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Sat 2nd Feb 13 13:30 Wales 22 - 30 Ireland Millennium Stadium
Sat 2nd Feb 13 16:00 England 38 - 18 Scotland Twickenham
Sun 3rd Feb 13 15:00 Italy 23 - 18 France Stadio Olimpico
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Sat 9th Feb 13 14:30 Scotland 34 - 10 Italy Murrayfield
Sat 9th Feb 13 17:00 France 6 - 16 Wales Stade de France
Sun 10th Feb 13 15:00 Ireland 6 - 12 England Aviva Stadium
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Sat 23rd Feb 13 14:30 Italy 9 - 26 Wales Stadio Olimpico
Sat 23rd Feb 13 17:00 England 23 - 13 France Twickenham
Sun 24th Feb 13 14:00 Scotland 12 - 8 Ireland Murrayfield
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Erica Roe, who now lives in Portugal, Started it at Twickenham says.  " I wasn't even meant to be at Twickenham; I was supposed to be at work in my bookshop in Petersfield, Hampshire. I blame my elder sister Sally, who was going with a clutch of rugger-bugger friends and roped me in. About 25 of us arrived and went straight to the beer tent, where we spent quite some time. I was definitely tipsy. I couldn't do anything so ridiculous as streaking cold-blooded! One of the guys in our group had the hots for me and kept getting too close for comfort, so my friend Sarah Bennett and I moved down to the front. We were getting a bit bored, thought we should do something and within seconds had decided 'let's streak'. It was an impulse thing. We threw our clothes off. I handed my bra to some people behind me - and my packet of Marlboro. Half-time arrived, and off I went. I remember running like hell, knowing I was being pursued and looking back for Sarah, who didn't join me. I heard all this screaming and thought, 'I have to get off, the second half is starting'. But I quickly realised the roar was for me. Then of course I behaved like an egotistical bitch, put my arms in the air and went, 'Yes! Hi!' That was fun. Then I turned back to try and get Sarah out, which is why I was caught. These days the police get very aggressive with streakers but they were gentle with me. I was lucky. I didn't get fined or treated badly and didn't have dogs yapping at my heels. A policeman famously put his helmet over my chest to protect my modesty. At Twickenham police station they rang my poor parents, who had no idea. My father and two brothers had been watching the match on television. At half-time my father got up to get a cup of coffee. My brother shouted, 'Pa!, Pa!, A woman just ran across the pitch who looked like Erica!' But they all assumed it couldn't possibly be me and resumed watching the match. The media reaction was incredible. Much of it was fun. But the whole experience has debunked all the intrigue one has about being famous and being in the media. Most boys and girls dream of being famous footballers, ballerinas or actresses. So when I got this chance, I grabbed it. In this day and age people become famous for nothing - like me, for instance! Fame is now a money-making thing, but it wasn't then. Some people made a lot of money out of me, but not the large amount they could now. In the three years afterwards, when I did personal appearances and opened shops, I only made about Ł8,000 - not a lot. People say if it happened now I'd be a millionaire or get my own TV show out of it. People did recognise me in the street which was nice at first, but then became disgusting. At any rugby event they rolled out the red carpet, kissed my feet and saw it for what it was - fun.  But when I was lowered onto the pitch from a helicopter at a football match in Bristol, men pushed onto me. That was smut. A guy from Penthouse or Playboy offered me thousands to take off my clothes but I told him he'd got the wrong end of the stick - that I would never do such a thing. The shitty Sun asked me to 'model some fashion clothes', which meant putting on the skimpiest clothes they could find. I hated that. I wasn't model material. I was a short, fat little dumpling with big boobs and I wasn't very attractive in clothes. The streak was a strange lesson and I'm glad I did it.It has made me a better person and more content because people have this illusion that being famous is incredible, which it is - but only if you're famous for doing something worthwhile. I became famous, but only for my boobs. I now live happily in Portugal with my three amazing kids and a man who loves me. I'm 43. We're farmers and export sweet potatoes. I drive tractors and struggle in the mud. I'm going to build a mud hut beside the Atlantic. What else do you need?
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The 12 clubs in the 2009/10 GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP are:  Bath Rugby, Gloucester Rugby, Harlequins, Leeds Carnegie, Leicester Tigers, London Irish, London Wasps, Newcastle Falcons, Northampton Saints, Sale Sharks, Saracens and Worcester Warriors.  The GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP 2009/10 commences on the weekend of 4th/5th/6th September 2009.

