TONBRIDGE Juddians were formed in 1999 through a merger of Tonbridge and Old Juddians.

The new club was based at The Slade with Tonbridge’s Avebury Avenue previous rugby site sold for development, with the proceeds used for improving rugby in the town.

Tonbridge was founded in in 1904 with OJs making their debut in 1928.

TRFC started life at Tunbridge Wells before moving to Tonbridge in 1908 as most members lived there.

Their Avebury Avenue plot was acquired in 1923 for £200 while OJs played rugby “off a park bench” socialising in various hostelries.

The first match between the town clubs was in 1928-9 when TRFC “B” met the newly-formed newly-formed OJs.

With the instruction of leagues in 1987 Tonbridge started in Kent One and OJs were placed in London Two South, in which the merged clubs made their debut in 1999.

After some testing years at that level, TJs slipped into London Four South East before winning three league titles in four years between 2010 and 2014.

They missed out on a fourth promotion in 2012, when they lost to Chinnor in a play-off.

But they made further progress in 2018 by lifting the National Three London & South East then gained promotion to National One last year as National Two runners-with best record.

Our clubs have met four times with Rams winning twice, losing once and drawing a home clash.