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I would like to extend a warm welcome to our good friends, Old Albanians RFC to today’s match at the Big Field.

Both teams arrive after confidence-boosting wins last week at home to the struggling Worthing for OA’s, and away for the Dorks at the always difficult Guernsey, so much to look forward to in this encounter. Although Esher have a lead at the top of the division, both ourselves and the chasing pack are keen to make it competitive until the final game with the prospect of our highest ever league position in our sights.

Hopefully, you will have already heard about the fantastic performance of our Colts team in beating Rosslyn Park to progress to the Semi Finals of the National U18 Cup. It really is a magnificent achievement, with the next match being played at the Big Field on Sunday 31st March, please make every effort to ensure we have one of the largest attendance ever to cheer on the Colts.

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Welcome back to the Big Field.

After all the teams being away last weekend it’s a most welcome return to get back home.

Special welcome to Old Albanians RFC supporters, players and management. I hope you all have a good day here with us at Dorking today. OA’s recorded a good win against Worthing at home last weekend by scoring some cracking tries in the process and I, for one, have a lot of respect for OA’s and the way they try to play so I’m looking forward to the game today.

Last weekend saw the Dorking 1st team record a fantastic win over Guernsey away from home with some amazing support in the crowd. Special big thank you from me to all the faithful Dorking supporters who made the journey. It genuinely makes our job easier knowing we have got such a great group of supporters win or lose.

The twos headed over to Richmond for another cracking battle against a strong Saxons side, coming out very close losers by 7 points.Another great indication of the strength of the men’s squad today and the continued evolution of this incredibly young squad. It will be great to see how they got on against OA’s second team who have also made the journey.

I would also like to welcome some of the ex-players at today’s lunch who I had the privilege to play with. None of the stories they will tell you about me is true and it’s really great seeing their faces down here today. I hope you enjoy the lunch and the rugby, chaps.

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PLAYER PROFILES Since joining the club, Joel has not only made some big impacts on the pitch but off it too! More likely to be spotted not wearing his t-shirt to reveal his hard work. His energy and dynamism far outweighs his stature and he has cemented himself as a stalwart of the Dorking RFC 1ST XV since returning from Canterbury University a few years ago now.

Earliest DRFC memory?

My second ever game for Dorking getting MOTM and a hat-trick followed by my first lock-in at DRFC. Rugby Inspiration?

Lewis Moody - the nick name ‘mad dog’ says enough. An all-time great flanker and someone I look to emulate at every opportunity.

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In his second spell at DRFC, Jacko has been a great addition on and off the pitch. The front row were worried for their places when he first arrived due to his prominent gut. Turns out, he is also a fine cricketer, the vast quantities of teas and beer gets the blame for the belly issues come pre season!

Earliest DRFC memory?

Strangely it was actually playing against Dorking in my first ever rugby (tag) game…

Jasper King and Joss Hammond must have been playing for Dorking, and I believe Shaun Hammond was the coach.

Rugby Inspiration?

Joost van der Westhuizen - all time great South African scrum half.

If you had to drive from the Big Field to Lands End, who from the club would you want in the car with you?

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Has to be last year when we took on Rochford away. Steve had arranged his stag for that weekend, so it gave a lot of the youngsters an opportunity to play and we won. Reminded me of my first game at Nat 2 for Dorking when I was 18.

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1ST XV FIXTURES 2023 / 2024

02/09/2023

Wimbledon

A

W

22

–

57

9/9/2023

Worthing

H

W

38

–

10

16/09/2023

North Walsham

A

W

14

–

59

23/09/2023

Barnes

A

W

29

–

31

30/09/2023

Westcombe Park

H

W

55

–

21

07/10/2023

Canterbury

A

W

31

–

36

14/10/2023

Guernsey

H

W

59

–

14

21/10/2023

Reserve weekend

28/10/2023

Reserve weekend

04/11/2023

Old Abanian

A

W

10

–

23

11/11/2023

Bury St Edmunds

H

L

22

–

23

18/11/2023

Henley

A

D

18

–

18

25/11/2023

Sevenoaks

H

W

41

–

38

02/12/2023

Tonbridge Juddians

A

W

36

–

45

09/12/2023

Esher

H

L

19

–

38

16/12/2023

Worthing

A

W

29

–

18

06/01/2024

Reserve weekend

13/01/2024

North Walsham

H

W

59

–

33

20/01/2024

Barnes

H

L

33

–

38

27/01/2024

Westcombe Park

A

L

31

–

39

03/02/2024

Reserve weekend

10/02/2024

Canterbury

H

W

42

–

22

17/02/2024

Guernsey

A

W

12

–

36

24/02/2024

Old Albanians

H

02/03/2024

Reserve weekend

09/03/2024

Bury St Edmunds

A

–

16/03/2024

Henley

H

–

23/03/2024

Sevenoaks

A

–

06/04/2024

Tonbridge Juddians

H

–

13/04/2024

Esher

A

–

20/04/2024

Reserve weekend

27/04/2024

Wimbledon

H

–

Kick-Off Times: September & October: 3pm November: 2.30pm December & January: 2pm February: 2.30pm March & April: 3pm Big thanks to the Running Horses Syndicate who are again supporting Dorking RFC this season by generously providing a top quality Gilbert match ball for each home league fixture.

