MATCH DAY MATCH DAY PROGRAMME Season 2016-2017
Anselmians RUFC founded 1947 Malone Field—Eastham Village Road Eastham—Wirral—CH62 0BJ 0151 327 1613 www.pitchero.com/clubs/anselmiansrufc 1 Welcome one and all to Malone Field the home of Anselmians RUFC celebra ng 70 years this year!
“We have big plans for this season both on and off the pitch, our Centre of Excellence (COE) is now up and running in partnership with AFYA sports who are delivering specialist coaching and training plans throughout the club.”
Jason Abbott Chairman
“The excellence programme is for the end of next season with a view players aged 13-18 giving them to being ready for October 2017. coaching and advice on fitness, skill There is more informa on in the development, posi onal and team clubhouse about these plans that tac cs as well as nutri on. will see us cement our standing in As part of the Academy there will the local and rugby communi es. also be extensive coaching We hope you enjoy the game and development and parents advice hospitality brought to you by Guy, programme. Sue and the team, stay in touch if Please make sure you ask for details this is a passing visit as we have very if you have anyone interested in big plans for the future which we joining our COE. hope you can be part of.” Our plans for a new clubhouse and facility are moving a step closer and we will be hoping to start works at
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4 About Anselmians
Our Founding Players merit tables and, now, league rugby, many of our tradi onal fixtures have lapsed. The “Old” was dropped from the name and “Anselmians” 1st XV now compete in the South Lancashire/Cheshire Division One. The 2nd and 3rd XVs play in Division 3 South and the Wirral Merit table and the thriving mini and junior sec on is the envy of many clubs. Old Anselmians quality rugby players. Aus n Healey would go on to win Jason Abbot recently Rugby Union fi y one England caps and became club chairman with Football Club tour with the Bri sh and a specific brief to prepare Irish Lions. In the 1995-96 the club for the next was created when a Five Na ons compe on, chapter in its history. Two group of Old Boys of Chris an Saverimu o was key elements to the club’s St. Anselm’s College capped three mes for plans are the development Ireland. of younger players and the got together a er the building of a new clubhouse More recently, in 2002, Ben Second World War which will set the club on Johnston, the No ngham through a shared love course to fulfil its ambi on player/coach, was capped of becoming the premier of rugby. twice by England, whilst spor ng/social club in Early playing facili es and Chris Pilgrim, has played for Wirral and West Cheshire. ameni es were primi ve Newcastle Falcons, Yorkshire and it wasn’t un l the mid- Carnegie and the Barbarians. Anselmians remains a 1950s that the club And, of course, erstwhile friendly and forward relocated to its present coach ,Simon Mason, who thinking club true to the home here in Eastham was also capped three mes vision of those young men village. by Ireland in the 1995-96 who began it with the Five Na ons compe on. simple wish “to play rugby Since 1947, the club has with a smile.” produced a number of With the advent of first 5 A NEW CHAPTER FOR SAINTS Jim O’Loughlin—Head Coach As new coaches, Jamie, Steve and I are delighted to be working with the Saints Senior Squad. Each of us has been around the club for many years, as players and we have been impressed with what we have seen as new coaches. A endance levels at training have been outstanding, and we have been very impressed by the a tude, commitment and skills of the squad. We’re loving working with these guys too!
