 They currently play in Cornwall League 2, following relegation from Cornwall League 1 in 2018–19.They are famous for the 1995–96 side that managed to reach the final of the RFU Pilkington Shield, and are one of only three Cornish club sides to have played in a competitive final at Twickenham (alongside Mount's Bay RFC and the Cornish Pirates).Helston RFC was formed in 1965, when a group of men within the town of Helston decided that rugby had a place within the local community.