Loughborough Students RFC Programme Issue 1

RUGBY LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC

VS

HULL IONIANS RUFC

NATIONAL LEAGUE RUGBY SAT 18 SEPTEMBER 2021 KO 13:00 ESTABLISHED 1919

WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 1

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CONTENTS 4 WELCOME FORM RHYS EDWARDS 5 TODAYS TEAMS 6 MEET THE TEAM 8 CONTACT CORNER 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 we host Hull Ionians in another Round of National 2 North. Its great to see you all back in person and able to watch live rugby, with relatively no restrictions.

We have certainly missed the noise of a home crowds, and your support is immensely appreciated.

Today sees us play our first fixture at home, following to away trips in Rounds 1 and 2, in which we picked up 1 win (Blaydon) and a narrow loss (Fylde). The squad is looking sharp and keen to getting back on home soil this weekend.

Our opponents today, however, have already proved to be the team to beat this season getting off to a flyer with 2 wins from 2, picking up maximum points with try bonuses.

The BUCS Super Rugby Programme is around the corner, and preparations are going well for our first fixture on the 29th September against Hartpury (Away). Its great to see our new coaching group manage the performance group of players, led by Scott (Sneddon) our Head Coach, supported by Jim (Henry), Jamie (Taylor), Martin (Webdale) and Anthony (Allen). Our development group are also taking shape having been in for the last few weeks. This group are shaping well led

by James Peters and assisted by Josh Toms.

you of members of our club, and your support would ensure that we continue to develop the next generations of players and staff.

All the best to everyone today.

Finally, as I’m sure you are all aware, we have recently launched our new club membership model, it would be great to have

Rhys Director of Rugby

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TODAYS TEAMS

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS GRIFFIN PHILLIPSON

01

ARCHIE BOURNE

02

JACK ROWNTREE

03

DAVID DOUGLAS BRIDGE

04

ALEX WARDELL

05

TOBIAS MUNDAY

06

HENRY LAVIN CAPT

07

BENEDICT SMITH

08

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HULL IONIANS RUFC 01

DAVE LAVERICK

02

BEN STEPHENSON

REFEREE: DAN PARROTT

03

BEN BELL

04

JOE MAKIN

AR JON PETZING

05

TOM PETERS

06

GEORGE MEWBURN

AR GRANVILLE WILLIAMS

07

JAMES SANDERSON CAPT

08

CALLUM SANDERSON

MATTEO PETROZZI

09

09

CHARLIE KIRK

CHARLIE TITCOMBE

10

10

BEN SMITH

KARL WARNER

11

11

JOSH BRITTON

JOSH LEWIS

12

12

LUKE THUNDERCLIFFE

NATHAN POPE

13

13

LEWIS MINIKIN

SAM KILDUNNE

14

14

SAM WILSON

REECE MALONE

15

15

WILL EDWARDS

NATHAN LANGDON

16

16

CHRIS MORTON

MINK SCHARINK

17

17

ALLAN HUDSON

FERGUS DICK

18

18

ALEX CAMPBELL

IWAN BURGWIN

19

19

TYLER HELLAS

GEORGE BARBER

20

20

PAUL EVISON

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MEET THE TEAM

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STUDYING:

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JIM HENRY

CONTACT CORNER

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Great to be back at it and finally with a home league game having been on the road for the first two weeks of the season.

A lot has changed since our last home game, Gerard and Duster (Quins Women), Smithy (Doncaster Knights), Ed (Sarries), Kam (Tennis) and Andrew ‘shizzer’ McBay (Tigers) have all have all moved and although all seem to be going great in their new roles they all keep a close eye on us back here and send their best for the season.

The new staff Scott Sneddon and Martin Webdale are settling in well with returning staff Ass. Prof.

Jamie Taylor and Anthony Allen who are now in their third season with us. There is also a new Duster on board, James Peters / J Pizz / Duster#2, no where near as good as the original Dust at bashing keyboards but he

is a keen young coach who is being groomed by JT and will be a good addition to the team looking after BUCS2 and the Development Squad alongside Tomsy.

It was great to get back to league rugby and having had two decent tests in pre-season against Hinckley and Rosslyn Park the lads were well prepared for the first game away at Blaydon.

With no league rugby season last year we have essentially two years of ‘freshers’ which resulted in 10 league debuts in the match day 20, this probably contributed to the less than perfect performance in which we struggled to get going, that said we managed to grind the win out with fly-half Charlie Titcombe have a fine game.

Fylde away was always going to be a big step up and we didn’t have enough to get the

job done despite a fantastic effort from the boys in terms of work rate we lacked the accuracy both sides of the ball to get anything from the game. It’s very early to call but I would certainly expect that Fylde team to be up there come the end of the season.

I’m sure you are all as excited to see lots of lads on home debut today in both the Nat 2 game and the friendly against Blackheath 2’s!

Up the Boro!

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TODAYS OPPOSITION

HULL IONIANS RUFC Hull Ionians RUFC is based at Brantingham Park and formed in 1989 following the merger of Hull and East Riding with Ionians. League rugby had started two seasons earlier with Hull and East Riding playing in North One and Ionians in Yorkshire Three, six levels lower at that time.

