Loughborough Sport Men’s Rugby Programme 26th Nov 2022

RHYS EDWARDS

DIRECTOR OF RUGBY

Welcome all to Loughborough University, where today we host local rivals Leicester Lions for the first time in a while in another Round of National 2 West. We welcome all players and officials from the club, in what we hope will be another great game of National League Rugby

The National League group had a weekend off last week to rest and recharge. It’s becoming a busy period for their academic studies, so this has been an opportunity to focus on their coursework’s in preparation for the season to start back.

Today we entertain Leicester Lions, who have set the pace this season sitting top of the table having lost only 1 game. It is great to welcome them back to Loughborough University, having not played them in a few seasons due to being in different leagues. We will be keen to ensure that we keep our momentum going into the Christmas block, having started to become more consistent.

The BUCS Super Rugby squad remain top of the League, after a high scoring draw a Hartpury. Another game in horrendous conditions like Bath, bu we managed recover from Half time deficit to draw 35-35. The competition is heating up, with now three teams sitting a the top. Again, the character and fight we showed to get ourselves back into the game and in a position to win was pleasing. A mindset we will undoubtably need for the remaining fixtures in the league prior to Christmas with Cardiff Met, Durham and Exeter all to play.

Sadly, we must also say goodbye to our current Head Coach Scott Sneddon, we leaves us this weekend. Scott took the role in April 2021, and has been a great servant to the club, and added to its already proud history. He has put us in a great place competitively in BSR and built solid foundations in the development of the programme with our National League and added to its already proud history. He has put us in a great place competitively in BSR and built solid foundations in the development of

the programme with our National League and BUCS 2 programmes ensuring we have an appropriate playing programme for all. Good luck Scott and Thank you for all that you have done.

Our next home fixtures are Cardiff Met (BSR) 30th November, Durham (BSR) 7th December and Redruth 10th December.

All the best to everyone today, Rhys Director of Rugby

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TODAYS TEAMS

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS V LEICESTER LIONS

ERIC NIXON CASTILLO 01 01 WILLIAMS

SEB SMITH 02 02 TAYLOR (VC)

TIM HOYT 03 03 THOMPSON

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FINN CARNDUFF 04 04 TAPSCOTT ©

JACK SHINE 05 05 WARD NICK JENNINGS © 06 06 JOHNSON JOSH MANZ 07 07 MURDOCH

TOMIWA AGBONGBON 08 08 GODEFROY

JONNY MASON 09 09 STUBBS

TOM SMITH 10 10 YOUNG

CHARLIE CADOGAN 11 11 BEAN JOSH TUSLER 12 12 MARTIN

HENRY HAWKINS 13 13 HAMILTON (VC)

GEORGE BARBER 14 14 WATKINS

OSCAR DANIEL 15 15 WILCOCKSON

CALUM SMYTH 16 16 GRADWICK-LIGHT

SAM WESTMACOTT 17 17 MURRAY

SILAS PILL 18 18 CAIRNS

JAMES NAYLOR 19 19 CONSTANT LUCA CAPLIN 20 20 BOUCHIER

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A frantic start on a blustery day on Epinal Way saw the Students & Old Red’s exchange scores in a ‘nip and tuck’ first 30, with two penalties from Old Reds keeping them within touching distance after two well taken Students tries. It was not until Charlie Cadogen touched down that the students found some breathing room, taking their lead to 17-6, before a late first half score from Old Red’s tightened the gap, with the teams heading to the changing rooms locked at 17-11 in favour of the African violet’s.

The second half began how the first had ended, with the sides again exchanging scores, however as the hour mark approached, the fitness of the youthful nature of the students begun to take its toll on Old Red’s. As the game opened, the ball was moved with ease from coast to coast by a Loughborough side in the ascendancy, first it was Oscar Daniel to touch down before Jonny Mason finished an excellent attack from deep inside their own half. Before you knew it, Loughborough had hit the 50-point mark and

some fine kicking from substitute Luca Caplin continued to pile the pressure onto Old Red’s. A resilient Old Reds were rewarded for their efforts, with a late score ensuring that they did not leave empty handed, a fair result for their efforts.

As Loughborough climb towards the top 5 and Old Reds continue to battle in the middle of the standings, both sides will take positives ahead of their respective fixtures next week.

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TODAYS OPPOSITION LEICESTER LIONS

Leicester Lions was formed in 1998 as a result of the amalgamation of two local clubs, Wigston RFC and Westleigh RFC. They now play their home fixtures at Westleigh Park. The Lions won promotion in 2004 and have stayed in the National Leagues ever since.

In 2019, the Lions were transferred from National 2 North to National 2 South, finishing 5th in the division before moving to the new National 2 West for this season.

They boast several high-profile names amongst their former and current players and coaching staff. Jason Aldwinckle, the former Leicester Tigers' hooker is the forwards coach, while the former club captain and England Counties outside back Gareth Collins has taken over as head coach.

