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Saturday 9th February 2019 2.15 pm Kick off 1 EAST LEAGUE Old Northamptonians RFC vs. RFC

ONs admire Dave’s sprinting technique during last season’s game at Billing Road while Kettering attempt to bring him to a halt!

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Welcome to Old Northamptonians RFC 2018 / 2019

Today we welcome to Billing Road our local rivals Kettering RFC from up the A43 for another local league clash. The ONs will be playing purely for bragging rights while revisiting a long-established rivalry between our two clubs. However, for our visitors it is an opportunity to reaffirm their top 2 League slot. We have long been aware that Kettering has had aspirations to move up the league structure, this season it looks like they will get their wish, either as champions or to have a shot in the play-offs. Their potential has been apparent for a number of seasons & now it is likely they may get their ‘reward’. We wish them well if/when they get there, but don’t envy the ‘step up’ required for, & to stay in, the League.

The game back at Kettering in October was relatively close until the last quarter when the home side showed their class ending up worthy winners 39:10. As for most of this season, the ONs had a young side out that day, blooding recent Academy players, gaining experience for a push in the league over the next few seasons. It is hoped that the experience gained in recent months & the return of missing injured players will mean the result will be a lot closer than it was in October. Gaining bonus points for tries has been a bit of a problem but as our positive points difference shows the ONs defence has still been working well. Recent games against Towcestrians & have shown we are working with small margins, it may just require a bit more luck & passion to get a welcome result against our local rivals as there are signs that we could be on the verge of an upset. May the best team win on the day!

Today’s referee is Andy Oliver from East Midlands Referee’s Society, please show him due respect & support his decisions, he has a very difficult job with no help from assistants/TJs or recourse to “VAR” (& as last Saturday shows even the top pro refs still get decisions wrong!).

The ONs 2nds are away at Kettering 2s in the Merit table game which, if the result favours the away side, should confirm a top finish in the table. This season, after a rocky few years, the ONs 2nd team have returned to the standards of a few seasons back. A combination of youth & experience, as well as players stepping down from the 1st team, they are playing attractive winning rugby. Thanks go to the captaincy of Joe Rolleston & the management of John Gray for this turnaround. I feel a there could be a good run in the Lewis Shield beckoning - once Daventry & Long Buckby actually get to play their preliminary round!

Last week’s 3rd team win over Long Buckby meant they have now won their East Midlands Merit League, congratulations to all invloved. I hope they can continue their winning ways against Kettering 4s today. Having watched them over recent weeks their style of play exceeds that you would normally expect from a 3rd team & there is a good buzz coming from this section of the club, in no small part due to the efforts of StuMac, Tom Gregory & Manager Mills. But after match cheeseboards with the port??

At the time of writing the Vets Cup game for the ONs is still TBA but like Kettering, we are in the fortunate position putting out multiple sides most Saturdays, bucking the national trend. A credit to both clubs who must be doing something right! I will say nothing about the Academy as there is an article specifically relating to them elsewhere in the Programme - except that the club is very proud of their achievements & good luck in the National Cup tie at Olney.

Finally, some dates for the diary: Feb 19th Alliance Cup against NSB 7:30pm KO: March 2nd VPs Lunch prior to the game: March 15th ONs Benevolent Fund Dinner. Have a good day whatever the result, may the best team win!

PS Our absent President Jack sends his regards & best wishes from Spain (again….).

Dave Howland Old Northamptonians RFC Club Chairman SPONSORS OF OLD NORTHAMPTONIANS R.F.C.

