RUGBY
LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC
NATIONAL LEAGUE RUGBY SAT 22 APRIL 2023 KO 15:00 ESTABLISHED 1919 WHERE HISTORY BEGINS FREE ISSUE 14 VS CLIFTON
CONTENTS 4 WELCOME FROM RHYS EDWARDS 5 TODAYS TEAMS 6 MATCH REPORT 8 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
RHYS EDWARDS DIRECTOR OF RUGBY
Welcome all to Loughborough University, where today we host Clifton. 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.
Last week we took the long trip down to Redruth for our last away game of the season. After a narrow loss at home earlier in the season it was bound to be a good competition. We came back with the win, beating the Redruth side in another close encounter.
Today’s guests have been consistent in the league, coming in at third as we come into the last game of the season. The first fixture of the season proved to be a tight game between Clifton and the Students, with Clifton coming out on top by just three points. If that game is anything to go by, today should be an exciting encounter.
Our BUCS Super Rugby season has also come to a close this week, with a narrow loss to Exeter in the National Championship Final on Wednesday. The game went down to the wire with Exeter pulling ahead in the final minutes of extra time. Nevertheless, the squad have had an incredible season and come away with the BUCS Super Rugby League Title.
Good luck to everyone this weekend.
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.
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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS V CLIFTON CALUM SMYTH 01 01 RICKY CANO ISAAC BELL 02 02 GEORGE DAVEY OLI CRANE 03 03 SAM TURNER ARCHIE HUNTER 04 Jack Moorhouse 04 HENRY HARPER NICK JENNINGS 05 05 MAX MURPHY TOM BLOOMER 06 06 FREDDIE MYATT YANDE NKONGE 07 07 TOM WILSON FERGUS DICK 08 08 BRAD TALBOT CHARLIE BRIERS 09 09 BLAKE BOYLAND TOM SMITH 10 10 KIERAN HILL OSCAR DANIEL 11 11 ALEX KILBANE ALEX WAINWRIGHT 12 12 WILL OWEN GEORGE BARBER 13 13 ZAK HAMID FIN DOYLE 14 14 MATTY WARD DAN MARTIN 15 15 ZAK WARD JASPER CAMERON 16 16 SHAY SAINSBURY BRYN DAVIES 17 17 BERTIE COLE-FONTAYNE DAN ECKERSLEY 18 18 KEI BERG JONNY MASON 19 19 SAMI HAMID REECE MALONE 20 20 LUKE COZENS
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TODAYS TEAMS REFEREE:
LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC VS BARNSTAPLE
MATCH REPORT
MATCH DAY:SATURDAY 01/04/2023
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FULL TIME: LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS
RFC 38-17 BARNSTAPLE
HOME TEAM (LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC)
TRIES: Agbongbon 2, Pill 6, Briers 24, Crane
33, Doyle 36, Barber 43
CONVERSIONS: Smith, 24, 33, 36, 43
AWAY TEAM (BARNSTAPLE)
TRIES: Mitchell 50, Moore 70
CONVERSIONS: Gordon-Oke 50, 70
HALFTIME: LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC 31-3
BARNSTAPLE
LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS: Meredith, Daniel, Barber, Wainwright, Doyle, Smith, Briers, Miell, Bell, Crane, Jennings, Manz, Pill, Bloomer, Agbongbon, REPLACEMENTS: Cameron, Nixon, Parkins, Mason, Walsh
BARNSTAPLE: Knight, Swan, Roberts, Johnson, Lee, Gordon-Oke, Clark, Robson, Mitchell, Snell, Gohl, Banfield, Carter
REPLACEMENTS: Bayet, Moore, Dromantas, James, Beer
The penultimate home game for the students saw an opportunity to break into the top six, whilst Barnstaple knew that leaving empty handed would see their loomed fate of relegation confirmed.
With Mr Woodhouse’s whistle commencing proceedings we were underway at a windy, but dry, Epinal Way, and the students wasted no time with the ever athletic Tomi Agbongbon dotting down inside 2 minutes. A penalty from the restart allowed Barnstaple to close the game however this was short lived as Pill crossed the line within 2 minutes more for a 2nd Loughborough try.
The rest of the half saw pure African violet dominance as Briers, Crane & Doyle all crossed to no Barnstaple response, and
the sides headed to the sheds with a 31-3 scoreline in Loughborough’s favour, with the outcome, and subsequent Barnstaple season, all but concluded. Many would’ve expected more of the same in the second half, with Barnstaple predicted to roll over and a cricket score to be knocked up by Loughborough. 3 minutes into the second half the man of the match George Barber crossed the line, however this was the last of the student scores and credit must go to Barnstaple for finding 2 scores of their own, with the game ending 38-17 to Loughborough. Whilst their fate has arrived, Barnstaple will be keen to finish the season strong, as for Loughborough, an opportunity to reach the top 5 must surely be the target.
By Marta Gomez
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MAN OF THE MATCH- GEORGE BARBER
MEET THE TEAM
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TODAYS OPPOSITION CLIFTON
Clifton Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club founded in Clifton, Bristol. It is one of the country’s most historic clubs, and the oldest club in Bristol. Over the years the club's home games have been played in a variety of locations in northern Bristol, though never in Clifton itself; since 1976 they have
been based at the southern end of Cribbs Causeway.