They currently sit top of the table in Nat 2 West, boasting some strong wins in recent weeks. The students will have to work hard this week to end their winning streak.

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FIXTURES 2022/23

DATE TIME

OPPONENTS

RESULTS

17/09/2022 KO 13:30 A WASPS (A) 47-17 WIN 15/10/2022 TBC H BRISTOL BEARS (H) 40-24 LOSS 22/10/2022 TBC A SARACENS (A) 23-19 LOSS 29/10/2022 TBC H SALE SHARKS (H) 39-14 WIN 05/11/2022 RESERVE 19/11/2022 TBC A SARACENS (A) 34-21 LOSS 26/11/2022 TBC H HARLEQUINS (H) 03/12/2022 TBC A SALE SHARKS (A) 10/12/2022 TBC H EXETER CHIEFS (H) 17/12/2022 TBC A BRISTOL BEARS (A) 24/12/2022 OPTIONAL ROUND 6 31/12/2022 OPTIONAL ROUND 6 07/01/2023 TBC H WASPS (H) 14/01/2023 TBC A GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY (A) 21/01/2023 TBC H DMP (H) 28/01/2023 TBC A WORCESTER WARRIORS (A) 04/02/2023 TBC A HARLEQUINS (A) 11/02/2023 RESERVE 18/02/2023 TBC H SALES SHARKS (H) 25/02/2023 TBC A EXETER CHIEFS (A) 04/03/2023 TBC H BRISTOL BEARS (H) 11/03/2023 TBC A WASPS (A) 18/03/2023 RESERVE 22/04/2023 CUP 29/04/2023 CUP 06/05/2023 RESERVE 13/05/2023 TBC H GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY (H) 20/05/2023 TBC A DMP (A) 27/05/2023 TBC H WORCESTER WARRIORS (H) 03/06/2023 TBC H SARACENS (H) 10/06/2023 SEMI FINAL 24/06/2023 FINAL

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC

1XV FIXTURES 2022/23

DATE TIME OPPONENTS RESULTS 10/09/2022 KO 15:00 A STOURBRIDGE (A) 54-25 WIN 17/09/2022 K0 14:00 H EXETER UNI (H) 17-37 LOSS 24/09/2022 KO 14:30 A HORNETS (A) 38-40 LOSS 01/10/2022 KO TBC H HINCKLEY (H) 35-35 DRAW 15/10/2022 KO TBC A NEWPORT (A) 24-22 WIN 22/10/2022 KO 14:00 H LUCTONIANS (H) 27-24 WIN 29/10/2022 K0 TBC A DINGS CRUSADERS (A) 48-24 LOSS 05/11/2022 KO TBC H OLD REDCLIFFIANS (H) 57-30 WIN 12/11/2022 KO TBC A BOURNVILLE (A) 38-38 DRAW 26/11/2022 KO 14:00 H LEICESTER LIONS (H) 03/12/2022 KO 14:00 A BARNSTAPLE (A) 10/12/2022 KO TBC H REDRUTH (H) 17/12/2022 KO TBC H STOURBRIDGE (H) 07/01/2023 KO 14:00 A EXETER UNI (A) 14/01/2023 KO TBC H HORNETS (H) 21/01/2023 KO 15:00 A HINCKLEY (A) 28/01/2023 KO 14:00 H NEWPORT (H) 18/02/2023 KO 14:15 A LUCTONIANS (A) 25/02/2023 KO 14:00 H DINGS CRUSADERS (H) 04/03/2023 KO 14:00 A OLD REDCLIFFIANS (A) 11/03/2023 KO 14:00 H BOURNVILLE (H) 25/03/2023 KO 14:00 A LEICESTER LIONS (A) 01/04/2023 KO TBC H BARNSTAPLE (H) 08/04/2023 15/04/2023 KO 14:00 REDRUTH (A) 22/04/2023 KO 14:00 CLIFTON (H)

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC STAFF

EDWARDS

RHYS

Director of Rugby

ANTHONY ALLEN Performance Coach

ALEX WHITE National 2 Head Coach

SCOTT SNEDDON Head Coach

MARTIN WEBDALE Performance Coach

KATIE THRIFT Rugby Operations

JAMES PETERS Development Head Coach

JAMES GALLAGHER Rugby Programme Manager

NIGEL HALL Performance Coach

BLAKE BURNS

JORDAN HARRIS Lead Physio

MARTA GOMEZ SANTOS Media & Marketing Lead

JOANNE MADDEN-MCKEE

1919

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC A BRIEF HISTORY

Loughborough College formed the original Rugby Union side in September 1919.

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.

1962-68

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.

Middlesex 7s winners: 1959, 1964 1966, 1970 and 1976.

1996

Loughborough enter the leagues at the bottom of the RFU pyramid.

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

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.

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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