Tag Archives: Trinity RFC

Dobbyn’s team win second cup final without playing a game

Posted on April 25, 2025 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: The 2024-2025 Surrey Veterans’ competition ended much as the 2023-2024 season did – quietly, in farce, another signal of the grassroots’ game’s sad decline A 50-season career of playing rugby, old man and boy, has staggered to an … Continue reading →

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After weeks of mud and guts, Warlingham still have a chance

Posted on April 3, 2025 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: With one Saturday of the season left to play, our local clubs’ fates are already decided – with one notable exception. PLUS: a grassroots rebellion against the blazers at Twickenham falls flat as controversial CEO survives his no … Continue reading →

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Trinity manage to shine as local clubs find life’s no walkover

Posted on January 2, 2025 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon was first to report the collapse in player numbers in local men’s grassroots rugby. The Daily Torygraph played catch-up with their broader look at the alarming decline in coarse rugby across England. Here, in JOHNNY DOBBYN’s 2024-2025 half-term … Continue reading →

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Rapid decline in numbers shows that ‘coarse’ rugby is ‘at risk’

Posted on September 18, 2024 by insidecroydon

The club rugby season is well underway, with a couple of crunch derbies this Saturday – Old Walcs against Purley John Fisher, and Streatham and Croydon versus Warlingham. But will all local sides be able to field a full XV? … Continue reading →

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How the ‘Mighty’ have fallen: relegation haunts rugby clubs

Posted on April 3, 2024 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: After ill-tempered local derby clashes which had more cards than Christmas, and a revised formula for relegation that would leave Einstein confused, JOHNNY DOBBYN pulls on his flanker’s jersey, right, for the final time this season to preview … Continue reading →

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Memorial matches stand out as rugby clubs prepare for kick-off

Posted on September 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: While the England team’s preparations for the World Cup are in disarray following injuries, brainfade and piss-poor performances, the outlook locally is far brighter, with clubs using the off-season to re-group, re-build and, in some cases, lick some … Continue reading →

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Derby days: rugby clubs face some bumper autumn fixtures

Posted on August 18, 2023 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: The publication of the club fixture lists has added some extra edge to some pre-season training, reports BRIAN MORE-ORLESS The rugby clubs in and around Croydon could be in for some hectic times in their clubhouses and bars … Continue reading →

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‘Counts finish on the up as clubs struggle with league shuffle

Posted on April 4, 2023 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: The RFU’s league reorganisation has taken a heavy toll on clubs in and around Croydon these past few months. JOHNNY DOBBYN, right, provides the end-of-season report, and discovers some worrying developments down Croham Manor Road Walcountians ended the … Continue reading →

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Warlingham go from top to bottom at the flick of a blazer’s pen

Posted on January 12, 2023 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: The club that has dominated local rugby for a decade hopes to restore some pride in their derby against Trinity on Saturday You’ve got to feel a bit sorry for Warlingham in this, the club’s centenary season. After … Continue reading →

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Warlingham take league title without having to make a tackle

Posted on April 16, 2022 by insidecroydon

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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Fisher’s ‘strawberry daiquiri’ Dombrandt on a World Cup path

Posted on February 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: After two blighted seasons, the past fortnight has demonstrated how resilient the area’s clubs are, with a first Six Nations start for one of their former youth players and two hard-fought derby games which between them were settled … Continue reading →

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Rugby clubs’ season’s big kick-off gets postponed to 2021

Posted on September 26, 2020 by insidecroydon

The club rugby season was due to kick off today. But with barely 48 hours’ notice, amid a rapidly worsening situation with the coronavirus pandemic, the blazers at Twickenham issued orders on Thursday to postpone competitive rugby until January, at … Continue reading →

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Plenty of derby action assured as rugby season kicks off

Posted on September 20, 2019 by insidecroydon

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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Trinity Titans RFC family fun day, Sanderstead, Sep 15

Posted on September 11, 2019 by insidecroydon
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New era for Old Boys’ club as Midwives re-name as Trinity RFC

Posted on June 4, 2019 by insidecroydon

Old-Midwhitgiftians rugby club staged a short ceremony at the club’s Lime Meadow Avenue clubhouse in Sanderstead on Saturday to formally mark the start of a new era, going into its 91st season as Trinity Rugby Football Club. The name change … Continue reading →

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