RUGBY LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC
VS WHARFEDALE
NATIONAL LEAGUE RUGBY SAT 9 APRIL 2022 KO 14:00 ESTABLISHED 1919
WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 13
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CONTENTS 4
WELCOME FROM RHYS EDWARDS
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TODAYS TEAMS
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MEET THE TEAM
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TODAYS OPPOSITION
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POSITIONS
10 LIGHTNING FIXTURES AND RESULTS 11 LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FIXTURES AND RESULTS 12 STAFF 14 A BRIEF HISTORY
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RHYS EDWARDS
DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Welcome all to Loughborough University, where today we host Wharfdale in another Round of National 2 North. We welcome all players and officials from the club, in what we hope will be another great game of National League Rugby. Our win at home last time against Harrogate was much needed, and one which has been in the making for many games. There is no hiding that this year has been tough, with many games being on the wrong side of 1 score games, in particular, having been in the lead for the games. Last weeks performance against Rotherham, again was another step in the right direction, with two late converted scores, not really reflecting the performance of the lads. Today’s opposition, Wharfdale have had similar challenges to us, and will be, I’m sure looking to pick up some wins going into the last few games of the season. They only sit 8 points behind us. It’s been a tough year having had no rugby last season, and its great that we have managed to play 25+ games already and head into the final few games. The squad is keen to express themselves now that the weather is starting to shine, and climbing up the leagues before the end of the season is something we are keen to do. The BUCS Super Rugby squad recently played in the BSR Semi Final against Durham at Hollow Drift. After an impressive start we managed to put ourselves in a commanding place at half time. However, Durham manged to exert their pressure, and their power game up front got themselves back in the game and eventually went on to win. Its been a relatively successful year in BSR, however next year we are striving to
finish higher in the league and also get to the final. Back to today, I hope the weather stays and we have great afternoon of rugby. All the best Rhys Director of Rugby *Any further information regarding membership, please contact rugby@lboro.ac.uk for more information
LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC V WHARFEDALE
TODAYS TEAMS
LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS GRIFFIN PHILLIPSON
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JAMIE HARDING
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TIM HOYT
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JON STANWAY
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TOBY ADLINGTON
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TOMMY AGBONGBON
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NICK JENNINGS
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HENRI LAVIN
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REFEREE: MR LLYR APGERAINTROBERTS AR TRACY PETTINGALE AR MR ADRIAN HOLMES
WHARFEDALE 01
JOSEPH ALTHAM
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MADISON HUNTING
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BEN PRATCHETT
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RHYS GREEN
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ELLIOT STOCKTON
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RYAN CARLSON
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JACK PINDER
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JOSHUA BURRIDGE
JONNY LAW
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OMARI KAUP-SAMUELS
TOM SMITH
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THOMAS DAVIDSON
DARRAGH WALSH
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OLIVER CICOGNINI
ARCHIE HEARD
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JONATHAN MOORE
JAMES LANGSTON
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BEN BLACKWELL
RYAN APPS
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RIAN HAMILTON
REECE MALONE
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HARRY BULLOUGH
MINK SCHARINK
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GEORGE ANTHAM
SEB SMITH
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SAM DICKINSON
ANTHONY PEDALAR
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JACK EDWARDS-CLAKENEY
CHARLIE BRIERS
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BEAU VERITY
GEORGE BARBER
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MEET THE TEAM
RYAN APPS PLACE OF BIRTH
BEDFORD
MATCH DAY SUPERSTITION:
DATE OF BIRTH
03/11/2001
RUGBY AMBITION:
PLAY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO HIGHEST LEVEL I CAN COURSE:
ROLE MY SOCKS DOWN BEFORE BIG PLAY
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
RUGBY HERO:
POSITION:
CHESLIN KOLBE
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TODAYS OPPOSITION
WHARFEDALE 10
ARCHIE HEARD
The introduction of league rugby in 1987 was great news for the ambitious village club Wharfedale RUFC. It had been striving to improve its fixture list for some years, an objective which gained momentum when it became one of the first clubs to install floodlights; the introduction of leagues brought genuine competition, the chance for little clubs to measure their strength against big clubs, an opportunity which Wharfedale grasped with both hands. Beginning at Level Seven, Wharfedale finished divisional champions in their first-ever league campaign, to gain the first of the four promotions (with no relegations). During these league campaigns, the club has at various times recorded victories over Worcester, Leeds, Rotherham, London Welsh, Plymouth Albion and Nottingham; in the current season its opponents will include such iconic clubs as Blackheath, Richmond, Rosslyn Park, Coventry and Fylde. In Wharfedale’s early years in the National Leagues, before the Championship developed into a fully professional league, promotion was a valid goal for the club, and indeed in season 1999/2000 that ambition was very nearly realised, when the club finished just four points off the promotion places.
