Southend Rugby Club (also known as Southend Saxons) is an English rugby union football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

The club currently plays in the fifth tier of English club rugby, participating in Regional 1 South East following their promotion from Regional 2 Anglia at the end of the 2023–24 season.

The club runs six senior sides, including a women's team (the Saints) and a full range of age grade teams.

[2] The club moved to its current location in 1978 and this heralded a golden period for the club, including three county cup victories in the decade before club rugby was introduced.

The club was placed in Area 4 South but relegations saw the club relegated to London North East 3 by the turn of the millennium.