We know these players want to be as good A new approach to selec on has resulted in as they can be; to be challenged in training the appearance of several of last season’s st and to play for each other. The coaches have second team players in the 1 team set up, their own thoughts about what good looks where they have backed up their like and guest coaching sessions from the performances in training by acqui ng st likes of Andy Ti erell, Sean Long, Chris Jones themselves well. Equally, well established 1 and James Wade have given us plenty of team players have shown themselves to be new ideas to work on. With the players very open to changing the way we play and responding the right way, and with captain, all squad members have commi ed to Nick Hearn, and vice-captain, Mark a aining higher levels of fitness. They’re all Pe erson, leading by excellent example on trends that we like. and off the pitch, the signs are very So what does the future hold? Anselmians encouraging for the season ahead. deserves to be fielding three strong teams every Saturday throughout the season - and (As of wri ng) with the addi on of Jon our ambi on is for each of those teams to Armstrong, Oli Loveday, Ma Doolan, Liam be compe ng for promo on. To our mind Whitaker, Owain Jones, Craig Jones, Toby this club has always been at its best when Bertola, Jon Andrew and Ben Davey, it’s taking on – and bea ng – teams that are far bigger than Anselmians, and which also together with the return of Jack Richards have greater resources. We are not so sure and renewed commitments from ex-colts we have been doing that to the extent that like Ben Perez, Alex Williams, Jack Hennessy, we can in the recent past. But with the Tyler Brace, Sean Stenhouse, Wallace squad working the way it’s started this Wainwright, Harry Stables, Will Dagnall, season, with the spirit that is now so obvious at training, and with the players working Dave Power, and Chris Wildman (plus Ma st week in, week out to improve their Thornton) compe on for 1 team places individual and collec ve skills. will be very strong. We wouldn’t have it any other way. Watch this space! 6 A Message From The Chairman
Happy New Year to everyone and we hope you all enjoyed a great fes ve break. We hope you have hit the ground running this year already with your personal goals
and look forward to welcoming everyone to 2017 promises to be a fantas c year with the Malone fields. club moving into its 70th Year celebra ons and all the excitement around the upcoming Best regards development. The next few months will be cri cal with regards to the development as we push for planning with a view to star ng works on the new clubhouse at the end of the season.
Our Centre of Excellence with Afya is also star ng to gather momentum and the first Sunday coach the coaches sessions of 2017 will be held for all coaches on 15th and 22nd January. Afya have brought in a high qualified local coach to give us extra depth to the coaching already taken place.
As ever our quest for volunteers con nues in 2017 and we will be hos ng a brainstorming dinner early in the year to map out the Man- agement structure of the club as we move to a more commercial foo ng. If you feel you have something to offer even if only for a few hours as a guest at the dinner then I would urge you to get in touch and have a chat. Jason Abbo —Chairman 7 8 9 Quality decora ng for the home or the workplace.
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10 Player Profile
This week we interrogate Adam Bramhall U lity Back 5
What is your proudest rugby moment? Fla ening Clermont and France second row Paul Jedrasiak when I was playing for Lyon University in French university cup compe on What animal do you want to come back as and why? A silverback gorilla - the Who is your rugby hero and why? only animal that can get away with a Andy Goode, rocking s ck mi s and beer belly sinking pints Who would you like to play you in the How will you want to be film of your life? Aaron Taylor Johnson remembered as a rugby player? (see below) Commi ed
One word to describe you? Debonair
What’s the biggest misconcep on people have about you? I only own ankle socks
Favourite film? Her, Hook or Liar Liar. (It depends what mood you catch me in).
Favourite food/meal? Pigs in blankets, vegetarian if possible
Meet one person dead or alive? Billy Joel, preferably alive Why a Saint? Toulon couldn't afford me
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Sun 8 January 2017 By Dan Arnold MATCH REPORT "Superb squad performance from 22 player group of Anselmians 10's"
mattered, very happy coaches. In fact the Parks coach – Jools Kellett – said he wouldn’t be able to pick a Man of the Match because they were all so good.