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We are grateful to Reason Global for supporting DRFC during our 2023-24 season.

JOHN DOUGLAS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FUND This special initiative was launched in March 2017 with a primary aim to fund or part fund specific projects or initiatives in the support of obtaining the highest possible standard and engagement of rugby through DRFC, with particular emphasis on Youth Development.

We are extremely grateful to the following for their support of the Fund: Patrons John Aarvold Martin Ashford Kevin Beal Robert Bennett Andrew Chitty Mary Douglas Derek Grieve Shaun Hammond Mark & Jo Harrison David Hemmings John Holder Stewart Irvine Alan King Stuart & Tracey Mitchell Ian Newcastle Roger Parkin Sir Michael Pickard Michael Spicer Colin Taylor Andy Webb Bob White

Benefactors Bramley House Tracy Evans EfficiencyIT Paul & Gill Gardner Nick & Sarah Gillett Paul Instone Mark Janaway Jaques Construction Jack May Jamie & Pip Merrett Chris Millar O’Halloran & O’Brien Jim Regan Armand Roux Nick Smith Colin Troughton Michael & Carolyne Walter Harry Watts Jonathon Watts Chris Webb Dominic Wright

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A big ‘THANK YOU’ to all of our contributors For more information of how to contribute and to request a standing order or donation form, please contact: treasurer@dorkingrfc.com.

DORKING RUGBY

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LEAGUE TABLE AND RESULTS NATIONAL LEAGUE 2 EAST P

W

D

L

PF

PA

+/-

TB

LB

Pts

Esher

18

16

0

2

733

412

321

15

2

81

Barnes

19

15

0

4

654

452

202

12

4

76

Dorking

19

14

1

4

733

466

267

16

2

76

Bury St Edmunds

19

12

1

6

593

446

147

11

2

63

Henley

18

11

1

6

536

461

75

12

2

60

Tonbridge Juddians

19

10

1

8

576

504

72

13

5

60

Canterbury

19

9

9

10

599

558

41

11

4

51

Old Albanians

19

9

0

10

549

577

-28

11

3

50

Sevenoaks

19

9

1

9

470

527

-57

6

4

48

Westcombe Park

19

6

1

12

562

597

-35

13

8

47

Guernsey

18

8

0

10

446

526

-80

10

2

44

Wimbledon

19

4

1

14

480

684

-294

11

4

33

Worthing

19

4

0

15

514

690

-176

12

5

33

North Walsham

18

0

1

17

268

813

-545

3

0

5

Next Fixture: DRFC CHARITY GOLF DAY 9th March - Bury St Edmund vs Dorking RFC - 25TH MAY s

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NATIONAL 2 EAST TEAM LINE-UPS DORKING RUGBY SINCE 1921

1

Henry Birch

Pierce Holland

1

2

Jonny Ellis (c)

Mike Bond

2

3

Tom Bristow

Sam Stirling

3

4

Daragh Chambers

George Kingswell-Watts

4

5

Jasper King

Ash Illeston (c)

5

6

Steve Howorth

Ben Alexander

6

7

Tom Bloomer

Hayden Barnes

7

8

Finn Osborne

Ben Charnock

8

9

George Jackson

Bailey Thomas

9

10

Craig Holland

Charlie wicks

10

11

Toby Mcrae

Alex Ricci

11

12

Henry Anscombe

Lewis Jones

12

13

Tom Howe

Sam Jones

13

14

Will Sanders

Seyi Ajeigbe

14

15

Joe Andresen

Andrew Nurse

15

16

Adam Musa

Charlie Fleckney

16

17

Charlie Connor

Matt Harris

17

18

Will Goodfellow

Will Curtis

18

19

Joel Grant

Archie Randanovic

19

20

Bryan Hotston

Aaqil Attah

20

DRFC Coaching Team Armand Roux - DoR Henry Birch - Forwards Coach Will Scholes - Lineout Coach Tom Bristow - Scrum Coach Jack Bairstow - Backs Coach Cam Cowell - Backs Attack Tom Howe - Backs Defence Daniel Mackenzie - S&C Ian Newcastle - Team Manager

OARFC Coaching Team Dan George - Head Coach: Paddy Gill and Sam Townsend - Assistant Coaches Paul Adams - Team Manager Jordan Harris - Head of Medical

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