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Bath RugbyBath RugbyBath

Coach: Steve Meehan  Captain: Michael Claassens
 

Established in 1865, Bath has been at the forefront of Rugby Union’s evolution in this country. Bath Rugby (also known as just Bath) is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath.  The club has experienced major success, having in the past won England's domestic competition, the Anglo-Welsh Cup (as the John Player and Pilkington Cup), as well as the Heineken Cup.
Founded in 1865, Bath Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in existence. They play at the Recreation Ground, also known as the Rec, in the City of Bath. Their CEO is Nick Blofeld (former head of Epsom race course). Not only have we seen the standard of club rugby continue to rise in England, but also all Home Union international sides have benefited from the talent that has pulled on the Bath shirt and the men who nurtured them.

 The Rec Recreation Ground
Spring Gardens
Bath
BA2 6PW

Capacity: 11,700
 
Tel: 01225 325200
Fax: 01225 325201
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Gloucester RugbyGloucester RugbyGloucester

Coach: Bryan Redpath  Captain: Mike Tindall/Gareth Delve
 
 The Club was started in 1873, a recent year in ordinary reckoning but a very long time ago in the history of football. Mr Francis Hartley, an ex-captain of the Flamingoes, one of the best London teams of that day, was mainly instrumental in starting the game, and he got up a scratch team to play against the College school which 25 years ago was in a flourishing condition.Curiously enough that match was played on the present Kingsholm ground, though it was then a playing field for the college boys. The match was considered such a success that games were arranged with Hereford and Worcester but Mr Hartley and his colleagues were ignominiously defeated.The devotees of the game, however, were not daunted by these severe thrashings, and steps were taken to start a club. Messrs Hartley, H.J.Boughton (now President of the County Union) W.A.Boughton, E.T.Garden (the present Clerk of the Peace for the County) and Riddiford were the moving spirits in the movement and after a couple of meetings the Club was successfully launched .The club has no official nickname but are often referred to as the 'Cherry and Whites' by supporters and the media in reference to the traditional hooped shirts worn by the team. Gloucester Rugby's fiercest rivals are Bath, Worcester and Bristol with matches between the four sides being referred to as west country derbies. 

  Gloucester RFC, Kingsholm Stadium,
Kingsholm Road, Gloucester, GL1 3AX

Capacity: 16,500
 

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Fax: 01452 383321
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HarlequinsHarlequinsHarlequins
Coach: John Kingston Captain: Will Skinner
Mascot: Harley and Charley Bear
The Harlequin Football Club was founded in 1866 (although the first recorded game was not until 1867) as Hampstead Football Club and renamed in 1870.An offshoot of this was that there was a split in the membership of the Hampstead Football Club and the half that did not form the Harlequins went off and formed a club known as the Wasps. For our first 40 years, we were very nomadic in our existence and played at a total of 15 venues. Since 1909, we have only played at three! In 1906, Quins were invited by the Rugby Football Union to use the new national stadium in Twickenham. In 1963 we moved to the Twickenham Stoop  . The club have won the Rugby Football Union Clubs knockout competition on two occasions. The John Player Cup in 1988 and Pilkington Cup in 1991. In addition they played in the finals of 1992, 1993 and 2001. Quins became the first British side to win the European Shield in 2001, defeating Narbone 42-33 in the final.  They then became the first team to win the tournament twice; defeating Montferrand 27-26 in the final of the renamed Parker Pen Challenge Cup on 22nd May 2004.