To highlight individuals is very difficult but I guess that’s part of the job. Anyone who knows rugby, knows that those that don’t shine during a good performance are the ones who are doing the right things right! Saying that though it would be wrong not to mention those players here, Philip Bradwell looks like he is going to start fulfilling his potential when he runs with the ball in his hands he is very difficult to stop, he had a great game and was eager to get the ball! Josh Roe was epic today “Good job, well done!” had a real hunger and made tackle after tackle! Finnan Ashton had his best game for a while — and was very keen to show what he can do in MOTM Luke Murphy both attack and defence. All the Williams – O’Halloran, Gavin -Cooper & Fildes – showed their usual awesomeness! Max Frodsham, Alex Another fabulous turn out by the U10’s, 22 boys Byrne and Conor Grealis all had fantastic turning up regularly and playing some fantastic games …. again!! Koby Abbott looks like he rugby together – could not ask for more! It is understanding the game a little better (more than his dad anyway!) and he even made a tackle! leading to selection dilemmas, but what a problem to have. Put it into context and other The list could go on and on, but my final mention than Chester and Calday we must have one of - the biggest U10 outfits going! A brilliant effort by goes to our Man of the Match Luke Murphy . all our parents – we can’t thank you all enough! When Luke first started playing TAG rugby we all thought that he needed to play contact rugby and were worried that he might hurt someone in a non It is quite difficult to write this match report - - because it is so simple – we played excellent contact sport. Well, he is now showing that well rugby and dominated the game. The boys made placed aggression on the rugby pitch and having it very difficult for Parks to get anywhere or make been on the receiving end, I feel for the any real impression, the pitch was narrow which opposition when he plays like this! Clearly he has probably helped us more than them – especially fully recovered from a few nasty injuries and was incredible in defence – he won every ruck he with the pace that Parks showed back in – - November at Malone Fields! – but we did the went into and his barn storming runs through basics very well, and got the result! the middle of the Parkonians’ defence were very impressive!
We had to divide the boys into three teams to Thanks to our friends at Parks – we always enjoy make sure that everyone got a fair crack, and – they all played against the Parkonian team in a their hospitality and it is Hoylake at home next week. Round Robin affair, the first game was a draw and then the following two games were wins for The Saints, with some excellent performances by See you then and hopefully we can continue from where we left off! ALL our boys. It was one of those games where no one stood out because they were all so good! Dano Our rugby was simple and effective, “look after the ball”, we did and we won! We have been x practicing exactly that and they boys did it when it 12 10 - 41 MANCHESTER
Sat 17 December 2016 MATCH REPORTS By Jim O’Loughlin Missed Tackles Cost Saints Dear A credible performance against 90% of the breakdowns and frequently read Saints’ running lines – mee ng the ball carrier in pairs. promo on chasing Manchester but, Their transi on from a press defence to a dri enabled them to close down several overlaps and nevertheless, a loss. Saints failed to convert a number of well-created opportuni es to make this a far closer game. This game featured some excellent tackling from Saints (much like the stuff we have been working on Impressively, Saints did not concede any points for in training) – and a number of missed tackles that the 20 minutes they were down to 14 men. Yet also Manchester punished with a try on pre y much conceded three late tries for a score line that did not every occasion. truly reflect the balance of the game. On the other side of the coin Manchester defended Liam Sadler crossed for Saints in the first half for a extremely well when called upon to do so. Going very well taken try, which was converted by Andy into the second half 17 – 10 down Saints subjected Cummings (who added to an earlier penalty). Harry the visitors to a period of sustained, 20 minute Southern was very sharp and Adam Bramhall had his pressure, inside the 22 and barely let them into a acking boots on today: running some great lines their own half for the en rety of the second 40. into space and pu ng others into space. Adam was Manchester did not commit any defenders to about also man of the match for Saints.
