Tag Archives: Purley-John Fisher

Plenty of derby action assured as rugby season kicks off

Posted on September 20, 2019 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: It’s the big kick-off this weekend. No, not that little tournament being staged in Japan, but in Division One of the Surrey county league. The club rugby season gets underway in earnest tomorrow, and this year sees the 10-team … Continue reading →

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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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Warlingham bounce back to keep alive promotion talk

Posted on November 1, 2018 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: For rugby alickados, the old farts in blazers, there’s long been a sense that the club season hasn’t properly started until the clocks go back, and kick-off for Saturday matches is brought forward from 3pm. And there’s also … Continue reading →

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Old boys’ youngsters claim bragging rights over Warlingham

Posted on September 21, 2018 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Old Whitgiftians, after a 20-year exile from London divisional rugby, claimed their first win of the season on Saturday, as they beat Warlingham 22-14 at Croham Manor Road. In the first clash between the two clubs at 1st … Continue reading →

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Old Whitgiftians are on the way up as champions of Surrey

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Old Whitgiftians finished the league season last weekend by maintaining their unbeaten home record at Croham Manor Road this season with a 41-31 win over Chipstead to underline their status as Surrey 1 champions, with promotion to the … Continue reading →

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Warlingham in peril of relegation for being in Surrey

Posted on March 28, 2018 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: The long-standing order of the Croydon area’s rugby clubs could be about to be turned on its head in a relegation battle that depends less on the clubs’ position in their league tables, and more to do with … Continue reading →

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MidWives deliver to set-up top-of-the-table derby clash

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Halfway into the 2017-2018 rugby season and it’s clear that in Croydon this winter, Surrey 1 is where it is at. And after the break for Christmas – no one likes to fill-up the local A&Es with broken … Continue reading →

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Giant Priest rewards Warlingham for their faith with a try

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Warlingham had gone more than a year without a league victory. So long, in fact, that they risked becoming a quiz question on Pointless. But after the batterings suffered last season, the Hamsey Green club has started the … Continue reading →

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Two up, two down: Whitgiftians near promotion despite stalling

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Two up, two down. No, not a local estate agent’s description of an over-priced house on a busy Croydon street, but the fate of the local rugby clubs in the season that has all-but-finished, with two enjoying promotion campaigns, … Continue reading →

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Whitgift duo set to be reunited for England at Twickenham

Posted on November 10, 2016 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Elliot Daly, the former Whitgift School pupil, will make his first start for England at Twickenham on Saturday in the autumn international against South Africa. Daly, the Wasps centre, has been included in head coach Eddie Jones’s side … Continue reading →

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