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This is a first! Welcome CS Stags, to Horsham Rugby Club. For those of us at HRFC that don’t recognise the name, as I didn’t, read on…
First of all…. CS stands for Civil Service. A ”football” team was put together by the Civil Service which then split into a Football Side and a Rugby Side.
On 26th January 1871, the Rugby Side of the Club was one of those who met at the Pall Mall Restaurant to form the Rugby Football Union. Of the 20 clubs which sent delegates only 8 remain viz. Blackheath, Guy’s Hospital, Harlequins, King’s College, Richmond, St. Paul’s School and Wellington College. Exactly 100 years later, on 26th January 1971, the Centenary of the Rugby Football Union was celebrated with Founder Member Clubs.
CS Stags played their first rugby game on the 14th November 1863. They had just joined the Rugby League as it then was. The Club was one of the founders of the Surrey RFU in 1879, and has been a member of the Middlesex RFU since the 1880s. We expect a tough encounter once more at this new and elevated level. We wish our guests well too. The teams today stand 10th and 12th in this new league.
We’ve had a mixed start in our new heady position in the 5th level of the RFU league system - Regional 1 South Central. Two very narrow defeats against two very good sides, Havant and London Welsh, giving us 4 points in the table. But then a bit of a wake-up call at Tunbridge Wells, where we were admittedly underpowered with late and unforeseen non-availabilities. However, it could have been much worse. This year will be a tough one for sure!
On a broader front you will notice that the new changing rooms are well on their way to completion. We hope to be using them within weeks. And at the start of a new season as I do every season, to remind you that there is no better time to invite you to make yourself known to club officials and let them know you’d like to help. We are always looking for volunteers. There is always stuff to do.
And please don’t forget that there is action galore on Sundays. Generally M&J’s in the mornings and Colts and Ladies in the afternoons.
Have a great afternoon. And good luck to both teams.
Alan Fisher President, Horsham RUFC
As we start round 4 of this season’s campaign, we welcome CS Stags to Coolhurst for what we believe is the first meeting between the two clubs in league rugby. Although it is early days in the league, both teams will be keen to get the win so that they can maintain contact with the teams ahead of them in the league. CS Stags, unlike Horsham however have already managed to secure a win over Hammersmith and Fulham, a team that we know well and as such will be stern opponents this afternoon. Sitting 2 places above Horsham in the table, Stags, like Horsham have played 2 of the expected stronger teams in the league and despite a heavy opening day loss to one of the favourites, Camberley, their 50 point victory over H&F and a 6 point loss to Welsh last week shows the threat in this side. Judging by their social media platforms and playing reports to date, expect to see some expansive rugby, a threatening backline alongside a mobile forward pack. On the fast track of the AGP, this has the potential to be a very entertaining match.
Horsham, for our part followed up the first two performances with a disappointing loss on the road to Tunbridge Wells last weekend. Fielding a much changed side, including a number of debutants, it was ultimately our error count that prevented the team from gaining anything on the road. It is important that the team learn from this experience and work to raise the levels of intensity and accuracy needed in this new league. In that regard we welcome back two players who have yet to play this season in Declan Nwachukwu and Henry Warwick who have both missed the opening fixtures. Combined with the returning skipper Tom Johnson at centre, and exciting winger George Jeavons, the backline looks full of intent and threat that we hope to be able to bring to bear. In the forwards, our current injury status, especially in the Front Row sees stalwart Giles Barber make a welcome return to the squad and we are sure to see his scrummaging prowess as the game progresses. The boys continue to work exceedingly hard at their game. These efforts will pay off and a big performance will materialise soon. Hopefully this will be the case this afternoon and we can begin to climb the league.
We hope you enjoy the match.
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Havant 30–26 Horsham
Tries: Blake, Chennell, Johnson, Woods
Conv: Chennell 3
Horsham 36–42 London Welsh
Tries: Blake 2, Osgood 2, Chennell, Johnson
Conv: Johnson 2, Chennell
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Horsham
Tries: Condon, Osgood
Conv: Chennell 2
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Saturday, 16 September 2023
Saturday, 23 September 2023
Bracknell vs Hammersmith & Fulham
Havant vs Bournemouth
Horsham vs CS Stags 1863
Maidenhead vs London Welsh
Marlborough vs Camberley
Tunbridge Wells vs Brighton
Regional 1 South Central K.O 3.00pm
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Originally there was but one Civil Service Football Club whose members played whichever of the various forms of the yet to be standardised (rugby/ football) games they felt most suited to, always dependent on their and their opposition’s ability to reach some modicum of consensus as to what they were about to do! The Football Association was formed on 26th October 1863 and those of the club’s players who chose to play under its rules went their own way. Those who preferred to play under laws devised by Rugby School formed what is the Rugby Club. The earliest game of which there is a record was against Blackheath on 14th November 1863. Goals were still all that counted and a touch down over the goal line gained only a “try” at goal. Blackheath won that game by two goals to nil.
On 26th January 1871, the Club was one of those who met at the Pall Mall Restaurant to form the Rugby Football Union. Of the 20 clubs which sent delegates only 7, apart from the Club, remain: Blackheath, Guy’s Hospital, Harlequins, King’s College, Richmond, St. Paul’s School and Wellington College.
The Club was one of the founders of the Surrey RFU in 1879 and has been a member of the Middlesex RFU since the 1880s.
Early home venues were Battersea Park, Wimbledon Common, Kensal Rise and The Old Deer Park, Richmond. At Richmond the Club had a settled home for 30 years. In 1921 the Civil Service Sports Council was formed, and in 1926 the Club gave them full support by leasing the principal pitch on their new ground at Duke’s Meadows, Chiswick.