NEW BRIGHTON 26 - 8
Sat 7 January 2017 By Jim O’Loughlin Nine Yards and a Cloud of Dust
Saints were the better team for 60 Unfortunately, now 8 - 7 ahead, Saints lost control minutes of this game. Then not. of the ball at the restart and pre y much lost con- trol of the ball and territory for the balance of the Saints played a lot of good rugby in the first half match. against New Brighton. They created a number of opportuni es, gained ground with the ball in hand Harry Southern and Liam Sadler were the pick of and yielded territory and possession only when Saints’ tacklers and Nick Hearn’s performance at they gave away penal es. the breakdown and in the loose, with ball in hand, earned him the man of the match award. In a game in which Saints conceded 9 penal es (higher than average) but one in which New Brighton conceded far more (when put under pressure), many of the ingredients were in place for a win. Saints tackling was sound and occasion- MOTM ally very effec ve, as was their handling. The New Brighton try that separated the two teams at half me essen ally came from ‘nothing’ – but was Nick finally created by an excellent piece of skill. Hearn At 7 – 3 down going into the second half (courtesy of a penalty from Andy Cummings) there was clearly all to play for. Saints started brightly and eventually ran in the try they had been threaten- ing to score: good hands to Harry Southern out MOTM Ant Evans wide in space. 13 Fixtures - Season 2016 Date K.O. H/A Team Comp Result Sat 27 Aug 15.00 H Wilmslow C/Cup L 12-72 Sat 03 Sept 15.00 A Southport League L 26-16 Sat 10 Sept 15.00 H Liverpool St Helens League L 12-38 Sat 17 Sept 15.00 A Manchester League L 63-20 Sat 24 Sept 15.00 H New Brighton League L 15-45 Sat 01 Oct 15.00 A Se on League L 17-0 Sat 08 Oct 15.00 H Wigan League W 55-15 Sat 15 Oct 15.00 H Oswestry League W 46-21 Sat 22 Oct 15.00 A Broughton Park League L 59-12 Sat 29 Oct 15.00 H Glossop League L 13-53 Sat 05 Nov 14.15 A Bowdon League L 69-25 Sat 12 Nov 14.15 H Douglas IOM League L 15-36 Sat 19 Nov 14.15 A Widnes League L 49-13 Sat 26 Nov 14.15 A Manchester Medics League P Sat 03 Dec 14.15 H Aspatria Cup L 22-33 Sat 10 Dec 14.15 A Liverpool St Helens League L 22-10 Sat 17 Dec 14.15 H Manchester League L 10-41 Sat 07 Jan 14.15 A New Brighton League L 26-8 Sat 14 Jan 14.15 H Se on League Sat 28 Jan 14.15 A Wigan League Sat 04 Feb 14.15 A Bolton Cup Sat 11 Feb 14.15 H Broughton Park League Sat 18 Feb 14.15 A Glossop League Sat 04 Mar 15.00 H Bowdon League Sat 11 Mar 15.00 A Douglas IOM League Sat 25 Mar 15.00 H Widnes League Sat 01 Apr 15.00 H Manchester Medics League Sat 08 Apr 15.00 A Oswestry League Sat 22 Apr 15.00 H Southport League 14 League Appearances - Season 2016-17 - A er New Brighton - 07 January 17 Name Apps Tries Cons Pens DG Total Jon Armstrong 2 2 10 Theo Bertola 3 1 5 Toby Bertola 12 1 5 Tyler Brace 2 0 Adam Bramhall 11 2 10 Sam Bramhall 1 0 Tony Bre -Roberts 1 0 Phil Brocken 6 1 5 Ma Brookes 6 7 2 22 Martyn Brown 2 1 5 Joe Carew 11 1 5 Campbell Clayton 1 0 Andy Cummings 10 2 7 6 42 Connor Clayton 1 0 James Dear 2 1 1 5 Ma Doolan 8 0 Dave Edge 1 0 Ant Evans 9 4 20 Tom Gilbert 3 0 Nick Hearn 15 2 10 Paul Hellier 2 1 3 Jack Hennessey 2 0 Craig Jones 4 1 5 Josh Jones 9 0 Lewis Keen 13 0 Nick Lamming 2 1 5 Oli Loveday 4 1 3 Joe Loxham 4 1 2 Chris McGowan 6 0 Dom Neville 5 1 5 Jon Oates 7 0 Harry O'Loughlin 12 4 20 Mark Pe erson 14 1 5 Steve Pilgrim 3 0 Tom Price 9 9 45 Mario Quitadamo 11 0 Nathan Redfearn 1 0 Tom Redfearn 1 0 Jack Richards 10 0 Liam Sadler 6 1 5 Sam Russell 4 0 Harry Southern 15 4 20 Harry Stables 2 0 Ben Tagg 2 0 Jack Walsh 5 1 5 Ma Thornton 1 0 Sco Tunna 4 0 Ollie Whorton 1 1 5 Alex Williams 2 0 15 South Lancs/Cheshire Division One P W D L PF PA PD Pts B
