Rugby News

Saturday’s rugby matches against Eton College showcased a friendly rivalry, contested in good spirits.

Congratulations again to the U14s who have continued their great start to the season with wins for all but one of the teams, fantastic effort all round.

Unfortunately, the U14E and F games were cancelled due to Eton not being able to field either team on the day. However, our U14E and Fs used the opportunity to prepare for Tonbridge next week and, thanks to Mr Taylor and Mr Fitzpatrick, were able to have an extra trial game between the two sides.

Congratulations are also due to the U16 A XV on their excellent win at home. The boys showed tremendous spirit having had a difficult first fixture against a very good Epsom team last week, so well done to Mr Vickers and his team for their outstanding performance. Commiserations yet again to the U16Bs who sadly lost a second very hard-fought contest by 15 – 12.

Unfortunately, the 1st XV went down by 31-12 but again, we didn’t play as well as we would have liked and, having got ourselves into great positions to put the opposition under pressure, we either gave a penalty away or made an unforced error. To be honest, it wasn’t a great spectacle of rugby by either side but, like last week, we gifted the opposition three tries which, at that level, you cannot afford to do!

The U15 A XV game was another hard-fought contest and very close throughout but unfortunately the opposition forwards proved too strong in the end, and Eton were well deserved winners. The B and C games ended up one a piece with our B team narrowly losing, and our C team running out victors with a very convincing win.