The Kent Plate is an annual

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knock-out club competition organised by the

Kent Rugby Football Union The Kent Rugby Football Union is the sports governing body, governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Kent in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Kent, and administers and organises ...

. It was first introduced during the 2001–02 season, with the inaugural winners being

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. It is the fourth most important rugby union cup competition in

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, behind the Kent Cup, Kent Shield and Kent Vase, but ahead of the Kent Salver. The Kent Plate is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that have been knocked out of the first round of the Kent Cup and Kent Shield. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, semi-finals and a final, typically to be held at a pre-determined ground at the end of April on the same date and venue as the Cup, Shield, Vase and Salver finals.

Kent Plate winners

Number of wins

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Kent Plate winners

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