As the standard and intensity of the rugby in the National Leagues increased season by season, particularly in and around London, retaining its status in the top forty clubs in England has occasionally been quite a struggle for this village club, and in 2015-16 Wharfedale were relegated from National League 1. The club did not have the best of seasons in 2016/17 but were doubly proud of the achievements of club president John Spencer in 2017 who in June/July managed the successful British Lions tour to New Zealand and then in September became President of the RFU. The 2017/18 season was another tough challenge, coupled with the loss of long-serving club member and Chairman of Rugby, Michael ‘Clarty’ Harrison, who had been associated with the club for 56 years. 2018/19 saw the appointment of Rob Baldwin as DoR and an 8th place finish.
LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS
POSITIONS 02
01
JAMIE HARDING
GRIFFIN PHILLIPSON
04
JON STANWAY
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03
TOM HOYT
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TOBY ADLINGTON
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07
TOMMY AGBONGBON
NICK JENNINGS
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HENRI LAVIN
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JONNY LAW
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TOM SMITH
ARCHIE HEARD
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JAMES LANGSTON
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DARRAGH WALSH
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REECE MALONE
SUBS SAM WESTMACOTT, JOSH TOMS, HARRY LONGWORTH, JAMES NAYLOR, OLLIE PYLE
RYAN APPS
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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
FIXTURES 2021/22 DATE
TIME
OPPONENTS
RESULTS
MON 06/09/2021
KO 15:00
A
HARLEQUINS
50-15 LOSS
SUN 12/09/2021
KO 14:00
H
WASPS
0-29 LOSS
SAT 18/09/2021
KO 14:00
A
SARACENS
38-7 LOSS
SAT 02/10/2021
K0 15:00
A
DMP DURHAM SHARKS
0-59 WIN
SAT 09/10/2021
KO 14:00
H
WORCESTER WARRIORS
14-18 LOSS
SAT 30/10/2021
TBC
A
SALE SHARKS
43–15 LOSS
SAT 06/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
SARACENS
12-22 LOSS
SAT 13/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
BYE
SAT 27/11/2021
KO 15:00
A
EXETER CHIEFS
7-14 LOSS
SAT 04/12/2021
TBC
A
GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY
31-33 WIN
SAT 11/12/2021
KO 14:00
H
SALE SHARKS
0-27 WIN
SAT 18/12/2021
KO 14:00
H
BRISTOL BEARS
17 -14 WIN
SAT 15/01/2022
KO 14:00
H
SARACENS
12-27 LOSS
A
WASPS
41-22 WIN
TUE 22/01/2022
BYE
SAT 29/01/2022
KO 14:00
H
DMP DURHAM SHARKS
59-5 WIN
SAT 05/02/2022
TBC
A
SALE SHARKS
32-3 WIN
SAT 19/02/2022
KO 15:00
H
EXETER CHIEFS
28-25 WIN
SAT 26/02/2022
KO 14:00
H
GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY
19-19 DRAW
SAT 05/03/2022
KO 14:00
H
BRISTOL BEARS
26-26 DRAW
SAT 26/03/2022
TBC
A
EXETER CHIEFS
47-15 LOSS
SAT 02/04/2022
KO 14:00
H
WORCESTER WARRIORS
27-34 LOSS
SAT 07/05/2022
TBC
A
WORCESTER WARRIORS
SAT 14/05/2022
KO 14:00
H
HARLEQUINS
CUP FIXTURE
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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC
1XV FIXTURES 2021/22 DATE
TIME
OPPONENTS
RESULTS
A
BLAYDON
23-27 WIN
SAT 04/09/2021
KO 15:00
SAT 11/09/2021
KO 15:00
A
FYLDE
29-17 LOSS
SAT 18/09/2021
KO 14:00
H
HULL IONIANS
29-24 WIN
SAT 25/09/2021
KO 15:00
A
LUCTONIANS
22-28 WIN
SAT 09/10/2021
KO 14:00
A
HULL
26-19 LOSS
SAT 16/10/2021
KO 14:00
H
CHESTER
29-24 WIN
SAT 23/10/2021
KO 15:00
A
TYNEDALE
36-19 LOSS
SAT 30/10/2021
KO 14:00
H
SHEFFIELD TIGERS
33-31 LOSS
SAT 06/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
STOURBRIDGE
22-38 LOSS
SAT 13/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
HUDDERSFIELD
33-29 WIN
SAT 20/11/2021
KO 14:00
A
HARROGATE
15-24 WIN
SAT 27/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
ROTHERHAM
5-71 LOSS
SAT 04/12/2021
KO 14:00
A
WHARFEDALE
15-14 LOSS
SAT 11/12/2021
KO 14:00
H
SEDGLEY PARK
14-43 LOSS
SAT 18/12/2021
KO 15:00
A
BOURNVILLE
SAT 08/01/2022
KO 14:00
H
FYLDE
SAT 15/01/2022
KO 14:00
A
HULL IONIANS
SAT 22/01/2022
LOSS 28 – 32 LOSS 19-14 WIN
KO 14:00
H
LUCTONIANS
19-14 WIN
SAT 29/01/2022
KO 15:00
A
STOURBRIDGE
36-12 LOSS
