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, 1992/93 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

''.STAFFORDSHIRE v CHESHIRE ;:'. Sunday, December 13th, 1992 Burton R.F.C . 2.30 p.rn .

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Please send ta: The Rose Oebenture Office, , Twickenham , Middx TWI !DZ or te le phone 081 892 2000 COU/DIV WELCOME FROM THE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION Narrowly missing the Grand Siam in 1989-90, England were successful in the next two seasons and enter the 1992-93 season as 'Back to Back Grand Siam Champions'. In addition, their magnificent performance in the Final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup against Australia convinced me that the build up formula employed du ring recent seasons leading into the International Championship had been the right one. That does not mean it cannot be improved upon.

My personal view has always been that the playing of the Divisional and County matches on the same day did not do justice to two great Competitions. County rugby, in its important role of identifying and developing talented young players, not only provides one of the stepping stones towards higher honours but it also represents the core of the game's administration in this country.

International rugby is an uncompromising battleground. The final stage of preparation for the ultimate experience is the Divisional Championship, which provides a platform on which players have to prove themselves in a highly competitive environ ment, following which the selectors have to arrive at their final nominations for senior International honours. Alter the great debate at the RFU Annual General Meeting in July this year, the programme agreed for season 1993-94 onwards will provide a more logical system of selection for talented players. The County Championship matches will stand on their own, forming the representative level for ail players below leagues 1 and 2 and they are followed by the Divisional Championship matches which afford the opportunity for selectors to make a fair judgement of both competitions before selecting the England squad.

ADT sponsors not only the Divisional and Senior County Championship Competitions but also the Under 21 Divisional and County Championships. This makes them one of the major sponsors of English Rugby.

The Rugby Football Union owes a great debt of gratitude for the considerable financial input of ADT into our competitive structure, ensuring continuous interest and success at the highest level. We would not be able to stage the Championships efficiently without that support.

To the Chairman and Executives of this fa mous company, whom we regard as our friends, we say a huge 'Thank You'.

Good luck and best wishes to everyone involved in ail these Competitions.

DANIE D. SERFONTEIN President, Ru gby Football Union COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP 1971 By Joh n Taylor Rugby Correspondent, Mail On Sunday Now that the statutory twenty years have elapsed, the top secret file on how Surrey won the Cou nt y Championship in 1971 can be released to the public. Many great rugby brains have pondered unsuccessfully on how that incredible leader of men, Bob Hiller, welded a multi-national assortment of deadly rivais, who for various reasons found themselves living in South London, into a team prepared to give everything for this strange conglomeration called Surrey. To most of us it was not even a postal address. We can now admit it: losing one's amateur status does not have the same terror about it when you are nearing fifty. The secret was simple - bribery. No, this is not another boot money scandai hitting at the heart of the English establishment: in the days when 'die!' was something only obese people bothered about Surrey won on the very best fillet steak and the finest claret. The disparate band of Celts (plus a few token Englishmen) who found themselves in transit in what the RFU deemed to be Surrey at that time, were welded into a formidable fighting unit by the hospitality of the Surrey Committee. They were led by the likes of David Brooks, who proved he knew a thing or two about socialising when managing the 1968 Lions tour, and a young (relatively speaking) team secretary called Dudley Wood. They wined and dined us to success. Those slap-up dinners at a posh Richmond steak house, long since deceased, were ail it took in those days. None of us could normally afford to eat at such a place and to our naive palates those meals were the gastronomie highlights of the year. As the evenings wore on , hostilities between the Welsh, Scots and Irish - there was not an Englishman, let along a native of Surrey, in the pack until the final when injuries forced out Ken Kennedy and AI Moroney - dissolved in a rosy haze and a unique social bond was forged. It was often a problem to get time off for the Wednesday afternoon preliminary round games, but meetings were cancelled, deals delayed, books left unstudied and pupils neglected for those sumptuous feasts . 1 remember one evening concluding at an Esher mansion, with one particularly aged alicadoo proudly displaying a bottle of port his father had laid down for him on the day he was born. Needless to say it did not last the evening - the old gentleman was gently persuaded that it would be a crime if he were to die without tasting it. For ail our 'allegiance' we still expected a roasting when we found we had to play Gloucestershire in the Final at Kingsholm; there was no neutral Twickenham in those days. Waiting for us was a packed house of fanatics who had widened their allegiance for the day to include shire as weil as town - it was easy because the team was almost identical. The intimidation began as soon as we went out to inspect the pitch an hour before kick-off, but fortunately they went too far. The abuse we could take, but when a tiny section of supporters who had obviously lunched long and hard in the local decided to use as as spittoons it was better than any team talk. Our gallant captain concentrated on the Presidenl's promise of a meal to beat ail meals when he gave his pre-match oration and poor Gloucestershire stood no chance. Renowned trenchermen such as Mike Roberts, Mervyn Davies and Ali McHarg could taste red meat and we won with plenty to spare. But even then the Surrey phenomenon was very much the exception. As now the real loyalty to County rugby was in the North and the West. At that time we were playing the 'fourth system'; now we are on the sixth and there are further changes planned for next year wh en players in the top two divisions of the club leagues will no longer be eligible for selection. Some people see that as a further erosion of the once proud position the County Championship commanded in the English game. 1 believe it will have the opposite effect. People have been forecasting a creeping death for the competition ever since 1 can remember and it has certainly struggled for a meaningful id entity as the senior clubs have become more powerful. It has been undermined by the inconsistency of support, with top players in some counties making themselves available and others not. Now there is a clear directive. The elite will not be involved but the rest will be expected to participate. It will be their chance to show they can impress at a representative level. No other cou nt y will be able to match the fervour of the Cornish fans - lel's face it they believe they are a separate nation - but if there is no conflict of interest there is still enormous loyalty to many counties. And even those like Surrey have now started to build from the bottom instead of relying on temporary foreign import. It would have spoiled our fun but 1 believe it is the right way to go. n~ c~ ft" .. (I~fll<> ril(bl l: J. Il. \\lU,I.\.\ ISO;li (l'puch Judlto) : Il. IU':SSEL : H. Il . 1.1 .0''" , T . .\1. II,\VIES : T.I;. t:\'.\SS : M. (;, KIIIŒln s : ."1. l', IIL" '(),'" : Il. C.CUSIS : C. T. Clllno .... s : " nm. R.... , S .C.ST,\R:o.U:U.S.\ Il TII : 1. 11. WM1fafr : J. T ,\\'t OIt : It 1I 11 .U :Mle_ ,'L.1 : ,1. F. ,\Irlt,\K(; : J. M . sn\'" " : .1. M . I'IIILUI'S : Ab",,,I: IJ.S. 1I0\ 'I.t: : K. Il . ta::-:St:n \ ' : ,\. 1_ .\1tIlIO .... t:'· : T.J. I!ItOO Kt: CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL

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The official bail of the ADT Championships. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE May 1extend a warm welcome to our visitors lrom Cheshire today and trust that their President, Committee Members and Playing Squad take back a most lavourable impression 01 our hospitality. However, 1 hope that generosity will not be rellected on the lield 01 play. Last year we held the lead in the game against them at Sale until the linal quarter and this time we have ground advantage. Last week while we were in Robin Hood country, suffering at the hands 01 a Lincolnshire Poacher, Cheshire were scoring a more than convincing win, so we are under no misapprehension as to the size 01 our task.

May 1 ask ail our supporters to get behind our team and give them encouragement whatever the state 01 play. We have an enthusiastic squad 01 players, with many new laces, and both they and our dedicated backroom boys 01 the management lully deserve ail the help and support we can give them.

Our gratelul thanks, as al ways to the President, Committee and Members 01 the Burton Club lor allowing us to use their ground and lacilities and lor ail the hard work it means lor them. It will be interesting to see how this experiment 01 playing on a Sunday succeeds on both crowd numbers and leedback Irom the Players.

MALCOLM DUNCAN President, Staffordshire 1 STAFFORDSHIFIE v CHESHIRE Sunday, December 13th, 1992 Kick-off 2.30 p.rn. A.D. T. COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

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Dav id ROSE (Wolverhampton) 15 Steve SWINDELLS (Waterloo) Eral AN DERSON (Wolverhampton) 14 Dean CROM PTON (Liverpool St. Helens) Sim on HIGGINSO N (Stafford) 13 Joss BAX EN DELL (Sheffield) Chris WARD (Lichfield) 12 Matthew FARR (Winnington Park) Paul BUTLER (Saracens) 11 Mark ELLI OTT (Liverpool St. Helens) Laurie WHITB Y-SM ITH (Lichfield) 10 ~ David HILL (Sheffield) Andy PEAC H (Burton) 9 Shau n CAM PBELL (Broughton Park) Il Mark BI SHOP (Lichfield) 1 Dave ALCOCK (Winnington Park) Ke ith BORTHWICK (Lichfield) 2 lan TAY LOR (Orrel/) Graham SM ITH - Captain (Wolverhampton) 3 Steve GI LL (Liverpool St. Helens) lan GRAN T (Lichfield) 4 Chris BRIERLEY - Captai n (Orrel/) Ne il PHILLIPS (Stoke) 5 David DAHI NTON (Liverpool St. Helens) Nigel BI NNS (Stoke) 6 Sim on MORR ISON (Congleton) Mark MOYSEY (Lichfield) 7 Stewart HAY TE R (Orrel/) Steve MASKERY (Stoke) 8 Stu art BEELE Y (Waterloo) Replacements Pau l YATES (Stafford) 16 Jo hn FARR (Winnington Park) Chris MITCHELL (Wolverhampton) 17 Matth ew HARDI NG (Macclesfield)