Twickenham Stoop Stadium
Langhorn Drive
Twickenham
Middlesex

Capacity: 14,816
Tel: 020 8410 6000
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Leeds CarnegieLeeds Carnegie Leeds Carnegie
Coach: Andy Key Captain: Marco Wentzel
Mascot: Terry The Terrier
Leeds RUFC was originally formed in 1992 by a merger of Roundhay and Headingley. In turn Leeds RUFC became Leeds Tykes after the club was bought by Paul Caddick and became part of Leeds Rugby Limited, the world's first dual code rugby partnership which saw one company controlling and running a professional teams in Rugby League (Leeds Rhinos) and Rugby Union (Leeds Tykes).
However, following the Championship winning campaign of 2006-07, it was announced that Leeds Metropolitan University had entered into a joint venture with the club and taken a majority stake in Leeds Tykes, with the club renamed Leeds Carnegie for their return to the Guinness Premiership.
 

Headingley Carnegie Stadium
St Michael's Lane
Headingley
Leeds
LS6 3BR
Capacity: 20,500
Tel: 08450 700881
Fax: 08450 70082
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Leicester TigersLeicester TigersLeicester Tigers
Coach: Richard Cockerill  Captain: Geordan Murphy
Mascot: Leicester Tigers
Founded in 1880, Leicester Football Club, or Leicester Tigers as they are more commonly known, have gone on to become one of the most successful and well-known rugby clubs in the world.  The club was formed in August 1880 at a meeting in the George Hotel, Leicester and was an amalgamation of three clubs: Leicester Societies AFC, Leicester Amateur FC and Leicester Alert. Leicester Football Club played their first game that October against Moseley at the Belgrave Cricket and Cycle Ground in their original club colours of black.  It was towards the end of the 1970s that Tigers really began to grow. At the start of the decade the club had just 600-700 members and gates less of than 1,000. By end of the '70s, Tigers had reached their first cup final and the club was on its way towards a substantial period of growth. Supporters and players alike attributed this change in attitude to the presence of Chalkie White, who came to Leicester in 1968. He was a very forward thinking coach with high standards in terms of fitness and tactical awreness. His unique style of coaching brought the team success on the pitch and with that success came an increase in supporter numbers.  The 70s was a fantastic era for the famous Barbarians fixture where, in contrast with the usual 750-2000 spectators, the team played in front of a packed house at Welford Road. In the 1980s, the club still enjoyed the benefits of amateur rugby with nights away and Easter tours, but off the pitch they were taking their first steps towards corporate sponsorship. The turn of the century saw an impressive run of success for Leicester Tigers as they took the Premiership title for four years in a row from 1998-2002 and became the first team to win the European Cup in successive seasons.
Recreation Ground Welford Road
Aylestone Road
Leicester LE2 7TR
Capacity: 24,000
Tel: 0116 254 1607
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London IrishLondon IrishLondon Irish
Coach: Tony Booth  Captain: Bob Casey
Mascot: Digger the Wolfhound
As the 19th century drew to a close there was a consensus of opinion on both sides of the Irish Sea that a sporting club for Irishmen in London was badly needed. Part of the inspiration for this was the example of the exiles from the other home countries, London Scottish had been formed in 1878 and London Welsh seven years later in 1895. These clubs offered their countrymen a home away from home in London, a place to meet and relax while employment or education or other reasons took them away from their home country. So it was in 1898 that a group of Irishmen came together to form their own club, the London Irish Rugby Football Club. The founding fathers were an exceptional group of powerful personalities embracing politicians, lawyers and businessmen united by a sense of Irishness and passion for rugby. From the beginning London Irish was to provide a welcoming "home" and hospitable meeting place for all Irish people, regardless of creed or politics. The 1990s were a period of great change for rugby throughout the world. London Irish appointed Clive Woodward as Coach in 1995 and he was to play an important role in ensuring the club was positioned to stay among the upper echelons of the game when it went professional in August 1996.  Encouraged by its success in making Madejski Stadium a ‘home from home’, the club entered into an agreement with Reading FC in 2008 that will see London Irish play its home matches at the stadium until 2025.

