HRUFC v Sidcup 08.11.25

Horsham Rugby Union Football Club Founded 1928

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HORSHAMHORSHAM v HAMMERSMITH v SIDCUP& FULHAM

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President’s Welcome to Sidcup RFC It is not often, after doing these match intros for some time now, to be able to say, “I have never written an intro for today’s team”. And I cannot deny it. My first time introducing Sidcup to the club. A very big welcome to the Ladies and Gents from just South of the River Thames.

We are currently 5th in the table, Sidcup 3rd. Just a few points separating us, so this should be a great encounter. Our season so far has been quite a mixed bag. Game abandoned at Brighton. Two draws for heaven’s sake, very weird to draw in rugby these days….. A game against the Canterbury 2nd Team, very novel. And something of an exceptional performance against Old Reigatians a couple of weeks ago.

Unusually, Sidcup have managed to use the same ground throughout their history from 1882, when they were formed, through to the present day. They have grown from a single side to 16 or so teams including M&J’s and female teams. Similarities abound between the two clubs, moving up and down through the leagues through the years, and both breaking into the regional leagues in recent years.

I hope by now you’re getting used to my calls for players, female and male to come and join us on a Monday night for Walking Rugby. It’s great for all ages. Above 18 and probably good to be below 90, but if you’re fit enough, you’re good enough. No actual rugby experience is necessary. 5.45pm on the AGP. Please accept my apology for not being with you this afternoon.

Family obligations in far off places…

It should be a great game today. Good luck to both sides. Enjoy!!

Alan Fisher President, Horsham RUFC

HORSHAM RUFC Men’s Fixtures 2025/26 1st Team Competition

Date

Regional 2 South East

Venue

LIONS XV London Counties and South Premiership

Friendly Friendly Friendly League League

16 Aug 21 Aug 30 Aug 06 Sep 13 Sep

Weybridge Vandals Guildford Farnham Gravesend Canterbury 2

League Cup

20 Sep Brighton 27 Sep

L 31-22

League League League League League League League League League League

04 Oct 11 Oct 18 Oct 25 Oct 08 Nov 22 Nov 29 Nov 06 Dec 13 Dec 20 Dec

Bromley Dartfordians Old Reigatians Old Colfeians Sidcup Sutton & Epsom Beckenham Battersea Ironsides Canterbury 2 Brighton

L 19-52 Richmond 4 W 38-45 Worthing 2 (Cup) W 78-12 D 33-33 Barnes Academy (Cup) H Wimbledon 2 A Worthing 2 H A Battersea Ironsides 2 A Barnes Academy H Hammersmith & Ful-

League League League League Friendly League League League League League

10 Jan 17 Jan 24 Jan 31 Jan 07 Feb 14 Feb 28 Feb 07 Mar 21 Mar 28 Mar

Bromley

League

11 Apr Gravesend

League

18 Apr

H H A D 21-21 Hammersmith & Ful-ham 2 W 41-25 Wimbledon 2

Hove

Venue

BARBARIANS XV Venue SUSSEX League 3 West

L 19-30 L 20-38 Eastbourne 2 (Friendly) L 27-30 Hellingly L 28-0 East Grinstead 2 W 40-35 Uckfield

L 19-40

W 1722 L 29-5 L 39-24

Burgess Hill

L 5-45

L 52-5 A Worthing 3 H Hove 2

A H

Shoreham 2

A

H H

Hellingly

H

A

Haywards Heath 2

A

A

ham 2 Richmond 4

H

Barns Green

H

Dartfordians

H

Battersea Ironsides 2 (Cup)

A

Littlehampton Burgess Hill

H A

Old Reigatians

A

Belsize Park 2

H

Jersey

A Worthing 3 Hove 2 Shoreham 2 Hellingly Haywards Heath 2 Barns Green

H A H A H

East Grinstead 2

H

Old Colfeians Sidcup Sutton & Epsom Beckenham Battersea Ironsides

H A H A H A

Worthing 2 Barnes Academy Battersea Ironsides 2

A A A

A

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HORSHAM RUFC - REGIONAL 2 SOUTH EAST RESULTS & SCORERS 2025/26 SEASON Horsham 21–21 Gravesend Tries: Linfield, Thompson, Whittaker Conv: Millsom 2, Blake Horsham 41-25 Canterbury 2 Tries: Grogan 2, Sanders 2, Whittaker 2, Blake Conv: Millsom 3