Douglas IOM 14 12 0 2 493 234 259 57 9 Broughton Park 16 11 0 5 624 266 358 57 13 Manchester 15 11 1 3 526 277 249 56 10 Liverpool St Helens 15 11 0 4 478 286 192 53 14 Bowdon 15 10 0 5 499 321 178 51 11 Glossop 14 10 0 4 396 195 201 49 9 Widnes 16 8 0 8 395 359 36 43 11 New Brighton 16 9 0 7 365 426 -61 40 4 Southport 13 8 1 4 318 291 27 40 6 Sefton 15 6 0 9 309 344 -35 29 5 Manchester Medics 15 2 1 12 266 496 -230 17 7 Wigan 15 2 0 13 146 605 -459 12 4 Anselmians 15 2 0 13 271 580 -309 10 2 Oswestry 14 0 1 13 149 555 -406 -2 1
QUIZ - So you think you know your rugby? Answers later in the programme 1. Name the team defeated by Saracens in the 2016 Aviva Premiership final. 2. Name the French sides who contested the 2015 European Rugby Champions Cup final at Twickenham. 3. Which Pacific Islands nation beat Great Britain to win an historic gold in the Rugby Sevens at the 2016 Rio Olympics? 4. Which teams finished top and bottom of the 2016 RBS 6 Nations table? 5. How many Test wins in a row did England's rugby union side achieve in the calendar year 2016?
16 Team P W D L CC Wo Co Nfw For Agst Diff Pts +/- 1 Anselmians 2 14 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 533 63 470 56 0 2 Helsby RUFC 1 14 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 486 151 335 47 0 3 Crosby St Marys 1 11 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 299 153 146 38 0 4 Liverpool Saint Helens 3 13 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 402 220 182 37 0 5 Hoylake 2 13 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 465 289 176 37 0 6 Ormskirk 3 13 5 0 6 0 1 1 0 291 225 66 30 0 7 Merseyside Pol 1 14 5 1 7 0 0 1 0 338 326 12 29 0 8 Oldershaw 2 14 3 0 8 0 2 1 0 142 364 -222 28 0 9 Prenton 2 14 2 0 11 0 1 0 0 185 551 -366 23 0 10 New Brighton 3 14 3 0 10 0 0 1 0 170 567 -397 22 0 11 Liverpool Collegiate 3 13 3 0 9 0 0 1 0 188 386 -198 21 0 12 Firwood Waterloo 3 13 2 1 7 0 1 2 0 198 402 -204 18 -3
Team P W D L CC Wo Co Nfw For Agst Diff Pts +/ - 1 Widnes 3 10 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 370 93 277 40 0 2 Sefton 3 13 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 250 213 37 40 0 3 Wirral 4 12 7 0 4 0 1 0 0 457 245 212 36 0 4 Port Sunlight 2 12 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 237 207 30 30 0 5 Ellesmere Port 2 12 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 215 326 -111 30 0 6 Liverpool Collegiate 4 12 5 0 4 0 0 3 0 261 195 66 24 0 7 Anselmians 3 12 4 0 7 0 0 1 0 226 324 -98 23 0 8 Helsby RUFC 2nd XV 11 2 0 6 0 2 1 0 138 264 -126 22 0 9 Oxton Parkonians 2 10 4 0 5 0 0 1 0 194 291 -97 21 0 10 Birkenhead Park 3 9 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 257 245 12 20 0 11 Mossley Hill 2 11 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 178 380 -202 17 0 12 Wallasey 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 78 170 -92 5 -6
JUNIOR COLTS Home Away Home Away Total Team P W D L W D L F A F A W D L F A Diff Pts Adj Wirral 8 5 0 0 3 0 0 186 36 140 43 8 0 0 326 79 247 24 0 Liverpool Collegiate 8 4 0 1 2 0 1 163 79 89 59 6 0 2 252 138 114 20 0 Southport 7 3 0 1 2 0 1 105 102 76 36 5 0 2 181 138 43 17 0 Winnington Park 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 57 49 67 115 3 1 4 124 164 -40 15 0 Penrith 7 3 0 2 0 0 2 93 78 17 25 3 0 4 110 103 7 12 0 Anselmians 7 1 1 1 1 0 3 55 61 72 124 2 1 4 127 185 -58 12 0 Sandbach 8 1 0 2 0 0 5 49 102 39 181 1 0 7 88 283 -195 10 0 17 Kirkby Lonsdale 7 0 0 2 1 0 4 29 64 71 154 1 0 6 100 218 -118 9 0 Touchlines by “The Saint”
