The Staffordshire Senior Cup is an annual

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knock-out club competition organised by the

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

. It was first introduced during the 1976–77 season, with the inaugural winners being

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. It is the most important rugby union cup competition in

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, ahead of the Staffordshire Intermediate Cup and Staffordshire Owen Cup. The Senior Cup is open to club sides based in Staffordshire and parts of the West Midlands playing in tier 5 ( Midlands Premier), tier 6 (

Midlands 1 West Regional 2 Midlands West is an English English rugby union system, level 6 rugby union league for rugby clubs in the western region of the The Midlands, Midlands. It includes sides from Birmingham, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, War ...

) and tier 7 (

Midlands 2 West (North) Counties 1 Midlands West (North) (formerly Midands 2 West (North)) is a level 7 English rugby union league and level 3 of the Midlands League, made up of clubs from the northern part of the West Midlands region including Shropshire, Staffords ...

) of the

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. The current format is a knock-out competition with a first round, semi-finals and a final played at a neutral ground in April–May.

Staffordshire Senior Cup winners

Number of wins

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Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England. It has an estimated population of 259,965 as of 2022, making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire ...

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Staffordshire Senior Cup winners

Number of wins

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