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Cipriani’s England recall shows he is back on the right track
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Two old boys of Whitgift School were named today in the England side to face New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday, with a third player with strong local connections, former Warlingham youth player Chris Robshaw, captaining the team. … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Croydon RFC, Marland Yarde, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC
Tagged All Blacks, Chris Robshaw, Croydon, Danny Cipriani, England, Marland Yarde, rugby union, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
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Warlingham in heaven with Sevens tournament, May 3
There will be an international feel to this year’s Sevens Heaven tournament at Warlingham rugby club’s Hamsey Green grounds on Saturday. More than 200 rugby players are expected to take part, plus nearly 100 netball players competing in a netball … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Hillcrest NC, Netball, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Beer, Old Mid-Whitgiftians, rugby, Rugby sevens, Sport, Surrey, Warlingham
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Griffiths try sets up hard-earned win for Croydon
RUGBY ROUND-UP: The wettest January since records began has caused havoc with fixture lists for local rugby clubs, but Croydon RFC were able to get their match against Economicals on last Saturday, and after a bright start hung on for … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, Elliot Daly, Marland Yarde, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Chris Robshaw, Croydon, Elliot Daly, England, Hamsey Green, London, Marland Yarde, Old MidWhitgiftians, Old Whitgifitians, Streatham and Croydon RFC, Surrey, Warlingham
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Trinity face trip to the champions to stay in national cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: For the second successive year, Whitgift have been knocked out of the national schools’ rugby cup by Hampton School, losing 11-6 in a hard-fought contest in South Croydon yesterday afternoon. Probably most galling of all, Whitgift had led … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Uncategorized, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, NatWest Cup, Old Mid-Whitgiftians, Old Whitgifitians, Purley-John Fisher, rugby, rugby union, schools, South Croydon, Sport, Streatham-Croydon, Surrey, Trinity School, Warlingham, Whitgift School
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Ahola’s power helps see Warlingham through to the Finnish
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Warlingham emerged from the mid-season break to claim a much-needed victory in London 2SE, 19-10 at bottom club Heathfield and Waldron. Their second successive win in the league moved Warlingham to eighth in the 12-team division, and pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, Croydon RFC, rugby, rugby union, Sport, Streatham and Croydon RFC, Warlingham
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Dodwell rises to occasion for Warl to rediscover winning ways
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Had the local clubs’ half-term report come a week earlier, it could have made for extremely bleak reading. Streatham-Croydon, Old Walcountians and Purley-John Fisher are all teetering on the brink of the relegation zones of their respective divisions, … Continue reading
Defeats put MidWives and Warlingham in drop zones
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Off the back of the “worst performance of the season” a fortnight earlier, Warlingham travelled home from to Medway last Saturday having been dealt another crushing blow, this time a 29-5 defeat. They now stand a vulnerable-looking 10th … Continue reading
South’s double helps Whitgift march on in the cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: The match of the week locally undoubtedly took place in South Croydon yesterday afternoon, when Whitgift School beat John Fisher 29-6 in the latest round of the NatWest Cup national schools competition. Stan South, the Whitgift lock, scored … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, Education, John Fisher School, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Aylesford, Croydon, Dulwich College, Hamsey Green, London, South Croydon, Warlingham, Whitgift School
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Tayedzerwe’s hat-trick of tries give MidWives a lift
RUGBY ROUND-UP: After giving them the big build-up here last week, Croydon RFC’s recent run of good form came to an abrupt end at Chipstead, where they lost 25-5 down in Surrey 2 last Saturday, while previously win-less Streatham-Croydon finally … Continue reading
Maynard’s men start to turn things round with derby win
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Surrey 2 is the lowest of the RFU’s leagues involving local clubs’ first XVs, but it is showing how readily fortunes may change. Last year, Thornton Heath-based Streatham-Croydon, one of south London’s senior clubs from the “old days” … Continue reading
Whitgift and Fisher get to renew their rivalry in NatWest Cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: We did say it would be close. By the final whistle at Plough Lane last Saturday, Whitgift School‘s first XV had hung on to a 25-24 victory over John Fisher, but only just, as Lewis Dennelly, the Fisher … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, John Fisher School, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Glyn School, London, Plough Lane, Surrey, Warlingham, Whitgift School
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Thousands expected on touchline for annual schools clash