In a Christmas Eve young, New Year on a happy note. interview with the As both the clubhouse and The “Eastham Clarion and Wheatsheaf in Raby were closed, he Bugle ”, coaching supremo, had to go home. Jim O ’Loughlin was asked The first game of the New Year started brightly enough. 7 -3 down to report on the 1st XV ’s performance half -way at half -time, an early Anselmian try meant we were winning on the hour through the season. and good value for it. Unfortunately, “Obviously, I ’m pleased. The lads the familiar tale of sloppy tackling have made great progress and and poor decision making meant that those two wins in October are the New Brighton were flattered by the icing on the cake. Not playing final 28 -8 score. today and on New Year ’s Eve ”Hartsfield ”, or Reeds Lane, if you means we can extend our unbeaten prefer, is a strange place. It ’s run to two weeks. Looking probably the only venue where you resplendent, he continued, “I love can see home supporters wearing this time of the year. After bow ties. Strange, too, that various opening my Christmas presents of artisans were painting the stand a tangerine and a large Brazil nut seats before and during the game. and a freshly laundered and ironed This had the effect of kettling both shell suit. I intend to spend the sets of supporters into a narrow rest of the festive period section; good for atmosphere, but cataloguing my Tin Tin magazines strange to be so close. Shouts of and plotting the downfall of New th “COYB! ” and “Go, Seasiders! ” Brighton on 7 January. ” confused visiting fans. The curious A week later, on New Year ’s Eve, a guessed that “COYB! ” meant “C’mon, Willaston pensioner, with dubious you Brighton! ” an enthusiastic Scottish lineage (but a Scottish exhortation, although not strictly name), intent on first footing, grammatically correct. It was also a called at Malone Field carrying a leap of faith to believe in piece of coal, a slice of bread, a “Seasiders ” when the ground is in pinch of salt and an evergreen. Leasowe. Strangest of all was the Eastham ’s own Uncle Giggles oft -repeated cry of “C’mon, you arrived to give a kiss to wish Blues, ” when even the most myopic everyone a ‘Guid New Year ’. The could see the New Brighton play in underlying belief is to clear out purple and white quarters. Perhaps the vestiges of the old year, have the most perceptive comment came a clean break and welcome in a from the Bow -tie, who mentioned to 18 The Saint, just after we took an 8 - park: wrong on so many levels. ” And 7 lead, that New Brighton would with that he walked off in search win. “How do you know, old sage? ” of another Brazil nut. The Saint enquired. “It ’s obvious, ” quoth the Bow -tie. “You lot have Happy New Year. more coloured boots than we do. The Saint. It ’s a sure sign. ” Notwithstanding the logic of his observation, he was correct in his prediction. Why has the Saint’s halo slipped? All will be re- A final word on the New Brighton vealed in a later edi on. game comes from Jim O ’Loughlin. Watch out for it! “Thinking about last Saturday. We wuz robbed. It was like multiple car thefts in a multi -storey car
The Saint Previews Today’s Fixture
Today we welcome our friends It is, therefore, vital, that Anselmians get a from "over the water," the lads win today as we enter a "make or break" from Se on. period when away trips this month to Manchester Medics and Wigan will probably determine our fate. Whilst we were losing at New Brighton last Saturday, Se on were kicking their Our visit to Se on last October le us heels as Douglas failed to arrive from scoreless (0-17). There has only been four the Isle of Man. nil scores in our league this season. Wigan have failed to score twice and the other Before Christmas, Se on lost unenviable nought belongs to Oswestry. consecu ve games against Bowdon and Interes ngly, the comprehensive winner Glossop, but it is a measure of their on two of the whitewashes was Broughton talent that they only narrowly lost 24-27 Park. to New Brighton last November. As if conceding a winning lead wasn't enough Se on have a points cushion, but are not last week, Anselmians soon heard that mathema cally safe from relega on. Our Wigan had scored only their second win games are predictable enough in that the at the expense of Bowdon, and, in home side has won in five of our last scoring 25 points (more than their encounters. aggregate for their previous five games!), they swapped places with us. Let us hope Anselmians can con nue the Now only Oswestry separate tradi on. We certainly need a boost! Anselmians from the bo om birth. 19 Today’s Teams V SEFTON
