Loughborough Sport Men’s Rugby Programme 14th January 2023

RHYS

EDWARDS

DIRECTOR OF RUGBY

Welcome all to Loughborough University, where today we host Hornets. Welcome to all players and officials from the club, in what we hope will be another great game of National League Rugby. Our previous encounter this year was our first fixture, and we are excited to welcome them to campus for the first time

We have come out of the Christmas break full of energy, with a big battle to get us started against our old enemy Exeter University. It proved to be another close game with us unfortunately conceding a late penalty and going down 17-15.

Today’s guests have been competitive all season scoring a lot of points but been on the wrong side of results. That means we need to be on our game and ensure we don’t lose focus. Our fixture away was a prime example with it again being a high scoring game and a last-minute score form the hosts.

The BUCS Super Rugby squad remain top of the League, albeit by 1 point. The league is living up to its billing as the best in the land with all teams capable of beating each other. Our next fixture is away at Nottingham on Friday 27th January, please come and support us.

This week also celebrate the 5 players who have been selected for England U20s. George Patten and Tim Hoyt, Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers Academy players respectively. With our Students, Charlie Bracken, Josh Manz and Finn Carnduff also being selected.

Congratulations lads

Thanks again for supporting the squad today, it’s been great to see familiar faces every week. All the best to everyone today

Rhys Director of Rugby

*Any further information regarding membership, please contact rugby@lboro.ac.uk for more information.

TODAYS TEAMS

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS V HORNETS

SEB SMITH 01 01 ALEC CHASE ISAAC BELL 02 02 CALLUM LANE

REFEREE: PETER CONNOR

JACK BERTINET 03 03 JOSH LLOYD JACK SHINE 04 04 COURTNEY HARRIS MARIO PICHARDIE 05 05 TOMMY BAILEY NICK JENNINGS 06 06 OSCAR BROWNE SILAS PILL 07 07 FIN DAVIS FERGUS DICK 08 08 MATT PARKER JONNY MASON 09 09 DEC DORRINGTON

REECE MALONE 10 10 STUART HEAL CHARLIE CADOGAN 11 11 HENRY GLIDDON CHRIS PREEN 12 12 CONNOR VICKERY HENRY HAWKINS 13 13 ROB DEMPSEY WILL SANDERS 14 14 OSCAR JAMES DAN MARTIN 15 15 CHARLIE CARTER

ERIC NIXON 16 16 JAKE CAULFIELD SAM WESTMACOTT 17 17 CHRIS FRANCIS

TOMIWA AGBONGBON 18 18 AYDEN CHENOWETH

JAMES NAYLOR 19 19 JAMIE ELSWOOD

MORGAN MEREDITH 20 20 SAM BALKHAM

Exeter edge all student affair in tough conditions

Top rugby school Millfield played host to an all student national 2 affair as Exeter university locked horns with Loughborough Students.

With Exeter sitting just one place above the visiting Loughborough, it was sure to be a tight affair as both sides looked to begin the post christmas run with a win.

Exeter is always a tough place to visit, for anyone, and so when Loughborough fly half Tom Smith was forced off after just 5 minutes, the job at hand

for them seemed an almighty one.

Consecutive early scores by Exeter, battling against the wind, indicated that a long day could be in order for Loughborough, but credit must go to their resilience to get back into the encounter with a penalty driving maul and a fantastic finish by Tomiwa Agbongbon making sure that the honours were even, as the sides headed into half time at 12-12.

Dan Martin at 15 controlled the game for Loughborough and ensured that they played in the right area of the pitch,

and after a long kick exchange Loughborough soon had a kickable penalty early in the second half, giving them a 15-12 lead.

Exeter fought back hard and found some parity at the set piece after struggling initially, and their pressure on Loughborough eventually told when the replacement scrum half Orson James sniped over to give them a 17-15 lead.

Despite a valiant late effort from Loughborough they could not find an answer, with Exeter picking up a crucial win.

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TODAYS OPPOSITION HORNETS

Hornets RFC, based in WestonSuper-Mare are new to the National Leagues, after being promoted from the South-West Premier into National 2 West for this season.

The lifeblood of the club is its junior section, who have been very successful in recent years. The transition between the juniors and seniors is a major component of the club’s squad, alongside attracting external players with their style of rugby and excellent facilities.

Hornets currently sit at tenth in the table, having won three of their 14 games. After beating the Students by just two points in a thrilling match at The Nest, Hornets will be looking to do the double over the Students today.

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) 25-24 LOSS 03/12/2022 TBC A SALE SHARKS (A) 15-14 LOSS 10/12/2022 TBC H EXETER CHIEFS (H) 52-5 LOSS 17/12/2022 TBC A BRISTOL BEARS (A) 26-31 LOSS 24/12/2022 OPTIONAL ROUND 6 31/12/2022 OPTIONAL ROUND 6 07/01/2023 TBC H WASPS (H) 62-5 WIN 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) 34-28 LOSS 03/12/2022 KO 14:00 A BARNSTAPLE (A) 36-33 LOSS 10/12/2022 KO TBC H REDRUTH (H) 33-32 LOSS 17/12/2022 KO TBC H STOURBRIDGE (H) 34-21 WIN 07/01/2023 KO 14:00 A EXETER UNI (A) 17-15 LOSS 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

RHYS EDWARDS Director of

Rugby

ANTHONY ALLEN Performance Coach

ALEX WHITE National 2 Head Coach

MARTIN WEBDALE Head Coach

KATIE THRIFT Rugby Operations

JAMES PETERS Development Head Coach

JAMES GALLAGHER Rugby Programme Manager

NEIL FOWKES 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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