Horsham 78-12 Old Reigatian Tries: Whittaker 5, Sanders 2, Barnes, Blake, Grogan, Linfield, Standing Conv: Blake 9 Old Colfeians 33-33 Horsham Tries: Barnes, Linfield, Nwachukwu, Plumpton, Whittaker Conv: Millsom 4

Brighton 31-22 Horsham Tries: Howard, Sanders, Whittaker Pens: Millsom Conv: Millsom 2 Horsham 19-51 Bromley Tries: Brock, Plumpton, Whittaker Conv: Blake, Whittaker Dartfordians 38-45 Horsham Tries: Whittaker 3, Sanders 2, Barnes, Blake Conv: Blake 5

HORSHAM RUFC - REGIONAL 2 SOUTH EAST APPEARANCES 2025/26 SEASON 7 Grogan 7 Kilfeather 7 Whittaker 7 Smith Jordan 7 Sanders 7 Thompson 6 Blake 5 Johnson T 5 Howard 5 Millsom 5 Murphy 5 Osgood 5 Standing 4 Lewis C 4 Linfield 4 Plumpton 3 Barnes 3 Earle 3 Endacott 3 Paku

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REGIONAL 2 SOUTH EAST LEAGUE TABLE Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

Diff Bonus Pts

Pen

Brighton Sidcup Sutton & Epsom Beckenham Horsham Old Colfeians Battersea Ironsides Bromley Gravesend Canterbury 2 Dartfordians Old Reigatian

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7

6 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 0

0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 7 7

263 278 234 266 259 184 211 198 167 193 205 115

185 107 139 130 212 203 209 260 179 256 348 354

78 171 95 136 47 -19 2 -62 -12 -63 -143 -239

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 5 5 5 4 5 7 5 6 5 6 3

30 29 29 25 20 19 19 17 16 13 10 3

THIS WEEK’S LEAGUE FIXTURES Saturday, 08 November 2025 Battersea Ironsides Brighton Bromley Canterbury 2 Gravesend Horsham

vs vs vs vs vs vs

Sutton & Epsom Old Reigatian Dartfordians Old Colfeians Beckenham Sidcup

NEXT WEEK’S LEAGUE FIXTURES Saturday, 22 November 2025 Beckenham Dartfordians Old Colfeians Old Reigatian Sutton & Epsom Sidcup

vs vs vs vs vs vs

Battersea Ironsides Gravesend Brighton Bromley Horsham Canterbury 2

Regional 2 South East K.O 3.00pm Referee: Katie Gent HORSHAM

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POSITION

SIDCUP

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Luke Standing Freddie Kilfeather Josh Earle Jack Osgood Joe Endacott Ben Murphy Jordan Smith George Howard Aaron Linfield

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Josh Watson Harry Large Sam Carmen Tommy Epps Fred Ruff Liam Healey Truman Sullivan Billy Williams Ben Ibrahim

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15

Joe Blake Eddie Grogan Tom Johnson Tom Whittaker Tom Sanders Max Paterson

Fly Half Wing Inside Centre Outside Centre Wing Full Back

Mike Ubee Louis Keeley (capt) Fraser Smith Colby McMahon Ben Stokes Josh Twyford

10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18

Jacob Denhart Jack Thompson James Millsom

Billy Morton Mark Sillett Available

REPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT

Jon Fordham Lawrence Coleman Seb Ellison

16 17 18

Nick Stocker Richard Tredgett Josh Drauninui Nick Bell

David Vincent Available Available Barry & Jess Hillicks

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Danny Mizen

Tim Margrett

Available

HEAD OF MEDICAL

Pete Stevenson

Glen Jones

Available

TEAM OPERATIONS MANAGER

Trevor Pooley

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Tony Smith Dave Green The Price Family in memory of Puff Dennis Emson Bob Gates & Marcella O’Reardon

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LONDON COUNTIES & SOUTH COAST PREMIERSHIP Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