SAT 12/02/2022
KO 14:00
H
HULL
0-39 LOSS
SAT 19/02/2022
KO 15:00
A
CHESTER
30-24 LOSS
SAT 26/02/2022
KO 14:00
H
TYNEDALE
31-32 LOSS
SAT 05/03/2022
KO 15:00
A
SHEFFIELD TIGERS
20-12 LOSS
SAT 12/03/2022
KO 15:00
A
HUDDERSFIELD
24-20 LOSS
SAT 26/03/2022
KO 14:00
H
HARROGATE
55-0 WIN
SAT 02/04/2022
KO 14:00
A
ROTHERHAM
47-17 LOSS
SAT 09/04/2022
KO 14:00
H
WHARFEDALE
SAT 16/04/2022
KO 14:30
A
SEDGLEY PARK
SAT 23/04/2022
KO 14:00
H
BOURNVILLE
KO 15:00
H
BLAYDON
SAT 30/04/2002
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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC
STAFF
ELANA HOBBS
RHYS EDWARDS
Rugby Operations
Director of Rugby
SCOTT SNEDDON Head Coach
ANTHONY ALLEN Performance Coach
JAMIE TAYLOR
Performance Coach
JIM HENRY
Performance Coach
MARTIN WEBDALE Performance Coach
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KERRY GLENDON
ADAM BURTON
ADAM CROSSMAN
LEWYS JONES
RISAKO SUZUKI
LAURA BAILEY
Physiotherapist
S & C Volunteer
S & C Lead
PA Lead
CHARLIE BREESE PA Placement
S & C Volunteer
JAMES PETERS BUCS 2 Head Coach
PA Placement
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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC
A BRIEF HISTORY 1984 Rex Hazeldine is appointed as Head Coach leading the side to a UAU title and victory in the Leicestershire Cup. A touring Australian Universities side was also defeated.
1976
1919
1962-68
Loughborough College formed the original Rugby Union side in September 1919.
These were spectacular years for Loughborough, winning every UAU title except 1965. Gerald Davies, John Mantle, Dave Rollit, John Taylor, Bev Risman and Colin MacFadyean, became world class players. John Robins became the first British and Irish Lions coach.
1930 Loughborough Colleges competed in their first Universities Athletic Union competition, beating Nottingham University 8-0 in their first match.
1939 Loughborough Colleges reached the UAU final for the first time,losing narrowly to Swansea.
1953 Loughborough Colleges won the UAU for the first time.
Middlesex 7s winners: 1959, 1964 1966, 1970 and 1976.
1996 Loughborough enter the leagues at the bottom of the RFU pyramid.
The Student’s Unions of the University of Technology and the Loughborough Colleges merged and the Loughborough Students Rugby Club was formed. The team won the UAU in 1977, 1978 and 1979, with the 1978–79 side captained by the young centre Clive Woodward.
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1970 The legendary Jim Greenwood coaches the Colleges to victory in the Middlesex Sevens, and the first UAU final at Twickenham. This side was probably the strongest ever, with six future internationals, Louis Dick, David Cooke, Clive Rees, Fran Cotton, Steve Smith, and Dick Cowman.
1997 Loughborough wins over Cambridge and Oxford in consecutive weeks signals the changing balance of power in student rugby.
1998 Ian Smith is appointed as the first full-time Director of Rugby.
2003 The World Cup winning England team was coached by six Loughborough alumni: Clive Woodward, Dave Alred, Andy Robinson, Dave Reddin, Phil Larder and Simon Hardy.
2005 Winning BUCS in 2005 breaks our longest spell without a BUCS victory.
2006 Real Varsity Match v Bath. Floodlights Appeal provides campus venue for the first ever rugby ‘event’ and engages alumni leading to the Vice Presidents club. A 3000+ crowd watched Loughborough beat Bath.
2008 Director of Rugby Dave Morris leads the side to promotion into National League 2 North, making the team the first student side to take part in the National Leagues.
2009 The Dan James Memorial Match Loughborough 23 – 20 England U20 A magnificent achievement for Dave Morris’ team and a suitably characterful performance through which to remember Dan.
2012 Loughborough v The Barbarians. A huge match to mark the opening of the Loughborough Stadium. Andy Robinson’s Barbarian side win 40– 7. Loughborough promoted into National League 1.
2016 Fiji win the first Olympic 7s competition coached by Loughborough alumni Ben Ryan, defeating Team GB in the process and fellow Loughborough alumni Phil Burgess.
2017 Loughborough Lightning enter the Tyrrells Premier 15s league.
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