Mario Quitadamo 1 Lewis Keen 2 Jack Richards 3 Ant Evans 4 Josh Jones 5 Joe Carew 6 Harry Southern 7 Harry O’Loughlin 8 Liam Sadler 9 Andy Cummings 10 Tom Price 11 Sam Russell 12 Phil Brocken 13 Adam Bramhall 14 Mark Pe erson 15 Steve Pilgrim 16 Craig Jones 17 Ma Brookes 18
Today’s Referee: Ian Morgan—Manchester Society
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21 It’s That Time of Year
The rou ne , or the behavior that we wish By Head Coach—Jim O’Loughlin to become habitual. And the reward we obtain from engaging in the habit, which determines whether a par cular habit loop is worth persevering with un l the behaviour becomes so natural what we longer have to think about it: we just do it automa cally in the presence of the trigger.
What’s this got to do with rugby at Anselmians?
Well, it’s confession me. So far this season, I have pre y much worked on part #2 of the Habit Loop at the expense of Many of us will have recently made a New parts #1 and #3. In other words, I have Year’s Resolu on and some of us will have encouraged the players to embrace certain already seen one fall by the wayside. rou nes, all of which I believe can help us raise our game. The challenge we face in sustaining a New Year’s Resolu on is that we cannot command But by and large these have not become ourselves to develop a habit, or even script a habitual - most likely because we have not new habit in the hope of making it s ck. done enough work on iden fying the right triggers, or in simula ng the circumstances We have to engage in the habit for it to in which these triggers present themselves: endure. the ‘if this, then that’ scenarios that kick off the desired rou nes in every game. That is the only way in which we will ‘learn’ to associate the behaviour we are looking to And because I have not encouraged that engage in with the reward that comes from important work, then it’s hard for the doing so – where that reward is the reason players to see the rewards we might earn we keep coming back for more. from engaging in these rou nes. So I guess you know what my New Year’s Resolu on Charles Duhigg observes that at the core of is... every old habit that we might like to break, and at the heart of every new habit we would like to develop, there is a three-stage loop: A cue , or trigger that reminds us to engage the habit. 22 Phone: 0151 -666 -8860 Fax: 0151 -666 -8861
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27 Ground Force Each week, a massive amount of work, by a small band of commi ed volunteers, goes into maintaining our grounds.
The work of maintaining the pitches goes on for several days, each week, all year round. This work is undertaken by Taffy and his tractor “boys” (average age 92) on a voluntary basis so that the players can enjoy their rugby at the weekends.
Join the tractor boys for a Despite advancing years, they can s ll couple of hours work on the take pleasure in making a contribu on grounds, a bit of fun and a to the Club and suppor ng the players. All they want is for the players to hearty breakfast each Thursday respect the club and the pitches they am.— contact Taffy Jones on : have prepared and want nothing for 07758 800580 themselves.
So it must have been saddening for them to see their efforts compromised Forks, rakes, spades , hoes by the ac on of a small group of players who, in high spirits, thought that joy- and ANY garden riding a car across the first team pitch maintenance equipment in was good “fun!” USABLE condi on will be gratefully received by “The Respect for themselves, the club and the volunteer s who keep the club going Tractor Boys.” seems to be lacking in this group.
