Tag Archives: Daily Mail Cup
Alas Smith and Jones, as Whitgift are knocked out of cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: A try one minute from time set up Hampton for a conversion kick that knocked Whitgift’s first XV out of the Daily Mail Cup at Esher last night, denying them a place in the last eight of the … Continue reading
Vandals thwarted as PJF march into promotion places
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Purley-John Fisher are on the march. A week after thrashing Old Paulines 52-10 for a bonus-point win to go to fourth in the London 3SW division, PJF thumped Weybridge Vandals, the division’s early pace-setters, 33-3 at the Pightle … Continue reading
PJF march onwards after dominating win over Midwives
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Purley-John Fisher moved to within three points of the promotion places in London and South East Div3SW thanks to their 42-10 derby win over Old Mid-Whitgiftians on Saturday. In the tier above them, LondonSE Div2SE, Warlingham got back … Continue reading
Alas for Fisher, Smith and Jones see Whitgift through in cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: It was the big rugby showdown that lived up to all the hype. Not England v the All Blacks at Twickenham, but last Wednesday’s South Croydon thriller, Whitgift v John Fisher in the Daily Mail Cup won by the … Continue reading
Old Boots, Midwives and a showdown on a wet Wednesday
RUGBY ROUND-UP: With a game that would grace the last eight of the national schools competition, Whitgift School are due to take on John Fisher in the fourth round of the Daily Mail RBS Cup this Wednesday. Whitgift’s squad had … Continue reading
Convincing victory lifts PJF to fifth in league table
RUGBY ROUND-UP: All good things must come to an end, and after a sequence of six wins, Warlingham suffered a bitter defeat on Saturday, going down 20-13 at home against Aylesford Bulls in their London Div 2SW fixture. “It was … Continue reading
Discus date with destiny for Okoye, the Olympic opportunist
It is a year since the wheels fell off for the discus-throwing juggernaut that is Lawrence Okoye. At 6ft 6in tall and 21-stone, Okoye was in only his first full season as an international discus thrower, and he had known … Continue reading
