Midlands 1 East 2019 / 20 Season

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Welcome to Old Northamptonians RFC 2019 / 2020

I would like to welcome all the players & supporters of West Bridgford, our opposition today, for what I’m certain will be another hard-fought game at Billing Road. Last season the ONs were victorious both home & away against our visitors, but recent results would suggest the ONs will have to play up to their strengths to maintain or improve on their current 5th place slot. West Bridgford are currently lying just one place below & with a game in hand so it’s definitely game on!

Having had a few issues recently against large (Leicester) packs I’m sure the 1st team coaching team & squad will be working hard during the week to improve this area of the game in order to release a back line that can match any in the league. Today’s referee is Gareth Langley, Central Federation, let’s hope he encourages a more flowing game than last week at Wyggs!

We also welcome Nuneaton U18s to Billing Road for a friendly against the ONs Academy. I had the good fortune to watch our U18s in the National Cup last week against Syston - one of Leicestershire’s finest - the 49:5 demolition shows what strength we have coming through & I am sure they will go far in the competition as it enters the National stages. Great work from the Academy coaching team bringing on our next crop of Old Northamptonians into the senior set up.

Elsewhere the 2nd team has a friendly fixture away at Luton, hopefully the opposition will actually field a side this week. The 2s have been having a rough time recently finding teams who can turn out on a Saturday, this certainly needs to be addressed by the RFU & our Constituent Body. Both the 2nds & 3rds were let down last week so ended up playing a hard-fought game between themselves, with the 2nds coming out on top. However, the 3rds should be encouraged by that performance to take into an away local derby vs BBOB 2nds in their Merit table. Always a close fought game and an interesting journey back from St Andrews Road!

The Ladies are continuing having success in both their league and cup campaigns. Their numbers are good & they’ve been getting some excellent wins. They have the additional support of a number of their own sponsors which all aids further integration into the senior club set-up.

I recall the West Bridgford committee went for a night-out in Northampton after last season’s fixture. It will be interesting if they repeat the same this year, it will say a lot about their Nottingham taste & stamina if they do! We hope they & everyone else at the club this afternoon has a good day and may the best team win!

Dave Howland, Chairman of Old Northamptonians RFC

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Old Northamptonians R.F.C. West Bridgford R.F.C.

Rory Seymour * 15 Jay Heath

Fernely Simmonds 14 Ian Knott Kieran O’Connor * 13 Ben Marlon Alex Crofts * (Captain) 12 Alexi Webb James Edmondson * 11 Ollie Haddon

Tyler Mills * 10 Daniel Graynee Ross Kevan * 9 Rob Sutton

Sam Howes * 8 Niko Salmon Ben McDonald * 7 Barney Chopsmith Jake Diggin * 6 Xander Purcell Zach Draper *(Vice captain) 5 Henry Henson (Captain) Guy Holt 4 Horse OT Edwards * 3 Owen Howells Sam Donald * 2 Tom Guido Craig Stewart 1 Rob Johnson

Replacements:

Dave Irvine 16 Joe McMenamin Will Cave 17 James Long Iestyn Harris 18 Waheeks Orse

Head of Playing: Richard Blank * Head Coach: Gareth Kerr Club Coach: Mark Kefford Coach: Scott Johnson Coaches: Doc Cox, Nabs Suma Forwards Coach: Llewellyn Jones Team Manager: Richard Bosworth Team Manager: Graeme Dunn Match Physio: Sophie Slope *

* indicates M&J/Academy Graduate

Today’s Match Referee: Gareth Langley, Central Federation (CUDRRS) MIDLANDS 1 EAST 2019 / 20 SEASON

Results Saturday 16th November 2019

Lutterworth 27 - 26 Peterborough Market Harborough 6 - 12 Oundle Melbourne 13 - 3 Olney Oadby Wyggestonian 26 - 14 Old Northamptonians Rugby Lions 7 - 19 Derby Wellingborough 17 - 54 Syston West Bridgford 24 - 17 Towcestrians

