Loughborough Students RFC Rugby Programme Issue 12

RUGBY LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC

VS HARROGATE

NATIONAL LEAGUE RUGBY SAT 26 MARCH 2022 KO 14:00 ESTABLISHED 1919

WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 12

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CONTENTS 4

WELCOME FROM RHYS EDWARDS

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TODAYS TEAMS

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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 Harrogate 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.

I feel like I am writing the same programme notes again, but the last few games have been challenging and the results certainly haven’t showed the true competitiveness of the games, with us again losing out in the closing minutes having established ourselves well early in the game. Today’s opposition, Harrogate have had similar challenges to us, and will be, I’m sure looking to pick up some wins going into the last stage of the season.

Its been a tough year having had no rugby last season, and its great that we are now heading into the final 5 games.

This year is the final year of this league structure at level 4, before we go into a 3-league format, where we may likely not face north opposition. This is still all to be confirmed, with many league games left regarding promotion. This gives everyone the incentive to finish the season well now the sun is out.

The BUCS Super Rugby squad played in the BSR Quarter Final this week against Swansea University at home. This was set up to be a physical challenge, with Swansea being unbeaten over the last 7 games, putting together some impressive performances. We knew it was going to be tough but following some early nerves we managed to put together our most assured performance of the season to finish with an impressive 40 -10 win.

Eyes now turn to the semi-final where we are away to Durham. We must take confidence from this result but ensure that we are more accurate again against the league leaders,

and favourites. We are however confident that we can go and get a result. 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

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC V HARROGATE

TODAYS TEAMS

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS GRIFFIN PHILLIPSON

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JAMIE HARDING

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MINK SCHARINK

03

JACK SHINE

04

TOBY ADLINGTON

05

NICK JENNINGS

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FERGUS DICK

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TOM BLOOMER

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HARROGATE 01

TOM BAXTER

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JAKE PERCIVAL

03

WILL DENNIS

04

SAM BRADY

05

JONNY COSER

06

TOM SHRIMPTON

07

MARTIN DODDS

08

08

DECLAN THOMPSON

CHARLIE BRIERS

09

09

ADAM PENISTONE

TOM SMITH

10

10

RORY NACNAB

DARRAGH WALSH

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11

BEN RAUBITSCHEK

ALEX WAINWRIGHT

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12

DOM TYDEMAN

SAM BLADE

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13

JORDAN CUMMINS

KARL WARNER

14

14

JACK KENNELL

REFEREE: DANIEL WOODS AR JASON GARRICK AR MATTHEW JASON SHEPHERD

ARCHIE HEARD

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TOM STEENE

SAM WESTMACOTT

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TIM HEATON

JOSH TOMS

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17

KIT KEITH

HARRY LONGWORTH

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18

WILL YATES

JAMES NAYLOR

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19

DANNY COOKE

OLIVER PYLE

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20

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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC VS TYNEDALE RUFC LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC V HULL RFC

MATCH REPORT

MATCH SATURD DAY: A FEBRUA Y 26 RY

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FULL TIME: LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC 31–32 TYNEDALE RFC

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC ston 27, TRIES: Bell 12, Jennings 20, Lang Warner 48, Wainwright 75 CONVERSIONS: Smith 20, 27, 75 TYNEDALE RUFC TRIES: Hutton 3, 50, Blackett 65, Parker 71 CONVERSIONS: Rodgers 62, 80

STAR MAN: Timothy Hoyt REFEREE: George Richardson ATTENDANCE: 287

Tynedale recover win in second half In the next round of National League rugby, Loughborough hosts Tynedale at home at Epinal Way. Loughborough took the kick and got off in a high velocity start, with possession switching rapidly between the two sides.

It was Tynedale who to opened the score board, Hutton steal the ball mid-field and sprinted the score. With a successful conversion the away side was seven points up on the

HALFTIME: LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC 19–7 TYNEDALE RUFC

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC: Smith, Bell, Hoyt, Wardell, Stanway, Jennings, Dick, Anibonam, Briers, Smith, Walsh, Preen, Langston, Warner, Wainwright REPLACEMENTS: Smith, Bell, Lloyd, Parker, Westmacott, Agbongbon, Nayor, Norman.

TYNEDALE RUFC: White, Johnston, Lowdon, Dunn, Hanning, Wainwright, Tiffen, Blackburn, Outson, Rodgers, Hutton, Miller, Clark, Pike, Cooke.

REPLACEMENTS: Batey, Carmichael, Fletcher, Blackett, Parker.

first three minute of play.

Loughborough retaliates with a strong carry with Bell taking it over the line in the 12th minute.

This was followed up by Captain Jennings on the 20th minute, Captain Jennings makes a break and bounds over to take us into the lead, which was expertly converted

by Smith. With another try by Langton mid-way though the half, Loughborough takes the a 12-point lead going ending the half.

At the restart, Tynedale turned into a more aggressive and opportunistic side, taking advantage of several infringement by the home side. With Warner scoring Loughborough’s bonus point try, the away side had a big job to recover.

With two additional tries from Tynedale and one successful penalties, Tynedale took themselves into the lead.

Loughborough tried to recover in the last few minutes of play from a converted try by Wainwright who broke though the away side defensive line, scoring between the posts.

For the last few minutes to go, it seemed as if Loughborough had secured themselves a win, but with an successful penalty to Tynedale, the away side edged themselves into victory.

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MEET THE TEAM

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TODAYS OPPOSITION

HARROGATE ‘One club philosophy’ In 1871, the club was founded as Harrogate Football Club. The first match, played on 16th December 1871, was played opposite The Coach and Horses on the area currently known as the West Park Stray. Harrogate fielded 16 players to Leeds 11. Harrogate lost the match.

The result was Leeds one goal and five touchdowns, Harrogate 1 touchdown.

Four brothers played in the match Frank, Fred, Tom and William Fawcett. This was the only game lost in the club’s first four seasons. It is unlikely that the young men of Harrogate who set up the first Harrogate Rugby Club would have envisaged the club continuing for 140 years. It is highly likely that their attitude to the game is identical with the players of today.

The club have received success in the Yorkshire Cup winning it 12 times, most recently in 2017. Having gained promotion in at the end of the 2019/20 season, Harrogate are now back in the National Leagues. July saw Harrogate appointing new head coach, Sam Fox, who has previously spent 2 years at the club as academy head coach and looking forward to supporting the team in their first season back in National League 2.

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS

POSITIONS 02

01

JAMIE HARDING

GRIFFIN PHILLIPSON

04

JACK SHINE

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03

MINK SCHARINK

05

TOBY ADLINGTON

06

07

NIC JENNINGS

FERGUS DICK

08

TOM BLOOMER

09

CHARLIE BRIERS

10

12

TOM SMITH

ALEX WAINWRIGHT

13

SAM BLADE

11

DARRAGH WALSH

14

15

ALEX WAINWRIGHT

SUBS SAM WESTMACOTT, JOSH TOMS, HARRY LONGWORTH, JAMES NAYLOR, OLLIE PYLE

KARL WARNER

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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

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

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

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

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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