Madejski Stadium
Madejski Stadium
Junction 11, M4
Reading
RG2 0FL
Capacity: 24,105

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London WaspsLondon WaspsLondon Wasps
Coach: Tony Hanks  Captain: Paul Rees
 Mascot: Sting 
Wasps RUFC was originally formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, before the advent of the Rugby Football Union as an administrative body.  The Club's first home was in Finchley Road, North London although subsequent years saw grounds being rented in various parts of London. In 1923 Wasps moved to their previous home of Sudbury, eventually buying the ground outright. Although the team currently grace the Adams Park Stadium, High Wycombe, on home matchdays, the Sudbury clubhouse still exists and Sudbury is still considered the Club's spiritual home by diehard fans. The history of Wasps is a long and proud one and if next season is anything like the past few years, the loyal fans of Wasps are in for some great times.  London Wasps is certainly a Club and Team to be proud of and we look forward to this Rugby World Cup year to see our stars set the world alight.

Adams Park
Hillbottom Rd
High Wycombe
HP12 4HJ
Capacity: 10,516
Tel: 020 89938298
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Newcastle FalconsNewcastle FalconsNewcastle Falcons
Coach: Steve Bates Captain: Carl Hayman
Mascot: Flash the Falcon 
The Newcastle Falcons story dates back to 1877, when a group of old boys from Durham School met in a private house in Gosforth to discuss the formation of a new rugby club in the area. From there, the Gosforth Football Club was born, with its first game taking place in November of that year. Maintaining its links with Durham School, Gosforth played in the school’s colours of green and white hoops, right through until the 1990s. The 1996/7 season saw the first under the current name of Newcastle Falcons, and the club also changed its home colours to black and white. That year saw the team rise through the second tier of English club rugby and clinch promotion to the Premiership, scoring masses of points on the way.  So, after more than a century-and-a-quarter of existence, it is clear that the history of Newcastle Falcons – under whichever name and at whichever ground – has been one of great persistence and resilience, under-pinned by the dedication of those charged with its upkeep, and its loyal and growing support base.

Kingston Park
Brunton Road
Kenton Bank Foot
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE13 8AF

Capacity: 10,000
Tel: 0191 214 5588
Fax: 0191 2715213
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Northampton SaintsNorthampton SaintsNorthampton Saints
Coach: Jim Mallinder  Captain: Dylan Schofield
Mascot: Bernie the St. Bernard
 The history of Northampton Rugby Football Club goes back to 1880. A local clergyman, the Reverend Samuel Wathen Wigg, was credited with starting the Saints. He formed a rugby team from something called the church improvement class as a way for some high-spirited boys to let off steam. Franklin’s Gardens was formerly a pleasure gardens and small zoo. In the 2007/8 season, the team played in England's second tier, National Division One, but has returned to the Guinness Premiership for the 2008/9 season, having clinched the ND1 championship with their victory over Exeter Chiefs on March 22, 2008.

The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. The club won their first - and only - major trophy when they defeated Munster in the 1999-2000 Heineken Cup final. The Saints are back where they belong. But the hard work starts now...

 
Franklin Gardens
Weedon Road
Northampton
NN5 5BG
Capacity: 13,591
Tel: 01604 599110
Fax: 01604 751543
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Sale SharksSale SharksSale Sharks
Coach: Kingsley Jones  Captain: Dean Schofield
Mascot: Sharky  

The club is an offshoot of Sale F.C., which is based in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.

Part of the process of creating a rugby union team to represent the North West region has been in the development of a strong academy. Through their junior team The Jets (presumably named to go alongside The Sharks as a reference to West Side Story) , the club has developed many talented home-grown players, including; Steve Hanley, Mark Cueto, Dean Schofield, Chris Jones, Andy Titterrell and Charlie Hodgson as well as taking on Jason Robinson when he converted codes after leaving Wigan Rugby League Club.