RUGBY ROUND-UP: It may be a Heineken Cup weekend, and the local rugby clubs might well be staging some important league fixtures tomorrow. But the real match of the day as far as Croydon sport is concerned kicks off at … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, Elliot Daly, John Fisher School, Lawrence Okoye, Marland Yarde, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, England, John Fisher School, Lawrence Okoye, London, Surrey, Warlingham
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Rugby club’s apprentice gives it a try with local schools
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Warlingham has employed a Rugby Community Coach under an innovative apprenticeship scheme, the first club in the area to embark on this project which is supported by the Rugby Football Union, the national governing body, and Worthing College. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, Harry Blain, London, New Milton, Rugby Football Union, South Croydon, Warlingham, Worthing College
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Coach sees red as MidWives battle to derby win over PJF
RUGBY ROUND-UP: As derby clashes go, Saturday’s London 3SW league fixture at Parson’s Pightle between Purley John Fisher and Old Mid-Whitgiftians certainly delivered on controversy, talking points and cards – with three yellows being issued to players on the pitch, … Continue reading
MidWives are undone by Jonny Wilkinson’s first club
RUGBY ROUND-UP: It could be a tough season ahead for the area’s leading rugby clubs if last weekend’s results are anything to judge by, as the three sides that were in action in the opening Saturday of the season in … Continue reading
England captain puts his shirt on Warlingham scheme
RUGBY ROUND-UP: The new season is almost upon us, and Warlingham have launched themselves into it with the help of the England captain to help establish an apprenticeship scheme under the auspices of the RFU. More than 300 members and … Continue reading
Letting the Goode times roll at rugby summer training camp
Saracens and England full-back Alex Goode will be assisting with the coaching at Warlingham RFC’s summer training camp next weekend. Also assisting with training at the club’s Hamsey Green ground on July 27 and 28 will be Mel Deane, the … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Alex Goode, England, Hamsey Green, London, Maidstone, Mel Deane, Training Camp, Warlingham
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Lessons learned at Warlingham’s School of Hard Knocks
Warlingham rugby club is set to feature on Sky television’s School of Hard Knocks again next month. The Hamsey Green club has just hosted a youth version of SoHK for a third year, with coaching visits from Sky Sports regulars … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, England, Hamsey Green, Ollie Phillips, School of Hard Knocks, Scott Quinnell, Warlingham, Will Greenwood
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Callaway takes the coaching reins at MidWives rugby
Chris Callaway has been appointed as Old Mid-Whitgiftians’ new director of rugby. Callaway takes over from Peter Knott, who has retired after coaching the first XV for the past two years, “a wonderful man to work with and an asset … Continue reading
Croydon hooker manages to come third (with Clare Balding)
Local author Steven Gauge last night had his book, My Life As Hooker, named as the third-best rugby book of the year. That’s surely over-achievement for a book about life with the Warlingham 4th XV, once reckoned to be the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Clare Balding, Croydon, England, Hooker, Lewis Moody, Nick Clegg, Terry Venables, Warlingham
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Sevens Heaven looks for fast start at Warlingham
The first Warlingham Sevens Heaven tournament gets underway promptly on Saturday morning, May 4, with 18 Rugby 7s sides from across the south-east signed up to compete. Hillcrest Netball Club is also staging a tournament of its own during the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon RFC, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, Dorking, Hamsey Green, London, RAF Honington, Rugby sevens, Surrey, Warlingham
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Lions omit Robshaw “unluckiest man in the British Isles”
Chris Robshaw had seen it coming over the past month, but today the Harlequins and England captain had it confirmed: not only would the former Warlingham junior player not be captaining the British Lions on their tour to Australia, but … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged British & Irish Lions, Chris Robshaw, England, Kelly Brown, Rory Best, Sam Warburton, Wales, Warren Gatland
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Schoolboys have fund-raising in the bag on Purley Way
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Customers at Sainsbury’s, Purley Way, this weekend have the chance to take advantage of some extra special service when it comes to packing up the weekly shop. Dozens of pupils from Wallington County Grammar School will be helping … Continue reading
Purley’s promotion push runs out of time against MidWives
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Purley John Fisher’s slim hopes of promotion from London 3SW were dealt possibly a fatal blow at Lime Meadow Avenue last Saturday when they lost a well-contested derby to Old Mid-Whitgiftians 29-27.
Streatham-Croydon dig in for the future at Frant Road
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Redevelopment work on Streatham-Croydon’s stand and changing rooms has begun in earnest at Frant Road this week following a “breaking the ground” ceremony after the last home league game of the season against Old Rutlishians. Steve O’Connell, the … Continue reading