The first XV currently sit at third in the National League 2 West table, scoring the most points in the league. After a close game back in September, can the Students get the win to close out the season?
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01 C.SMYTH 02 I.BELL 08 F.DICK 09 C.BRIERS 10 T.SMITH 12 A.WAINWRIGHT 03 O.CRANE 06 T.BLOOMER 11 O.DANIEL 05 N.JENNINGS 13 G.BARBER 14 F.DOYLE 15 D.MARTIN 04 A.HUNTER 07 Y.NKONDE LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS POSITIONS 11 SUBS 16. JASPER CAMERON 17. BRYN DAVIES 18. DAN ECKERSLEY 19. JONNY MASON 20. REECE MALONE
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
DATE TIME OPPONENTS RESULTS 17/09/2022 KO 13:30 A WASPS 47-17 WIN 15/10/2022 K0 14:00 H BRISTOL BEARS 40-24 LOSS 22/10/2022 K0 14:00 A SARACENS 23-19 LOSS 29/10/2022 K0 14:00 H SALE SHARKS 39-14 WIN 19/11/2022 K0 14:30 A SARACENS 34-21 LOSS 26/11/2022 K0 14:00 H HARLEQUINS 25-24 LOSS 03/12/2022 K0 14:00 A SALE SHARKS 15-14 LOSS 10/12/2022 K0 14:00 H EXETER CHIEFS 52-5 LOSS 17/12/2022 K0 14:30 A BRISTOL BEARS 26-31 LOSS 07/01/2023 K0 14:00 H WASPS 62-5 WIN 14/01/2023 K0 14:00 A GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY 46-12 LOSS 21/01/2023 K0 14:00 H DMP 41-7 WIN 28/01/2023 K0 14:00 A WORCESTER WARRIORS 19-7 LOSS 04/02/2023 K0 14:00 A HARLEQUINS 39-17 LOSS 18/02/2023 K0 17:30 H SALES SHARKS 17-10 WIN 25/02/2023 K0 15:00 A EXETER CHIEFS 45-5 LOSS 04/03/2023 K0 15:00 H BRISTOL BEARS 57-22 LOSS 11/03/2023 K0 13:30 A WASPS 68-5 WIN 22/04/2023 KO 15:00 H WASPS 13/05/2023 TBC H GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY 20/05/2023 TBC A DMP 27/05/2023 TBC H WORCESTER WARRIORS 03/06/2023 TBC H SARACENS 10/06/2023 SEMI FINAL 24/06/2023 FINAL 12
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FIXTURES
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2022/23
LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC
DATE TIME OPPONENTS RESULTS 10/09/2022 KO 15:00 A STOURBRIDGE 54-25 WIN 17/09/2022 K0 14:00 H EXETER UNI 17-37 LOSS 24/09/2022 KO 14:30 A HORNETS 38-40 LOSS 01/10/2022 KO TBC H HINCKLEY 35-35 DRAW 15/10/2022 KO TBC A NEWPORT 24-22 WIN 22/10/2022 KO 14:00 H LUCTONIANS 27-24 WIN 29/10/2022 K0 TBC A DINGS CRUSADERS 48-24 LOSS 05/11/2022 KO TBC H OLD REDCLIFFIANS 57-30 WIN 12/11/2022 KO TBC A BOURNVILLE 38-38 DRAW 26/11/2022 KO 14:00 H LEICESTER LIONS 34-28 LOSS 03/12/2022 KO 14:00 A BARNSTAPLE 36-33 LOSS 10/12/2022 KO TBC H REDRUTH 33-32 LOSS 17/12/2022 KO TBC H STOURBRIDGE 34-21 WIN 07/01/2023 KO 14:00 A EXETER UNI 17-15 LOSS 14/01/2023 KO TBC H HORNETS 24-17 WIN 21/01/2023 KO 15:00 A HINCKLEY 28-28 DRAW 28/01/2023 KO 14:00 H NEWPORT 45-31 WIN 18/02/2023 KO 14:15 A LUCTONIANS 29-17 LOSS 25/02/2023 KO 14:00 H DINGS CRUSADERS 47-45 WIN 04/03/2023 KO 14:00 A OLD REDCLIFFIANS 36-32 WIN 11/03/2023 KO 14:00 H BOURNVILLE 39-36 WIN 25/03/2023 KO 14:00 A LEICESTER LIONS 33-5 LOSS 01/04/2023 KO 14:00 H BARNSTAPLE 38-17 WIN 08/04/2023 15/04/2023 KO 14:00 REDRUTH (A) 33-31 WIN 22/04/2023 KO 14:00 CLIFTON (H) 13 LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC V CLIFTON
1XV FIXTURES 2022/23
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
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RICHARD BLAZE Performance Coach
EMILY BURNS Team Manager
JORDAN HARRIS Lead Physio
BLAKE BURNS S&C Volunteer
IZZY WELLINGS Media&Marketing
MATT COOKE S&C Volunteer
HENRY DUNFORD PA Placement
AMIE GRAY PA Placement
MARTA GOMEZ SANTOS Media & Marketing Lead
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JOANNE MADDEN-MCKEE S&C Volunteer
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
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.
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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