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MIDLANDS 1 EAST 2018-19 SEASON

Results 25/26h January 2019

Kettering 29 - 22 Wyggestonian 35 - 19 Northampton Old Scouts Lutterworth 71 - 3 19 - 31 Paviors Towcestrians 31 - 10 3 - 10 Old Northamptonians 0 - 15 Peterborough

League Table as at 8th February 2019

Team P W D L F A +/- TB LB Pts 1 Paviors 18 15 0 3 659 278 381 15 3 78 2 Kettering 17 15 0 2 585 185 400 12 2 74 3 Oundle 18 13 0 5 535 315 220 10 1 63 4 Towcestrians 18 12 0 6 579 352 227 11 2 61 5 Peterborough 18 12 1 5 378 244 134 6 4 60 6 Lutterworth 18 11 0 7 485 398 87 11 2 57 7 Oadby Wyggestonian 18 10 1 7 570 411 159 10 3 55 8 Old Northamptonians 18 9 0 9 371 337 34 5 3 44 9 Wellingborough 18 9 0 9 363 428 -65 4 2 42 10 West Bridgford 18 7 0 11 442 470 -28 9 4 41 11 Rugby Lions 18 6 0 12 431 525 -94 8 3 35 12 Leighton Buzzard 18 3 0 15 237 587 -350 4 2 18 13 Northampton Old Scouts 18 2 0 16 223 707 -484 0 2 10 14 Melton Mowbray 17 0 0 17 138 759 -621 1 3 -1

Today’s visitors continue to vie for top spot with Paviors however who will end up promoted as Champions or get in play offs as runners up is still to be decided - ONs will be determined today to put a spanner in the works. Kettering’s postponed game due to Melton’s apparent lack of front row will be played on 23rd Feb as the other sides put their feet up to watch the Wales v decider!

Tows are showing a resurgence of form with another big win over promotion chasing Oundle, so those 2 along with Peterborough and perhaps Lutterworth & OWs will continue to pressure the runaway top 2.

With just 8 games remaining (or 9 in Melton’s case) it would require some extraordinary results for the bottom 2 to avoid relegation. Buzzard’s convincing win over strugglers Scouts moved them up a place giving them a glimmer of hope. This puts pressure on the 4 sides above them (including ONs) to bring in some more victories to ensure safety, but one never knows as it’s not over until that large lady warbles!

Fixtures Saturday 9th February 2019

Melton Mowbray vs West Bridgford Northampton Old Scouts vs Lutterworth Oadby Wyggestonian vs Leighton Buzzard Old Northamptonians vs Kettering Oundle vs Wellingborough Paviors vs Towcestrians Peterborough vs Rugby Lions Old Northamptonians R.F.C.

* indicates an ONRFC M&J/Academy Graduate

15 Ryan O’Donaghue*

14 Richard Blank * 13 Billy North 12 Alex Crofts * (Captain) 11 Ollie Spencer *

10 Ben Rivans * 9 Matt Watts

8 Drew Hudson * 7 Greg Piertese * 6 Sam Howes * 5 Chris Reid 4 Max Wortley 3 Craig Stewart 2 Dave Irvine 1 Zach Draper *

Replacements:

16 Mark Edwards * 17 Matt Beddon * 18 Ashley Fulthorpe *

Club Coach: Mark Kefford Backs Coach: Heath Stevens * Team Manager: Richard Bosworth Match Physio: Sophie Slope *

Today’s Match Referee: Andy Oliver

Kettering R.F.C.

15 Joe Daniel

14 Ed Drake-Lee 13 Josh Plowright 12 Ryan Conyard 11 Jordan Butlin

10 Bruce Keir 9 Tasker Stables

8 George Newman (Captain) 7 Aaron Kelman 6 Dan Fay 5 Archie Toseland 4 Alex Bayley 3 Josh Cox 2 Steve Fraher 1 Mark Watson

Replacements:

16 Dan Martin 17 James Aldwinckle 18 Tom Bridgeman

Director of Rugby: Dougie Bridgman Head Coach: Brett Sturgess Coaches: Jon Clarke, Martin Steele Physio: Sam Travill

