Loughborough Students RFC Rugby Programme Issue 13

RUGBY LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC

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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

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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

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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

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TODAYS OPPOSITION

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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

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JAMIE HARDING

GRIFFIN PHILLIPSON

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JON STANWAY

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TOM HOYT

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TOBY ADLINGTON

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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

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HARLEQUINS

50-15 LOSS

SUN 12/09/2021

KO 14:00

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WASPS

0-29 LOSS

SAT 18/09/2021

KO 14:00

A

SARACENS

38-7 LOSS

SAT 02/10/2021

K0 15:00

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DMP DURHAM SHARKS

0-59 WIN

SAT 09/10/2021

KO 14:00

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WORCESTER WARRIORS

14-18 LOSS

SAT 30/10/2021

TBC

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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

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SALE SHARKS

0-27 WIN

SAT 18/12/2021

KO 14:00

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BRISTOL BEARS

17 -14 WIN

SAT 15/01/2022

KO 14:00

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SARACENS

12-27 LOSS

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WASPS

41-22 WIN

TUE 22/01/2022

BYE

SAT 29/01/2022

KO 14:00

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DMP DURHAM SHARKS

59-5 WIN

SAT 05/02/2022

TBC

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SALE SHARKS

32-3 WIN

SAT 19/02/2022

KO 15:00

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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

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WORCESTER WARRIORS

27-34 LOSS

SAT 07/05/2022

TBC

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WORCESTER WARRIORS

SAT 14/05/2022

KO 14:00

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HARLEQUINS

CUP FIXTURE

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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC

1XV FIXTURES 2021/22 DATE

TIME

OPPONENTS

RESULTS

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BLAYDON

23-27 WIN

SAT 04/09/2021

KO 15:00

SAT 11/09/2021

KO 15:00

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FYLDE

29-17 LOSS

SAT 18/09/2021

KO 14:00

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HULL IONIANS

29-24 WIN

SAT 25/09/2021

KO 15:00

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LUCTONIANS

22-28 WIN

SAT 09/10/2021

KO 14:00

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HULL

26-19 LOSS

SAT 16/10/2021

KO 14:00

H

CHESTER

29-24 WIN

SAT 23/10/2021

KO 15:00

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TYNEDALE

36-19 LOSS

SAT 30/10/2021

KO 14:00

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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

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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

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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

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STOURBRIDGE

36-12 LOSS

SAT 12/02/2022

KO 14:00

H

HULL

0-39 LOSS

SAT 19/02/2022

KO 15:00

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CHESTER

30-24 LOSS

SAT 26/02/2022

KO 14:00

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TYNEDALE

31-32 LOSS

SAT 05/03/2022

KO 15:00

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SHEFFIELD TIGERS

20-12 LOSS

SAT 12/03/2022

KO 15:00

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HUDDERSFIELD

24-20 LOSS

SAT 26/03/2022

KO 14:00

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HARROGATE

55-0 WIN

SAT 02/04/2022

KO 14:00

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ROTHERHAM

47-17 LOSS

SAT 09/04/2022

KO 14:00

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WHARFEDALE

SAT 16/04/2022

KO 14:30

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SEDGLEY PARK

SAT 23/04/2022

KO 14:00

H

BOURNVILLE

KO 15:00

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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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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

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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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