The club currently play in Regional 1 South East – at the fifth tier of the English rugby union league system – following their promotion from London 1 North at the end of the 2021–22 season.

[3] The announcement was first published in the Cambridge Independent Press which also decreed that the club's colours would be claret shirts with white collars.

[3] They first played on land loaned to them by a Mrs Goldsmith near Shelford railway station and changed in the nearby pub.

[4] They played in this division between 2009 and 2015 when they were eventually relegated back to National League 3 London & South East., having finished in 15th place.

[6] Shelford also agreed a new ten year lease allowing them twelve guaranteed hours a week on the pitch.