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Warlingham take league title without having to make a tackle

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Warlingham kicked off the club’s centenary season in some style, celebrating finishing the season as London South-West Div 3 champions without having to make a tackle in anger. In an extraordinary turn of events, Warlingham took their regional … Continue reading

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Plenty of derby action assured as rugby season kicks off

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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Women’s rugby introduction session, Frant Road, Sep 17

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Coach Edwards wings it before MidWives extend their cup run

RUGBY ROUND-UP: There was cup action for Old MidWhitgiftians last Saturday, in the Junior Vase. They followed up a resounding 62-10 win over Fareham Heathens earlier in the month in the first round with a 36-12 win at New Ash … Continue reading

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Old MidWhitgiftians enjoy a try-fest at Lime Meadow Avenue

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Old MidWhitgiftians quickly got their season back on track with a breath-taking 62-5 win at home against Old WImbledonians in Surrey 1 last Saturday. Andrew Dean scored a hat-trick of tries, fellow centre Temi Okenla got two, and … Continue reading

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Old boys’ youngsters claim bragging rights over Warlingham

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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Streatham-Croydon’s women’s rugby try-it day, Aug 5

Are you free this Sunday Aug 5? Want to kick start your fitness? Then get down to Streatham Common from 10am for a free training session with Streatham-Croydon RFC women’s teams.

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Warlingham get relegation reprieve ahead of season finale

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Warlingham, sitting in apparent safety in eighth place in 12-club London 3 South-West, have been given a relegation reprieve ahead of their visit to bottom-of-the-table Basingstoke today, with an undertaking from a self-declared “Twickenham blazer” that only the … Continue reading

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Warlingham in peril of relegation for being in Surrey

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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World Cup-winning captain is helping out at Frant Road

RUGBY ROUND-UP: A World Cup-winning captain is coming to Thornton Heath next week to help Croydon’s up-and-coming young players. Katy Daley-McLean led England to women’s Rugby World Cup glory in 2014, played at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and was a … Continue reading

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

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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Clubs confronted with dozen derby clashes for new season

RUGBY ROUND-UP: The players, supporters and alickadoos of four rugby clubs in the Croydon area will have the pleasure of contesting a dozen derby matches next season thanks to a quirk of relegations and the fixture computer, while the region’s … Continue reading

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Streatham-Croydon women’s rugby sessions, from Nov 2

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