Diff Bonus Pts

Hammersmith & Fulham 2

4

3

0

1

154

69

85

3

16

Pen 0

Worthing Raiders 2

3

3

0

0

109

78

31

3

15

0

Battersea Ironsides 2

5

2

0

3

136 115

21

4

15

0

Wimbledon 2

3

2

0

1

66

48

18

2

11

0

Belsize Park 2

3

2

0

1

69

72

-3

2

10

0

Barnes 3

3

1

0

2

69

90

-21

3

9

0

Richmond Normans 4

4

1

0

3

75

149 -74

2

9

0

Horsham Lions

3

0

0

3

39

96

0

2

0

-57

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Joe Blake

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Jacob Denhart

Josh Earle

Joe Endacott

Eddie Grogan

George Howard

Tom Johnson

Freddie Kilfeather

Aaron Finlay Linfield Hillicks

Charlie Lewis

Ben Murphy

HORSHAM RUFC SQUAD 2025/26 SEASON

Owain McLoughlin

Seb Maunder

James Millsom

Declan TomNwachukwu Johnson

Jack Osgood

Aiden Plumpton

Jordan Smith

Tom Sanders

Luke Standing

Jack Thompson

Ollie White

Tom Whittaker

Harvey’s Brewery Counties 3 Sussex Team Hove 2 Burgess Hill Uckfield East Grinstead 2 Haywards Heath 2 Hellingly Worthing 3 Crowborough 2 Horsham Barbarians Shoreham 2

P 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

W 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 3

F 126 101 110 81 99 89 49 46 34 30

A 37 41 60 29 68 94 101 103 113 119

Diff 89 60 50 52 31 -5 -52 -57 -79 -89

Bonus 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 1

Pts 17 17 17 12 12 8 8 5 5 3

Pen

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pen

Harvey’s Wharf IPA Counties 4 Sussex West Team Barns Green Holbrook Horsham Squires Littlehampton Midhurst Pulborough 2

P 0 0 0 0 0 0

W 0 0 0 0 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0

F 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 0 0 0 0 0 0

Diff 0 0 0 0 0 0

1st Team Competition

Date

Harvey’s Olympia Counties 5 Sussex

Venue

Cup Conference Conference

27 Sept 04 Oct 11 Oct

HWO

League Cup

08 Nov 15 Nov

League League Conference League League

22 Nov 29 Nov 06 Dec 13 Dec 20 Dec

Burgess Hill 2 Hastings & Bexhill 2 Heathfield & Waldron 2 Barns Green Brighton & Sussex Medics Littlehampton Holbrook Seaford 2 Midhurst Pulborough 2

League League League League League Conference Conference Conference

24 Jan 14 Feb 28 Feb 07 Mar 21 Mar 28 Mar 11 Apr 18 Apr

Littlehampton Holbrook Midhurst Pulborough 2 Barns Green Crawley 2 Newick St Francis

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H A H A H H A H

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Women’s NC 1 South East (South) Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

Diff Bonus Pts

Hove Women Jersey Women Dorking Women Aylesford Bulls Ladies Medway Women Canterbury Women Horsham Women Portsmouth Valkyries Ladies

3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3

2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 1 1 3 3

69 76 87 64 54 47 22 29

25 44 46 30 27 60 45 19 59 -5 34 13 94 -72 118 -89

3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0

11 11 10 10 9 5 0 0

Pen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HORSHAM R.U.F.C WOMEN FIXTURES 2025/26 1st Team Competition League League League Cup League League League League League League League League League League League

Date 21 Sep 03 Oct 19 Oct 26 Oct 09 Nov 23 Nov 14 Dec 11 Jan 17 Jan 08 Feb 22 Feb 08 Mar 22 Mar 29 Mar 26 Apr

1st XV Women NC 1 South East (South) Canterbury Hove Jersey Dorking Portsmouth Valkyries Aylesford Bulls Dorking Medway Hove Jersey Portsmouth Valkyries Aylesford Bulls Dorking Medway Canterbury

Venue L 37-5 L 5-35 L 22-12 HWO H A H H A H A H A A H

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Women’s NC 3 South East (South) Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

Diff Bonus Pts

Pen

Cranleigh Women Heathfield & Waldron Ladies 2 Dorking Women 2 Littlehampton Women 2 Eastbourne Women Burgess Hill Ladies Horsham Women 2

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3 2

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197 47

10 26

187 21

0 0

15 12

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2 2 2 3 3

2 1 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 3 3

67 74 5 12 15

27 40 63 11 60 -55 96 -84 135 -120

0 0 0 0 0

10 7 7 -1 -1

0 0 0 0 0

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Date 21 Sept 05 Oct 19 Oct 09 Nov 23 Nov 14 Dec 18 Jan 08 Feb 22 Feb 08 Mar 22 Mar 26 Apr

2nd XV Women NC 3 South East (South)

Venue

Littlehampton Women Heathfield & Waldron Ladies 2 Cranleigh Women Burgess Hill Ladies Eastbourne Women Dorking Women 2 Heathfield & Waldron Ladies 2 Cranleigh Women Burgess Hill Ladies Eastbourne Women Dorking Women 2 Littlehampton Women

L 15-57 L HWO L 0-78 A H A A A H A H A

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