Loughborough Students RFC v Bourneville 23/04/2022 issue 14

RUGBY LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC

VS BOURNEVILLE

NATIONAL LEAGUE RUGBY SAT 23 APRIL 2022 KO 14:00 ESTABLISHED 1919

WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 14

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CONTENTS 4

WELCOME FROM RHYS EDWARDS

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TODAYS TEAMS

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MATCH REPORT

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MEET THE TEAM

10 TODAYS OPPOSITION 11 POSITIONS 12 LIGHTNING FIXTURES AND RESULTS 13 LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FIXTURES AND RESULTS 14 STAFF 16 A BRIEF HISTORY

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RHYS EDWARDS

DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Welcome all to Loughborough University, where today we host Bournville 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.

This is only the 2nd time we have played Bournville following our earlier fixture in the season. We welcome them to a quieter campus with all the students away for Easter, but nonetheless we hope they have a great day and the good weather stays.

The away game last week against Sedgley Park was another tough battle, and we are relatively pleased with the performance, considering Sedgley’s dominance within the league this year. The top of the table is looking tight, but Hull could win it this weekend.

Today’s opposition, Bourneville have fared well in their first season in National 2, and will be, I’m sure looking to pick up some wins going into the last few games of the season.

They sit a few places behind us in the league, but will be full of confidence following their win at home against us.

The squad are still keen to express themselves now that the weather is starting to shine and climbing up the league with 2 wins. It will be great to have 2 home games to finish off the league Finally, good luck to all of our players representing England Students on Friday night this week. Its great to see players getting rewarded for their stellar performances through the year.

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 BOURNEVILLE

TODAYS TEAMS

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS SEB SMITH

01

SAM WESTMACOTT

02

MINK SCHARINK

03

ALEX WARDELL

04

TOBY ADLINGTON

05

NICK JENNINGS

06

TOM BLOOMER

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HENRI LAVIN

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BOURNEVILLE 01

JAMES BURGOYNE

02

JAMES RANDALL

03

RYAN SMEILUS

04

HARRY DAWSON

05

STEVE HANDY

06

ASH SCRIVEN (C)

07

SAM SHEPPARD

08

08

CALLUM THOMPSON

CHARLIE BRIERS

09

09

BEN TIBBETTS

TOM SMITH

10

10

MITCH MCGAHAN

SAM BLADE

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11

ETHAN WALKER MAX CRAVEN

REFEREE: GEORGE RICHARDSON AR PAUL HILL AR TIM DYER

ARCHIE HEARD

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12

ALEX WAINWRIGHT

13

13

OSCAR CLAYTON

WILL SANDERS

14

14

OLLIE DAWKINS

DARRAGH WALSH

15

15

OWEN WILLIAMS

JOSH TOMS

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JAMES WEAVER

ISAAC BELL

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SCOTT RUDGE

DAN ECKERSLEY

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18

TOM HOLLIDAY

IWAN BURGWIN

19

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ED DRAKE-LEE

RYAN APPS

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TOM BURROWS

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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC VS WHARFEDALE

MATCH REPORT

MATCH D SATURD AY: 09/04/20AY 22

FULL TIME: LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC 43–12 WHARFEDALE HOME TEAM (LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC) 40, TRIES: Adbongbon 32, Langston Heard 76, 72, rs Brie 64, er Barb 60, Malone Smith 80, 80 CONVERSIONS: Malone 32, 40, 76, AWAY TEAM (WHARFEDALE) TRIES: Hunting 9, 14, CONVERSIONS: Davidson 14,

STAR MAN: Stanway (Loughborough) REFEREE: Mr Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts ATTENDANCE: 222

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HALFTIME: LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC 14–12 WHARFEDALE

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS: Phillipson, Harding, Hoyt, Stanway, Adlington, Adbongbon, Jennings, Lavin, Law, Smith, Walsh, Heard, Langston, Apps, Malone REPLACEMENTS: Scharink, Smith, Pedlar, Briers, Barber WHARFEDALE: Altham, Patchett, Green, Stockton, Carlson, Pinder, Burridge, Kaup-Samuels, Davidson, Cicognini, Moore, Blackwell, Hamilton, Bullough.

