Launceston Rugby Club

By Spring 1949, the club had its own ground at Hurdon Road, rented from the council (now a factory site of its main sponsor DS Smith Plc), with scaffolding poles for goal posts and ex-army huts for changing rooms and a clubhouse.

The ground at Polson Bridge was purchased in 1969, with developments such as floodlights, enlarged clubhouse, present changing rooms and finally the grandstand being added over the years.

In truth the damage had been done earlier in the season when losses against Newbury (away), Nottingham (away), Sedgley Park (away), Birmingham & Solihull (away), Esher (home) came back to haunt the coaching staff and players.

[14][15] This, coupled with Launceston being on their third head coach in a little over a year, contributed to the worst season in the club's league history as they were relegated without winning a game.

[19] By the end of the 2018-19 season, Launceston had come on leaps and bounds, finishing runners up in the league behind local rivals, Okehampton, missing out on the title by just 3 points.

Despite this defeat the club's league performances were good enough to book home advantage in the promotion play-off against South West 1 East runners up, Old Centralians.

However, the second half turned to be the complete opposite, as the Cornish All Blacks rallied, scoring five unanswered tries to win the game 33-22 and clinch promotion back to tier 5.

Polson Bridge, home of Launceston Rugby Club