Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team. The first XV currently plays in London 1 South

London 1 South

London 1 South is a regional Rugby Union league in south east England. It is the second highest regional league in the area and promoted sides usually enter R.F.U.'s National League 3 South East.In the league hierarchy it is level 6.- Teams :...

, the sixth tier of English rugby union competition. The club also has a number of other teams, their 2nd XV play in the Rugbytech Shield and their 3rd XV currently plays in the Sussex 2 East league. They run a 4th Team called "The Dinos" named after the dinosaur fossil discovered by Gideon Mantell

Gideon Mantell

Gideon Algernon Mantell MRCS FRS was an English obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist...

 on what is now their playing fields.

Notable Former Players

Haywards Heath have a long standing record of developing players who go on to play professional rugby. These include the following players :
Adam Vander - England A

England Saxons

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, Bath, Richmond, Bristol  Ben Broster

Ben Broster

Ben Broster is an English-born Welsh international rugby union footballer. He qualifies to play for Wales through his Welsh mother. He is a tighthead prop and is known for his scrummaging technique and mobility...

 - Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

, Northampton RFC Joe Marler

Joe Marler

Joe Marler is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership, playing primarily as a prop. Marler was called up to the England U20's squad for the 2009 U20 Six Nations, but was sadly injured throughout. He was called up to represent England U20's throughout the Junior World...

 - Harlequins

Harlequin F.C.

The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...

 Billy Twelvetrees

Billy Twelvetrees

William Wesley "Billy" Twelvetrees is a rugby union footballer who plays centre or fly-half for Leicester Tigers.Within the Tigers squad he is nicknamed 36. This comes from club captain Geordan Murphy saying 'Twelvetrees', but with his Irish accent it sounded like 'twelve threes'.....

 - Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...

 Roy Winters

Roy Winters

Roy Winters is an English rugby union lock, currently playing in the RFU Championship for Bristol Rugby. He began his career playing for Haywards Heath RFC before becoming professional....

 - England, Harlequins

Harlequin F.C.

The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...

, Bristol Nick Killick - Harlequins

Harlequin F.C.

The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...

 Ollie Tomasczczyk - Worcester Warriors Ben Maidment - Cornish Pirates

Cornish Pirates

The Cornish Pirates are an English professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn Pirates, the Cornish Pirates play their home games and train at their...

, Esher

Esher RFC

Esher Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Surrey, England. Esher RFC are currently playing in the second division of the English league system, The Championship. The club was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club....

 Perry Parker - Esher

Esher RFC

Esher Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Surrey, England. Esher RFC are currently playing in the second division of the English league system, The Championship. The club was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club....