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RICHMOND SCHOOL UNSTOPPABLE ON THE RUGBY PITCH!

13 March 2024  |  Sven Wardle  |  Posted in: ,

Richmond School’s rugby teams have had a fantastic run of success in a variety of fixtures and tournaments recently. Mr. Moore, the teams’ coach, shares highlights of some of the action:

“Earlier in the year a mixture of Year 10 and 11 students took part in an U16 10-a-side tournament. This is a fantastic squad with some real talent in both year groups. Richmond played some excellent competitive rugby and won the tournament.

The same team have also played two 15-a-side games against Risedale and SFX recently. Again, the team won both fixtures, with some big scores racked up by Richmond.

The Year 9 team took part in the Area 10s competition a short while ago. They performed brilliantly. Not only did they play some fantastic rugby, but there were a number of students who had never played a competitive game before. The way they grew, developed and learned from the experience was excellent to see.

The Year 7 team played their first competitive fixture for the school recently. We have a great squad to select players from and we’ll try to give everyone a game in the near future – we have a number of fixtures coming up. The full sided game ended with another convincing win against local rivals Risedale.

The Area 7-a-side competition also took place recently, with teams from Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 playing. I was refereeing, so don’t have details of the games. Reports say that all teams conducted themselves brilliantly and gave a really good account of themselves and the school. It was a clean sweep with all year groups winning their respective competitions.

More fixtures follow for all boys teams and there are also plans for the girls to get their chance in a variety of upcoming competitions.

We are always on the lookout for students to join in and start playing rugby, whatever their experience level. The games we play are adapted based on students’ playing experience in order to keep them safe – all are welcome!”

Y9 Photo

Back Row (Left to Right)

Jake Rogers, Jenson Pascoe, Ethan Walker, Teddy Brain, Josh Drought, Ben Phillips, Rori Fisher

Front Row (Left to Right)

Logan Hayden, Elliott Miller, Alex Shepherd, Harry Lewis, Jack Ford, Jamie Dent, Isaiah Delaidriti

Y10 Photo

Back Row (Left to Right)

Zach Stanley, Lucas Dolan, Alasdair McKechnie, Lewis Roberts-Austin, Jack Buttitta, Mataiasi Lewavakula, Andrew Ryde, Josh Smith, Simi Kawa, Ponipate Tagitaginimoce, Saiasi Tagi

Front Row (Left to Right)

Isaac Ulunasobu, Connor Farrelly, Jonny Moffatt, Ratu Naisau, Alfie Harris, Oli Rhodes

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