REPLACEMENTS: Altham, Dickinson, Smith, Blakeney-Edwards, Verity

13th minutes, from a drive maul, successfully coverted

by Davidson, taking the away side 12 points ahead.

Students taught Wharfedale a lesson.

In the last few rounds of national league 2, Loughborough hosts Wharfdale at home on Epinal Way. With the sun blazing down, Loughborough took the kick and went on the offensive. Within the first 10 minutes, Wharfedale’s Hunter made a clean break from a maul, leading to score leading to score left of the posts. He then followed up with another try in the

It wasn’t till the last ten minutes of play where Loughborough retaliated.

Agbongdon carried hard breaking through the away side’s defensive line leading to their first coverted try.

Langstone in the last minute of play carries the ball over the line after Apps makes the break, both tries we’re successfully converted by Malone.

Going into the second half, gained momentum extending their lead by an additional 5 tries. After several phases Malone breaks through Wharfedale pact leading to score, this was continued

by Barber who scored a few

minutes after in the right hand corner.

Loughborough gained their bonus point on the 72nd minute, whereby Briers sprinted to score following a quick offhand by Barber.

In the last 5 minutes of play two additional tries are scored by Heard and Smith, both successfully converted

by Malone. Within victory in hand, the whistle blew and Loughborough gained the win.

By Ryan Stevens

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MEET THE TEAM

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TODAYS OPPOSITION

BOURNVILLE

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ARCHIE HEARD

The rugby section of the Bournville Athletic Club was established on 17th August 1909, when 22 members showed a strong interest in taking up the game. So it was that worker from Cadburys in Bournville village founded Bournville RFC. Donning the chocolate colours and captained by Mr J Paddison, the team won more games than they lost in the first year, playing 23 matches, 20 were won, 2 lost and 1 drawn, with 319 points for and 70 against.

By the second season the team lost only 4 matches.

The original Bournville RFC sides consisted entirely of Cadbury employees and the company would traditionally award caps to players. Gradually through the years other players from outside the Cadbury family joined the club, whose seasons consisted of friendly matches against local rivals such as Five Ways Old Edwardian, Selly Oak and most notably, Kings Norton.

Founding members of Worcestershire and Herefordshire and affiliated to the North Midlands Rugby Football Union, Bournville has gone from strength to strength, particularly during the 21st century, where the Club has achieved unprecedented success, gaining promotion in four consecutive seasons. The Club has transcended from Level 10 to the

current Level 6 of the massive league pyramid of Rugby Union that begins with a broad, solid base and rises to the pinnacle of an England cap awarded to the gifted few.

In the 2019/20 season Bournville finished top of the Midlands Premier Division and gaining promotion to the National 2 for the first time in their history. The club are pleased to announce a new management structure for the up-and-coming season. Mitch McGahan is to continue as Head coach. Recently retired from 1st XV Rugby, Paul Sumner takes on the team manager role at an enhanced level assisted by Rob Sigley and Phil Maynard who will assist with recruitment and planning.

Matt Price joins the coaching staff full time as forwards coach. Alex Grove will add to his current portfolio as player backs and defence coach, Terry Sigley will look after set piece and Harry Price joins the team as Strength and Conditioning coach. Additionally, over the summer Bournville completed signings of South African front rower Luca Nothnagel Di Giovanni and Nigerian born loosehead prop and hooker TJ Ajuchi.

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS

POSITIONS 02

01

SAM WESTMACOTT

SEB SMITH

04

ALEX WARDELL

11

03

MINK SCHARINK

05

TOBY ADLINGTON

07

06

NICK JENNINGS

TOM BLOOMER

08

HENRI LAVIN

09

CHARLIE BRIERS

10

12

TOM SMITH

ARCHIE HEARD

13

ALEX WAINWRIGHT

14

11

SAM BLADE

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DARRAGH WALSH

SUBS JOSH TOMS, ISAAC BELL, DAN ECKERSLEY, IWAN BURGWIN, RYAN APPS

WILL SANDERS

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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 16.04.22

KO 14:00

H

DMP SHARKS

60–12 WIN

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

43-12 WIN

SAT 16/04/2022

KO 14:30

A

SEDGLEY PARK

19-12 LOSS

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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