East Midlands Referees Society Old Northamptonians R.F.C.1st XV Fixtures 2018-19

Score Date 1st XV League & Cup Fixtures Venue Result F A Sep-01 Oundle A L 17 46 Sep-08 Paviors H L 23 27 Sep-15 Peterborough H W 12 5 Sep-22 Rugby Lions H W 48 5 Fri Sep-28 Towcestrians A L 7 17 Oct-13 Wellingborough H W 26 10 Oct-20 Kettering A L 10 39 Oct-27 Leighton Buzzard H W 10 5 Nov-03 Lutterworth A L 17 21 Nov-17 Melton Mowbray H W 52 0 Nov-24 Northampton Old Scouts A W 27 18 Dec-01 Oadby Wyggestonian H W 43 20 Dec-08 West Bridgford A W 32 20 Dec-15 Paviors A L 0 17 Dec-22/29 FREE LEAGUE WEEKS (Xmas and New Year) Jan-05 Peterborough A L 24 17 Jan-12 Rugby Lions A L 3 28 Jan-19 Towcestrians H 17 31 Fri Jan-25 Wellingborough A W 10 3 Feb-09 Kettering H Feb-16 Leighton Buzzard A Tue Feb-19 Towcestrians Alliance Cup 7.30 H (NSB) Feb-23 FREE LEAGUE WEEK Mar-02 Lutterworth H Mar-09 Melton Mowbray A TBC Long Buckby or Daventry (Lewis Shield) A Mar-16 FREE LEAGUE WEEK Mar-23 Northampton Old Scouts H Mar-30 Oadby Wyggestonian A Apr-06 West Bridgford H Apr-13 Oundle H Wed Apr-17 Oceanic Cup/Lewis Shield Finals FG Wed Apr-24 Alliance Cup Final 7.30 FG

Saturday Kick offs: 3.00 pm Sept/Oct/Mar/Apr, 2.15 pm Nov – Feb An Update from ONRFC Academy from Coach Regan

The Academy has had a roller coaster ride of a season to date, however, remain in the hunt for all competitions. This includes defending the Oceanic Cup, as well as the EM the Referee’s Cup & the RFU National Under 18s Cup. The current playing record stands at 11 wins with just one loss. In all 44 different players have featured in the matches, including four Under 16’s players, all of whom added impact to the games they have featured in. Eight members of the current crop of U18s have stepped up into senior rugby this year making appearances for the Senior’s 2nd & 3rd teams. In addition. Also eight graduates from last year’s Academy have successfully gone on to make their first team debut this season This demonstrates how fruitful the structured pathway from Juniors through the Academy and into the Seniors has been – one of the key objectives since the Academy was formed

Ty Morton () and Mauro Almada () both made their academy debuts earlier this season playing on opposite sides!

Many of this squad have gone on to gain representative and Academy honours: Currently, the ON’s have 4 players involved with Nottingham’s Academy, 4 with Coventry’s Academy as well as 6 hoping to follow in Tom Collins & James Grayson’s footsteps with . Lastly a record 11 players have been selected for the East Midlands U17s squad. The Academy has also welcomed six new players to the ranks this year who have all proved to be vital in building the foundation of the squad. All these success’ have come from the lads themselves, through their own hard work, discipline and determination to succeed. *

The Academy have had to get used to travelling as, in their search for good opposition, 75% of their fixtures have been away this season! However, this has not stopped these lads racking up impressive victories away against & Solihull, Old Halesonians & Kenilworth respectively. However, this weekend the Academy face one of their toughest games so far this season against Olney in the 3rd round of the RFU National Under 18s Cup. They played Olney twice last year & came out on top both times but take nothing away from Olney as they were a well drilled, physical & skilful side who pushed the ONs to their limits. We are sure that this weekend’s game will prove to be much of the same.

* Head of Playing Richard Blank added that great credit should also go to Coach Regan for achieving this success & the management team of Colin Maitland & Mark Russell SPONSORS OF OLD NORTHAMPTONIANS R.F.C.

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