College life
Sports Report Rugby
Captain James Costello O’Reilly English, 2013 This season of transition for Mansfield/ Merton Rugby Club started, to say the least, slowly. When the entire kit was unwittingly chucked away by College scouts, the Photo: Thomas Barnett Photography team resembled the dregs of a belowpar fancy dress party – once make-up perfectly to unleash the hard-running of Zac Keane has been sweated off and novelty hats (next year’s captain), and the nymph-like glides of misplaced. In typical M&Ms style, though, the side Jonny Mellor from deep. responded. A thrilling and unprecedented 100-5 dispatching of Pembroke helped us achieve promotion In the pack, Jay Garcia’s staggering commitment, the from Division 4 in Michaelmas term, and we also beat wince-inducing impact of Joe ‘Grond’ Sorrell, and Dan Pembroke in the first round of Cuppers, before losing Orford’s dogged bravery in the ruck explained precisely to the very strong New College in the second round. why Paddy Ferguson (last year’s captain) deemed it worth sticking around two years for his first win. Hilary saw the addition of a few key players and, from this developing squad, leaders began to emerge (mostly, of course, from Mansfield). A stylish half-back pairing of Chris Baird and Yannick Spencer combined
It was a joy to captain them, and the squad are looking forward to another year of development, victories and of course the celebrations after.
Netball
Captains: Clemi Collett Theology, 2013 Netball at Mansfield really took off during 2014/15. We had some very successful matches in Michaelmas term, including a 17-2 win again Lincoln and a 10-7 win against Pembroke. Competition for places was fierce, especially for the one male player allowed on the team. With our dashing new netball kit, everyone is looking forward to another successful year.
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