On May the 8th 1995, Mr Phil Bye (the worse for drink!) presented himself at the front door of Mr Phil Langford and stated that Exeter Rugby Club had disbanded their fourth team could they form a rugby club, so that the true traditions of grassroots rugby could be played and enjoyed in Exeter. Phil Langford then phoned Mr. Tracey Turner to ask him if he would like to be a chairman of a rugby club, to which he gave a true Anglo Saxon reply!
Phil Langford continueed to explain the circumstances and suggested that the club was to be called "West Exe".

Tracey Turner's wife Maggs then stated that this sounded as if it was "Wessex". Tracey Turner many years ago served as a member of the Wessex Brigade and wore the Wyvern as the Brigades cap badge, it was then decided that the name of the club would be Wessex RFC and the club emblem would be the Wyvern. Phil Langford then suggested that the club colours should be those of the Springbok as he remembered seeing them as a young man at Kingsholm and had always been impressed, along with South Africa were hosting the Rugby World Cup that year for which they won. During the discussions on the name of the club, Phil Langford suggested that they would need to contact the Devon & Dorset Regiment to ensure that they were not infringing any copyright etc.

As a former member of the Wessex Brigade Tracey Turner contacted the adjutant of the regiment and explained the situation and what thier intentions were, and his reply was "Well, we nicked the badge off somebody, so you might as well nick it off us!" So following that remark, it was decided to proceeded and use to the Wyvern. It was then agreed to investigate the origins of the Wyvern, it was discovered that it was the battle standard of Alfred the Great and was subsequently flown as the battle standard of the Anglo Saxons. It was Harold's flag at Hastings and it turned out that the French Kings, after 1066 could only get the Anglo Saxons to fight with them if they flew the Wyvern. It was flown at Poitiers, which history determines as the Anglo Saxons revenge for Hastings and its last appearance was at Agincourt. It certainly appeared that Wessex RFC had adopted an amazing emblem, more by luck than judgement.

Since May 8th 1995, Wessex RFC has been on a rollercoaster. We got to the quarter final of the National Cup and we gradually crept up the leagues to the Western Counties, unfortunately our team was getting older and older and eventually, we reached the standard perhaps we should have started at, but we were unable to sustain it. We have gradually dropped down the leagues but are now rebuilding and hopefully now the young team we have at the moment will see the resurgence of Wessex Rugby Football Club.