League Table as at 22nd November

Team P W D L F A +/- TB LB Pts 1 Syston 9 9 0 0 414 148 266 9 0 45 2 Derby 10 9 1 0 345 166 179 5 0 43 3 Oundle 10 8 0 2 289 131 158 6 1 39 4 Lutterworth 10 7 0 3 288 194 94 4 1 33 5 Old Northamptonians 10 6 0 4 267 243 24 7 1 32 6 West Bridgford 9 5 0 4 232 234 -2 6 1 27 7 Oadby Wyggestonian 9 5 0 4 244 222 22 6 0 26 8 Rugby Lions 10 5 0 5 254 250 4 5 1 26 9 Market Harborough 10 4 1 5 274 260 14 4 3 25 10 Peterborough 10 3 1 6 213 267 -54 4 3 21 11 Towcestrians 10 1 1 8 206 366 -160 4 2 12 12 Melbourne 9 2 0 7 179 245 -66 2 1 11 13 Olney 10 1 0 9 131 351 -220 2 2 8 14 Wellingborough 10 1 0 9 105 364 -259 0 1 5

Syston remain top with a game in hand over Derby who they host today, so that outcome could have a major influence on the promotion race as the top 3 look to pull clear of the rest, though Lutts continue to impress.

ONs loss last Saturday drops them back to 5th; Wyggs played a one dimensional but very effective game which as predicted has lifted them to mid-table from an early season position near the bottom. Also, they like today’s visitors, have a game in hand due to be played next weekend so both could then leapfrog ONs. Just below them both Rugby Lions & Harborough are big tough sides who I’m sure will perform well on the heavy pitches.

The bottom four are now 9 to 16 points adrift of Peterborough, who despite some good performances & close games sit in 11th place. Tows have not won a game home or away for 2 months so have a must win home game with bottom side Wellingborough to ease their relegation worries, as fellow strugglers Olney & Melbourne both have very tough looking fixtures – though as I’ve said before there are no easy games in this league!!!

Fixtures Friday 22nd / Saturday 23rd November 2019

Old Northamptonians v West Bridgford Olney v Oadby Wyggestonian Oundle v Melbourne Peterborough v Market Harborough Syston v Derby Rugby Lions v Lutterworth Towcestrians v Wellingborough

O.N.R.F.C 1st XV Fixtures 2019 / 20

Saturday Kick offs: 3.00 pm Sept/Oct/Mar/Apr, 2.15 pm Nov – Feb Score Date 1st XV League & Cup Fixtures Venue Result F A Sep-07 Peterborough H W 31 30 Sep-14 Rugby Lions A W 35 14 Sep-21 Syston H L 25 29 Fri Sep-27 Towcestrians (7.30pm KO) A W 35 17 Oct-05 Wellingborough H W 35 12 Oct-12 Derby A L 31 55 Oct-19 Lutterworth H W 22 15 Oct-26 Market Harborough A L 26 10 Thu Oct-31 Wellingborough (EMRU Cup) A W Walkover Nov-09 Melbourne H W 29 19 Nov-16 Oadby Wyggestonian A L 14 24 Nov-23 West Bridgford H Nov-30 FREE LEAGUE WEEK Dec-07 Olney H Dec-14 Oundle A Dec-21 Rugby Lions H Dec-28 FREE LEAGUE WEEK (Xmas) Jan-04 Syston A Jan-11 Towcestrians H Fri Jan-18 Wellingborough (7.30pm KO) A TBC N’pton Mens Own (Alliance ¼ Final) H Jan-25 FREE LEAGUE WEEK Feb-01 Derby H Feb-08 Lutterworth A Feb-15 Market Harborough H Feb-22 FREE LEAGUE WEEK Feb-29 Melbourne A Mar-07 Oadby Wyggestonian H Mar-14 FREE LEAGUE WEEK Mar-21 West Bridgford A Mar-28 Olney A Apr-04 Oundle H Apr-11 FREE LEAGUE WEEK (Easter) Apr-18 Peterborough A SPONSORS OF OLD NORTHAMPTONIANS R.F.C. LADIES

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