesendians || |- | 2006-07 || Old Gravesendians || || || |- | 2007-08<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/sport/old-gs-take-kent-vase-title-a38077/|title=Old Gs take Kent Vase title|publisher=Kent Online|date=13 May 2008 }}</ref> || Old Gravesendians || 20-12 || Medway || Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent |- | 2008-09<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/old-gravesendians-beat-sittingbo-a98228/|title=Old Gravesendians beat Sittingbourne to book place in Kent Vase final|publisher=Kent Online|date=5 May 2009 }}</ref> || Medway || || Old Gravesendians || The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent |- | 2009-10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentnews.co.uk/sport/gs-clinch-kent-cup-and-lordswood-win-vase-1-1062053|title=Gs clinch Kent Cup and Lordswood win Vase|publisher=Kent News|date=27 April 2010}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> || Lordswood || 19-18 || Cranbrook || Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, London |- | 2010-11<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/sheppeyrfc/teams/15066/match-centre/0-601362|title=Sheppey 53 – 14 Southwark Lancers|publisher=Sheppey RFC (Pitchero)|date=1 May 2011 }}</ref> || Sheppey || 53-14 || Southwark Lancers || Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/sheppeyrfc/news/information-for-sunday-1st-may-kent-vase-final-301480.html|title=Information for Sunday 1st May - Kent Vase Final|publisher=Sheppey RFC (Pitchero)|accessdate=22 June 2017 }}</ref> |- | 2011-12<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dartfordians/teams/354/match-centre/0-1110938|title=Dartfordians RFC vs. Gillingham Anchorians|publisher=Dartfordians RFC (Pitchero)|date=29 April 2012 }}</ref> || Gillingham Anchorians || 20-9 || Dartfordians || Priestfields, Rochester, Kent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cranbrookrugby.com/UserFiles/file/Finals%20Day.pdf|title=Finals Day for the Kent Cup & Plate, Vase & Salver|publisher=Cranbrook RFC|accessdate=22 June 2017 }}</ref> |- | 2012-13<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/teams/16052/match-centre/0-1704919|title=Beccehamian vs. Old Gravesendians|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=28 April 2013 }}</ref> || Beccehamian || 37-17 || Old Gravesendians || Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odrfc.co.uk/news/kent-finals-day-results-934238.html|title=KENT FINALS DAY - RESULTS|publisher=Old Dunstonian RFC (Pitchero)|date=21 June 2013 }}</ref> |- | 2013-14<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kent-messenger-maidstone/20140502/283326110360624|title=Vase success despite late drama|via=PressReader|date=2 May 2014 }}</ref> || Cranbrook || 28-26 || Old Williamsonian || Footscray Road, New Eltham, London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cranbrookrugby.com/cranbrook_rugby_kent/file/s1.php?season=2013|title=Showing old season: 2013 - 2014|publisher=Cranbrook Rugby Club|accessdate=23 June 2017 }}</ref> |- | 2014-15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/teams/16052/match-centre/0-2890198|title=Cranbrook Kent Vase Final vs. Beccehamian RFC|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=26 April 2015 }}</ref> || Cranbrook || 17-10 || Beccehamian || Tomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/news/1st-team-in-the-kent-vase-final-1416664.html|title=1st Team in the Kent Vase Final|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|accessdate=22 June 2017 }}</ref> |- | 2015-16<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/snowdowncollierywelfarerfc/teams/20030/match-centre/0-3322614|title=1st XV v Beccahamiams RFC|publisher=Snowdown Colliery RFC (Pitchero)|date=1 May 2016 }}</ref> || Snowdown Colliery || 31-5 || Beccehamian || The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/teams/16052/match-centre/0-3313765|title=Snowdown Colliery RFC (Kent Vase Final) vs. Beccehamian RFC|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=1 May 2016 }}</ref> |- | 2016-17<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/news/kent-vase-champions-1795018.html|title=Kent Vase Champions!!|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=19 May 2017 }}</ref> || Beccehamian || 84-0 || King's College Hospital || Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent |- | 2017-18<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/teams/16052/match-centre/0-3767198|title=A Resounding Win in Kent Vase Final|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=29 April 2018 }}</ref> || Beccehamian || 48-22 || Cranbrook || Footscray Road, New Eltham, London |- | 2018-19 || |- | 2022-23 || Old Gravesendians || 37-33 || Faversham || Cranbrook RFC, Cranbrook, Kent |- |2023-24 |Whitstable |25-14 |Brockleians |Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent |- |2024-25 |Brockleians |25-24 |Cliffe Crusaders |Aylesford Bulls RFC |- |2025-26 |Sittingbourne |37-12 |Cliffe Crusaders |Canterbury Rugby Club |}
==Number of wins== *Beccehamian (4) *Old Gravesendians (3) *Cranbrook (2) *Whitstable (2) *Bromley (1) *Dover (1) *Gillingham Anchorians (1) *Lordswood (1) *Medway (1) *Old Elthamians (1) *Sheppey (1) *Snowdown Colliery (1) *Sittingbourne (1)
==See also== * Kent RFU * Kent Cup * Kent Shield * Kent Plate * Kent Salver * English rugby union system * Rugby union in England
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.kent-rugby.org/ Kent RFU]
{{Rugby union in England}}
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2001 Category:2001 establishments in England Category:Rugby union cup competitions in England Category:Rugby union in Kent