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                London Wasps at Edgeley Park on November 27, 2009 in
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Hardcastle Road
Stockport
Cheshire
SK3 9DD
Capacity: 10,641
Tel: 0161 286 8888
Fax: 0161 286 8900
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SaracensSaracensSaracens
Coach: Brendan Venter  Captain: Steve Borthwick
Mascot: Sarrie the Camel 
based in St. Albans – although they play their home games at Vicarage Road, in Watford. Saracens were founded in 1876 by the Old Boys of the Philological School in Marylebone, London (later to become St Marylebone Grammar School). Saracens amalgamated with neighbouring club Crusaders two years later. In 1892 Saracens moved from Crown Lane, Southgate, to Firs Farm, Winchmore Hill then played on nine different grounds before the move to Bramley Road for the 1939-40 season (although the war actually prevented them from playing there until 1945). They are currently members of the Guinness Premiership, the top level of domestic rugby union in England. Now incorporated as Saracens Ltd, the club was established in 1876 as the Saracens Football Club.

Vicarage Road
Vicarage Road
Stadium
Watford
WD18 0EP
Capacity: 18,214


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Worcester WarriorsWorcester WarriorsWorcester Warriors
Coach: Mike Ruddock  Captain: Pat Sanderson
The Worcester Rugby Football Club are an English rugby union club and use the nickname Warriors. They also compete in the Anglo-Welsh EDF Energy Cup and the European Rugby Cup competitions, as well as this they participate in the Guinness A League. The club's kit is made by sports manufacturer Cotton Traders and they are sponsored by npower.
The club was founded in 1871 by the Reverend Francis John Ede, with the first known game played against the Artillery on November 8th 1871. The club began playing at Bevere in Worcester in 1954 and left Bevere for Sixways in 1975 when the clubhouse was opened. They play at Sixways Stadium, and the team colours are blue and gold. Their nearest rivals are Gloucester and Bristol rugby clubs.

 
 


Sixways Stadium
Warriors Way
Worcester
WR3 8ZE
Capacity: 12,024
Tel: 01905 454 183
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Bristol Rugby (or Bristol Football Club as it was formerly known) was formed in 1888 and over the years some of the greatest names in the game have played for the Club from Len Corbett, Sam Tucker, Jack Gregory, John Pullin and Alan Morley through to Jason Little and Agustin Pichot in recent years. Now one of the leading Rugby Clubs in the Guiness Championship. 

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Horfield
Bristol
BS7 0AQ
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Cornish PiratesCORNISH PIRATES
The Cornish Pirates  are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn Pirates, currently the Cornish Pirates play in Camborne for their home games, and train at their traditional home at The Mennaye in Penzance. The Camborne Rec, which can hold 7,000 currently, is nearer to the traditional rugby supporters bases of Penzance and Newlyn, as well as Camborne, Redruth, Falmouth and St Ives.
Main Stand & Terraces Westholme,  Alexandra Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4LY
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The Exeter club was formed around 1871 and played its first match in 1873. The first team has been rebranded as the Exeter Chiefs and play in a strip of Black (Home), White (Away).

The Chiefs currently play in the RFU Championship and relocated from the County Ground to Sandy Park in the summer of 2006, which has a ground that can accommodate 7,300. They are currently managed by Rob Baxter.


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Sandy Park Way
Exeter
Devon
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Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club  play in Plymouth . The club was founded around 1915 from Plymouth RFC and Devonport Albion RFC.

Albion's traditional strip and club colours are white, strawberry (red or cherry) and green.



