[1] In 1891, the Kent RFU created the Kent Cup as a county-wide competition for their members, one of the first few county cups established in England and the second in southern England after the Hampshire Rugby Football Union.

[4] As a result, instead, Maidstone were fined £2,000 and deducted 50 league points for failing to identify the player.

[3][7][8] They also run regular county tours overseas including to New Zealand in 2012[9] and to Argentina in 2016.

[10] Kent senior men's county side currently play in the Bill Beaumont Division 1 South – the top level of the County Championships, having been promoted despite losing 33–27 to East Midlands in the 2016 Plate final.

[11][12] Honours: There are currently 56 clubs affiliated with the Kent RFU, most of which have teams at both senior and junior level.