The Club had a great touring tradition. Records show that the first tour was in 1889 to Llanelli and Gloucester, and in the following year our opponents were Penarth, Llanelli and Swansea. It was not until 1973 that the Club made its first foreign tour to France. In Europe the Club has also played in Belgium, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. One hundred years of touring was marked in 1989 by the first trans-Atlantic trip: to Canada with games in Vancouver and Edmonton. In 1992 the tour was to California playing in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The Club has always been honoured with distinguished Presidents. The first was Sir Rowland Hill who was President for 43 years, and one of the greatest administrators the game has produced. He was Honorary Secretary of the RFU from 1881 to 1904 and President of that body from 1904 to 1907.
Mr. Martin Creasey was our President from 1981 until 1994. He joined the Club in 1935, his greatest contribution being as Hon. Secretary from 1947 to 1964, his
term of office culminating in the very successful centenary celebrations. Only our present Hon. Secretary, Nick Alway has served in that role longer.
Our current President is Mike, also known as “Henry”, Lee. A prop forward, he joined the club in 1960 and was Extra 1st XV captain in 1969 and 1st XV captain in 1971-72. He served as Fixtures Secretary in the 1970s and as Chairman, first from 1980-85. Remarkably he has also done some coaching and has a fine tactical awareness of what to do if a scrum is on the left. He is Mr Civil Service and the club’s principal sponsor. He was Chairman again from 1999-2007, a very successful period (see below!) and enjoys a very much hands-on presidential role.
Following the introduction of leagues in 1988 we were neither promoted nor relegated, although we did more than once endure the vagaries of re-organisation, for 13 seasons until 2001 when we won the Herts/Middlesex League 2 (Level 10) title. The following season we won all our games and were chosen Rugby World Team of the Year.
The consequences of our rapid rise up through the leagues with five promotions in seven seasons were apparent from the 2007/8 London 1 (Level 5) fixture list. Firstup was Richmond at the Athletic Ground! We struggled and were relegated after finishing 10th out of 12. We did however carry off the Middlesex Cup for the first time in our history with a win against Enfield Ignatians. A season of consolidation back in London 2 North then followed.
The announcement in 2009 that the Civil Service Sports Council was closing the bar and catering facilities at its erstwhile “jewel in the crown” Chiswick facility might have been expected to dampen club morale. Instead adversity off the pitch was to breed triumph on it. In April 2010 we secured promotion to National 3 London & South East - a level (5) we had attained only once before (see above), this time by beating Dover 31-14 in the play-off at Chiswick.
In 2011 this old club – implicitly recognising that our Civil Service association now has its roots more in history than current circumstances – made its first name change to where we are now to CS Rugby 1863.
2014-15 was a difficult season with relegation eventually being confirmed on the penultimate league Saturday and after five seasons in the rarefied and moneyladen atmosphere of National 3 (Level 5) rugby we had been brought back to earth with a bump.
So following promotion a few years ago Level 5 awaits again and - on our third visit now - it has a third new label: London & South East Premier. But it will be our club’s third name at that level too following the decision that CS Stags 1863 better encapsulates everything of both the historical and current essence of this truly unique club.
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Horsham continue to seek the elusive first win at level 5, and whilst the previous challenges secured 4 bonus points, the away trip to Tunbridge Wells resulted in a chastening defeat with nothing to show.
Electing to play up the slope and against the wind, Horsham were keen to prevent a repeat of the previous games by gifting the opposition big leads. The plan largely worked and although Wells secured a two try lead after 11 minutes, the indications were that Horsham were more than capable of a result. Errors by both sides dominated the game in what was a very scrappy affair and ultimately this was Horsham’s undoing as any entry into Wells’ territory saw the ball turned over and kicked back into Horsham territory. Despite this, Horsham scored via Marcus Condon following defensive pressure and having conceded a 3rd try on 27 minutes, the whistle for halftime blew with the score a modest 19-7 and Horsham still very much in the game.
The second half however proved to be more frustrating than the first. With Wells’ eradicating their error count and Horsham’s travails continuing, particularly at lineout which appeared disjointed when mauling, Wells began to score at regular intervals on 45, 55, 70 and 75 minutes with some long range efforts demonstrating the threat posed. Despite Jack Osgood scoring a good try on the back of a series of strong forward carries on 60 minutes, Horsham had been well beaten and will need to bounce back from this defeat quickly as we head into round 4 next week.
Nick Stocker cut a frustrated figure following the match - “ our unforced error count was huge meaning we could not retain any possession. Coupled with below par energy levels and you begin to see the recipe for a tough afternoon. On the bright side, we managed to prevent the opposition opening up an unassailable lead in the first 20 minutes and in the dying throes, when playing for pride, we looked dangerous. In addition, within the raft of changes to the team, we saw some good signs of players that are able to step up to this level, including 3 positive debuts, two of which are only 18 and 20 years old. The boys were frustrated with how the day went. We will work hard in the week to rectify this and as we see our availability improve, we need to make sure that the improvement we seek is brought to bear for a full 80 minutes. Anything less at this level and we will be punished. Luckily enough we have the opportunity to set things right when we host CS Stags at home next weekend”
Jordan Bell
Nick Bell
Joe Blake
Oli Chennell
Jacob Denhart Joe Endacott
Ryu Fung
Jonny Goward
Maximilian Greatwood George Jeavons
Freddie Kilfeather
Tyrese Makasi
Taylor Morris
Charles Newey
Tom Johnson Declan Nwachukwu
Jack Osgood
Max Paterson
Elliott Powell
Jordan Smith
Henry Warwick Joe Woods
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