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Category Archives: Rugby Union
Croydon’s list of great residents omits David Lean. Why?
The saddening/maddening thing about Croydon Council is that, when given some of the simplest of tasks in their attempt to promote the borough, they still manage to balls it up. Take, for example, this week’s half-cocked announcement on the council … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Athletics, Chris Robshaw, Cinema, Cricket, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace FC, Danny Brierley, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Education, Environment, Football, History, Libraries, Music, Roy Hodgson, Rugby Union, Sport, Surrey CCC, Theatre, Waddon
Tagged Arthur Conan-Doyle, Croydon, Croydon Council, Donna Fraser, London Borough of Croydon, Oscar, Ralph McTell, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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Player of the year Robshaw leads Quins to final
Quite a week for Chris Robshaw. The England rugby captain who began his sports career on the playing fields of Croydon was named Player of the Year in midweek. Yesterday, through sheer force of personality, Robshaw lifted his Harlequins team … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Chris Robshaw, England, Harlequin F.C., Harlequins, Joe Marler, Nick Evans, Northampton Saints, Warlingham
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Warlingham old boy Hart forced by injury to retire from Wasps
Sport is a fickle master: just months after local rugby club Warlingham was celebrating the promotion to the England captaincy of Chris Robshaw comes news that another Hamsey Green old boy, London Wasps captain John Hart, has been forced to … Continue reading
England captain Robshaw returns to his grassroots
England’s rugby captain, Chris Robshaw, is going back to his grassroots on Sunday, with a special visit to his first rugby club, Warlingham. With England having the weekend off from Six Nations action, flank forward Robshaw, now the highly successful … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Chris Robshaw, Rugby Union, Sanderstead, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Chris Robshaw, England, Hamsey Green, Harlequin F.C., Italy, Scotland, Six Nations Championship, Warlingham
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Boris fails to convince as he tries a bid for the sporting vote
There must be votes in sport. This morning, we received this press release, written and paid for by Council Tax-payers’ money at City Hall, issued on behalf of the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Council, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Rugby Union, Sara Bashford, Sport, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged 2015 Rugby World Cup, Boris, Boris Johnson, Bullingdon Club, England, London, London Assembly, Olympic Games
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Warlingham in mourning after death of popular Paul Anderson
It will be a bittersweet weekend at Warlingham rugby club, with many members having been looking forward to see old boy Chris Robshaw lead out England at Headquarters, Twickenham, for the first time on Saturday. One of those who assuredly … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Rugby Union, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Anderson, Chris Robshaw, England, Hamsey Green, London, Surrey, Triple Crown, Warlingham
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Mid-Wives win battle to help Ikay avoid deportation
A refugee who has been forced to live a hand-to-mouth existence since fleeing to Britain in the 1990s is to apply to fight for what he regards as his country by joining the Territorial Army. Ikenna Ezegbe-Akpunonu, known to his … Continue reading
Posted in Old Mid-Whitgiftians RFC, Rugby Union, Sanderstead, Sport
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Hooker’s life story that will make you fancy a ruck
Bruised and battered, STEVEN DOWNES reviews a local author’s new book which holds some painful memories This weekend will properly demonstrate how sport can go from the sublime to the ridiculous, barely pausing for breath along the way. This evening, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Comedy, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Chris Robshaw, England, Liberal Democrat, London, Rugby union in England, Saturday, Warlingham
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Robshaw confirmed as England rugby captain
As first predicted by Inside Croydon, Chris Robshaw was confirmed today as the next captain of the England rugby team. The former Cumnor House schoolboy and Warlingham RFC junior player will lead out the England team in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup … Continue reading
It’s scrum time for Ken, Boris… and for Brian Paddick
STEVEN GAUGE is a former Croydon council LibDem candidate who helped run Nick Clegg‘s election campaign in 2010. Now he is working on the 2012 London Assembly elections, in between getting in a ruck with what was once Surrey’s second-worst … Continue reading