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Quiz Answers: 1. Exeter.
2. Toulon & Clermont.
3. Fiji.
4. England (Grand Slam winners); Italy (wooden spoon).
5. 14.
30 The Academy
Anselmians are looking to fill the role of Academy Director now that the hard work has been done in ge ng the Academy up and running. Below is a brief guide as to what the role entails. If you would like to get involved and make a real difference in the lives of our Academy players please contact either Jason Abbo or Jim McKenzie at your earliest convenience . Academy Director Responsible for: The leadership, management and development of the Anselmians Academy to produce players of the required talent, commitment and development to become leading members of the senior squad. Specific Tasks: • Guide the personal and athle c development of all Academy players • Develop an ambi ous strategy for the Anselmians Academy and monitor its performance. • Liaise with coaches and management of the senior squad and Academy squads to implement and review players’ development plans. • Liaise with players’ parents about all aspects of their development. • Co-ordinate volunteer and professional coaching. • Ensure players are registered with the club and RFU databases. • Monitor performance of Academy players re fitness, condi oning, diet, skills and a tude. • Establish an effec ve lifestyle mentoring process for all Academy players. • Ensure all safeguarding procedures are complied with. • Forge rela onship with local feeder schools and organisa ons. • Iden fy and recruit athletes with poten al from other sports. • Liaise with RFU development staff . • Iden fy players in the Academy for “Elite” support. • Deliver development targets for individual players. • Liaise with club physio for individual player injury preven on and re-habilita on. • Prepare players to challenge for 1 st Team squad, County representa on and higher level rugby. • Propose and work within agreed budgets.
Regards Jason Abbott Chairman
31 The club cannot func on without the reless work of a small band of volunteers and we always need new recruits. If you feel that you have something to offer please step up , there is plenty to do! Contact: [email protected]
Some roles: • Club Directors and Secretary • Academy Director • Management Commi ee Members • Webmasters / Editors / Contributors • IT / Communica ons and social media • Programme Editors / contributors / collators / sellers • Team coaching, management and support • Match day du es—Saturdays and Sundays • Ground maintenance—”The Tractor Boys” • Social func ons
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34 Focus on Youth Development The Academy
"We are passionate believers in the importance of a player development programme for youngsters star ng out in the Minis through to the Sen- ior Teams We have always been a family club and will con nue foster inclusive family values. The Academy will help us build a vibrant Club for the future offering the best possible playing and social experience."
"The Excellence programme is for players aged 13-18 and will give them coaching and advice on fitness, skill development, Director of Rugby—Jim McKenzie posi onal and team tac cs as well as nutri on. As part of the Centre, there will The Academy focuses on key team also be an extensive coach development skills and tac cs including: and parents advice programme. Running in parallel, we will be taking rugby into • Strength and condi oning the local community and bringing in new • Speed training players to the sport. Working in • Tac cal and place kicking partnership with the RFU we would look • to facilitate and host emerging schools Posi onal awareness and compe ons, targe ng new players to development • the game at both primary and secondary Scrummaging school levels." Lineout • Contact development • Team tac cs By inves ng in an Academy for our developing players we can raise Whatever your level of ability, we aspira ons, skill, performance, a tude offer all players the opportunity to and integrity at all levels - right through from our Minis and Juniors to our Senior achieve their highest level of Squad and beyond. performance.
35 Membership of the Academy is open to all Academy Objec ves young people from the local community and no-one will be disadvantaged because • Key objec ve: To develop the most of costs. Our objec ves are not just to produce adult talented players and bring them rugby players to represent the club at senior through the Academy into the 1st Team level and beyond, but to produce well- squad and beyond. rounded men and women who will, in turn, • To ensure Anselmians have the best help others to enjoy sport and pass on our source of home grown talent in the core values of: region. • Integrity • To provide our young high-poten al • solidarity players with the greatest opportunity to maximise their capabili es. • respect • To provide top-class coaching to give • discipline each Academy player the best • inclusion opportunity to succeed. • Sportsmanship • FUN
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