Category Archives: Rugby Union

Whitgift turn on the rugby style in latest Twickenham triumph

Posted on March 22, 2019 by

Whitgift regained the English schools’ rugby title at Twickenham yesterday, as the South Croydon independent school’s first XV won the NatWest Schools’ Cup final 32-22 against defending champions Warwick School. It is the third time that Whitgift have won the … Continue reading →

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Warlingham Classic Car and Bike Show, Hamsey Green, Jul 14

Posted on March 14, 2019 by
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Whitgift are denied a final double by Wellingtons’ non-boot

Posted on March 13, 2019 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: It was ecstasy and agony at Allianz Park for Whitgift School last weekend as they came within a clause in the rule book from getting both their teams through to Twickenham finals later this month. The South Croydon … Continue reading →

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Private school’s sports staff enjoyed £30,000 party at The Ritz

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: Whitgift School has charitable status and the generous tax breaks that go with it, yet they spared no expense for a piss up at one of the flashiest venues in the West End. By GENE BRODIE, education correspondent Whitgift … Continue reading →

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Girls’ rugby session, Sparrows Den playing fields, Mar 20

Posted on March 1, 2019 by
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Whitgift School’s Olympic hero Okoye is arrested in Alabama

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

Lawrence Okoye, the former Whitgift School pupil and discus finalist at the  London Olympics who went to the United States to seek his fortune as an American football player, was arrested in Alabama last week on soliciting prostitution charges, placing … Continue reading →

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After 65 years, MidWives could deliver club with new name

Posted on January 22, 2019 by

There is a meeting tomorrow night at one of the area’s biggest rugby clubs, Old Mid-Whitgiftian RFC, to discuss changing the club’s name. The rugby club proposal comes a mere 65 years since the old boys’ school changed its name … Continue reading →

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