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Rugby Union in England is on a high and at a time when the representative, élite end 01 the game at National, Divisional, Cou nt y and Club League levels is in such excellent health and when the England Double Grand Siam team in 1991 and 1992 is playing such exciting, breathtaking Rugby Un ion, the game continues to be laced with signilicant challenges at grass roots javel.

Following the huge and signilicant impact 01 the Rugby World Cup in 1991 , the 1992/93 season linds Rugby Union in England addressing these lamiliar challenges: • The lundamental changes taking place in state school physical education and games programmes which dictate that the RFU and affiliated clubs teach the game to the next generation 01 players. The ongoing ramilications 01 the Education Relorm Act and in particular 01 the implementation 01 the National Curriculum demand that the RFU and affiliated counties, clubs and schools continue to adapt to the changes embodied in this legislation. • The 'demographic time bomb' caused by the lalling birth rate wi ll result in a 20 per cent average reduction in school leavers (aged 16-19) during the 1990s. Rugby clubs will have lewer recruits unless they act now and lormulate promotional and recruitment strategies and implement development plans.

• Competition between 170 or so governing bodies 01 sport to attract youngsters to their sport; the number 01 recreation and lei sure options has increased dramatically in the past decade.

Clubs affiliated to the Rugby Football Union have been advised to construct and impie ment development plans which include promotional activities, recruitment strategies and much improved public and press relations. School liaison video tapes entitled 'Running Rugby ' and 'Back to the Future' are available Iree as resources to clubs. A Club prospectus, incorporating a Fi ve Year Development Plan , has been produced and a School Liaison Manual is also available. Many clubs have been identilied as models 01 good practice and their promotional resources such as posters, pamphlets and leallets can be obtained Irom the RFU Technical Staff and Youth Development Officers. The Rugby Football Union also recognises the need to train more teachers and coaches who will introduce the game to youngsters and wi ll be involved in player development programmes. More than 19,000 new coaches, mainly at Start Rugby and Preliminary Award levels, have been trained during 1990-91. The Junior Relerees Award is being promoted throughout the country to help stimulate an interest in relereeing, particularly at the grass roots , New Image Rugby and Mini Rugby end 01 the game. The XV Days 01 England Rugby initiative which took place during September 1992 was designed to encourage counties, clubs and schools to organise recruitment and promotional events at the start 01 the 1992/93 season to lollow up the huge increase in levels 01 participation and 01 community and educational interest generated by the Rugby World Cup 1991 and the Double Grand Slams in 1991 and 1992. Recent England Rugby Roadshow initiatives have helped to maintain an increase in levels 01 participation in many areas and the magnilicent work done by the RFU Youth Development Officers, 01 whom there are now 36, will help to ensure that young recruits to the game retain their interest and develop as players.

The England players, as part 01 the 'Run with the Bail' campaign, have helped to run and staIl a series 01 England Rugby Camps throughout the country during September 1992, providing an inspirational lead to promising young players and high prolile press/media exposure at local level. The RFU is extremely gratelul to the England players lor the way they are providing such an excellent role model lor the luture generation 01 players. The ADT Divisional and County Championship's matches will produce some sparkling rugby and it is expected that Divisions and Counties will grasp the opportunity to promote the game on the occasion 01 the Divisional and County matches. For example, youngsters will be invited to play in curtain-raiser activities belore the main matches and school and club mini players will be invited to attend matches as guests 01 ADT Divisions and Counties.

The RFU Promotional Day will take place this season at Twickenham on Saturday, 17th April, 1992, the occasion 01 the ADT County and Under 21 County Championships Finals. The RFU /ADT Promotional days in 1991 and 1992 were a huge success and we hope that youngsters and their lamilies will use the opportunity in April 1993 to paya visit to the RFU HO at Twickenham. The Rugby Football Union thank ADT and the many helpers who promote and develop rugby union throughout the country. We hope lor continued excellence in the Divisional and Cou nt y matches with signilicant promotional opportunities being developed in parallel. @ ~ ALAN BLACK MIRI National Promotions Officer, Rugby Football Union ADT Security Systems

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