At this stage Hull and East Riding were down to a small 1st XV squad without ownership of their own ground or clubhouse. Ionians owned their ground and clubhouse had a thriving mini/junior section that was developing many excellent young players, but a first team that required more experience in order to retain them. The merger was therefore a perfect arrangement.

The merger was greatly assisted by the C-CAT Cup staged at Ionians Elloughton ground the previous season. Ionians made an early exit from this sponsored mid-week competition and gave full support to their prospective new members

who went on to win the competition and the first set of shirts in the new club colours. The plans for the move to a new ground, literally over the fence in Brantingham, evolved at this time, moving to the ground in 1994 with the Brantingham Park Club house opening in 1995.

In July Hull Ionians announced the appointment of Graham Steadman as Head of Rugby, a dual, full-time role with the priority of focusing on the first team but with the added task of filling some of the rugby development gaps created by cuts at the Rugby Football Union.

Hull Ionians have bounced between National 1 and National 2 in recent years and are now preparing for a season which will bring a local derby against Hull as well as clashes against Harrogate, Huddersfield, Rotherham, Sheffield Tigers and Wharfedale.

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS

POSITIONS

01

02

GRIFFIN PHILLIPSON

ARCHIE BOURNE

04

DAVID DOUGLAS BRIDGE

06

05

ALEX WARDELL

07

08

TOBIAS MUNDAY

03

JACK ROWNTREE

HENRI LAVIN

BENEDICT SMITH

09

MATTEO PETROZZI

10

CHARLIE TITCOMBE

12

JOSH LEWIS

13

NATHAN POPE

11

KARL WARNER

15

REECE MALONE

SUBS 16 NATHAN LANGDON, 17 MINK SCHARINK, 18 FERGUS DICK, 19 IWAN BURGWIN , 20 GEORGE BARBER.

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SAM KILDUNNE

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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

SAT 02/10/2021

K0 15:00

A

DMP DURHAM SHARKS

SAT 09/10/2021

KO 14:00

H

WORCESTER WARRIORS

SAT 30/10/2021

TBC

A

SALE SHARKS

SAT 06/11/2021

KO 14:00

H

SARACENS

SAT 13/11/2021

KO 14:00

H

BYE

SAT 27/11/2021

KO 15:00

A

EXETER CHIEFS

SAT 04/12/2021

TBC

A

GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY

SAT 11/12/2021

KO 14:00

H

SALE SHARKS

SAT 18/12/2021

KO 12:00

A

BRISTOL BEARS

SAT 08/01/2021

TBC

A

WASPS

SAT 15/01/2022

KO 14:00

H

SARACENS

SAT 29/01/2022

KO 14:00

H

DMP DURHAM SHARKS

SAT 05/02/2022

TBC

A

SALE SHARKS

SAT 19/02/2022

KO 15:00

H

EXETER CHIEFS

SAT 26/02/2022

KO 14:00

H

GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY

SAT 05/03/2022

KO 14:00

H

BRISTOL BEARS

SAT 26/03/2022

TBC

A

EXETER CHIEFS

SAT 02/04/2022

KO 14:00

H

WORCESTER WARRIORS

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 29-17 LOSS

SAT 04/09/2021

KO 15:00

SAT 11/09/2021

KO 15:00

A

FYLDE

SAT 18/09/2021

KO 14:00

H

HULL IONIANS

SAT 25/09/2021

KO 15:00

A

LUCTONIANS

SAT 02/10/2021

KO 14:00

H

STOURBRIDGE

SAT 09/10/2021

KO 14:00

A

HULL

SAT 16/10/2021

KO 14:00

H

CHESTER

SAT 23/10/2021

KO 15:00

A

TYNEDALE

SAT 30/10/2021

KO 14:00

H

SHEFFIELD TIGERS

SAT 13/11/2021

KO 14:00

H

HUDDERSFIELD

SAT 20/11/2021

KO 14:00

A

HARROGATE

SAT 27/11/2021

KO 14:00

H

ROTHERHAM

SAT 04/12/2021

KO 14:00

A

WHARFEDALE

SAT 11/12/2021

KO 14:00

H

SEDGLEY PARK

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

KO 14:00

H

LUCTONIANS

SAT 29/01/2022

KO 15:00

A

STOURBRIDGE

SAT 12/02/2022

KO 14:00

H

HULL

SAT 19/02/2022

KO 15:00

A

CHESTER

SAT 26/02/2022

KO 14:00

H

TYNEDALE

SAT 05/03/2022

KO 15:00

A

SHEFFIELD TIGERS

SAT 12/03/2022

KO 15:00

A

HUDDERSFIELD

SAT 26/03/2022

KO 14:00

H

HARROGATE

SAT 02/04/2022

KO 14:00

A

ROTHERHAM

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

SAT 30/04/2002

KO 15:00

H

BLAYDON

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STAFF

RHYS EDWARDS

AMY WALMSLEY

Director of Rugby

Rugby Programme Manager

SCOTT SNEDDON

ANTHONY ALLEN

Head Coach

Performance Coach

JAMIE TAYLOR

Performance Coach

ELANA HOBBS Rugby Operations

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

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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