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Now playing at the Rectory Field (known as 'The Rec' or 'The Parsonage'). It was founded in 1858 and is the second oldest documented rugby club in England after Guy's Hospital Rugby Club which was established in the 1840s (although this is contested). It is the third-oldest rugby club in continuous existence in the world, after Dublin University Football Club and Edinburgh Academical Football Club. The Blackheath club also organised the world's first rugby international (between England and Scotland in Edinburgh on 27 March 1871) and hosted the first international between England and Wales ten years later - the players meeting and getting changed at the Princess of Wales public house. Blackheath, along with Civil Service FC, is one of the two clubs that can claim to be a founder member of both the Football Association and the Rugby Football Union.
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EsherEsher RFCESHER
  The club was formed in 1932 and play in amber and black colours. Esher was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club. One of them, a Welshman insisted that the club colours should adopt his native Welsh club's colours. Which is why Esher adopted the Black and Amber of Newport.  During the past 30 years, Esher has bought it's 27 acre ground, built it's 1200 seater stand, become the first club in London to erect floodlights and have hosted more and more representative matches, including an England trial.
Esher were first promoted to the National Leagues system for the 1997-98 season, finishing fourth. They led for most of the season the following year but finished second, but won promotion in 1999-2000. The club set a new points record when winning National League Two in 2006-07 and were thus promoted.

ESHER RUGBY CLUB Pillar Data Arena, 369 Molesey Road, Hersham , KT12 3PF
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Launceston RFC - The Cornish All BlacksLauncestonLAUNCESTON
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It was in 1948 that the aim of Spencer Toy, The Headmaster of Launceston College was realised……
Launceston RFC was founded by Spencer Toy, Gordon Reeve, Eric Smith and Arthur Venning after an inaugural meeting was held in the Guildhall on Friday 15th October 1948. With the use of a college pitch, rugby ball and changing facilities in exchange for a cwt of coke to heat the water for the showers, LRFC started out.    The ground at Polson was purchased in the summer of 1969, with matches being temporarily played at South Petherwin in a field loaned by the late John Wills. By Spring 1970, LRFC had moved to Polson, using John Perry’s cowshed for the changing rooms until the new Clubhouse was built. Over the next decade, the Clubhouse grew with extensions and further pitches added; this meant that further changing rooms had to be added to cope with the additional players! Floodlights were set up in the 1980’s.

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Launceston
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Launceston RFC play at Polson Bridge, which is East of Launceston on the A388.
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Newbury RugbyNewburyNEWBURY

The club was founded in 1928 due to the efforts of Len Whittaker who left St. Barts Grammar School in 1924. The first game played by the newly formed club took place on 15th. September 1928 against Midlands team, Stoke.  In 1932 the Club found a permanent home where we stayed until 1952 at which time the Club moved to Pinchington Lane to the south of the town. It was not until 1958 that a Clubhouse could be built on the site which was less than a mile from our present headquarters at Monks Lane where we have 5 pitches, of which three are fully floodlit. The 1938/39 season saw Newbury unofficially crowned by the local press as “Champions of Berkshire”.
Since that time, the Club has gone from strength to strength winning honours both regionally and at County level. A continuing policy of youth development has meant that many of our players have progressed from Junior to Senior level with the club. More recently, other Newbury players have gone on to greater heights with clubs such as Gloucester and Bedford.
Today Newbury Rugby Club, which is sponsored by locally based VODAFONE, fields 18 teams from First XV to Under 7’s, including the recently formed Women’s team.
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Redruth RFC was founded in 1875 when two local men returned from college to their homes in West Cornwall bringing with them the new fangled game of rugby football. Considering the popularity of the game in Cornwall today it is strange to think, in those far off days, that hardly anyone in Redruth would have seen a rugby ball. The game was, in the main, confined to universities and public schools. However, something in the ethos appealed to men who mined for tin deep underneath the Cornish soil. The new players quickly learned and soon had their own field, courtesy of a local brewery. The fact that there was a granite post in the middle of it did not seem strange to anyone.  Redruth moved to the Recreation Ground near Plain an Gwary in the 1930s. Before rugby clubs moved into soccer stadia or increased the capacity of their traditional homes, the Recreation Ground was the third largest rugby ground in England. Hellfire Corner is at the popular end of the ground and, according to opposing teams, was worth ten points to the home team. The ground was where Cornwall defeated Durham in 1908 to win the County Championship for the first time.
The Recreation Ground,
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TR15 1SY.
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