Broadstreet RFC

Street Firsts entertain the Ks, the Seconds & Thirds return to league action and the Fourths march on relentlessly. The Steadfast Rugby Supporters Scheme is launched and the Colts play in the National Colts Cup.

The form book goes completely out of the window for this Saturday’s National League 3 Midlands derby between Broadstreet RFC and Kenilworth RFC at Ivor Preece Field at 3:00pm. The history, rivalries and connections are far too many to list, but some of the more recent player movements from Street to the Glasshouse Lane outfit include Scrum Half Toby Handley, Second Row Luke Watts and Fly Half Chris Brown, who is shortly to return to Ks from Australia. Fly Half Joss Andrews, a recent recruit from Rugby Lions RFC, also did a brief stint in the Street shirt. The encounter can be expected to be fiercely fought and full of passion. Let’s hope cool heads abound and that we are treated to an exhibition of fine rugby.

 

Kenilworth squad additions from within Warwickshire this season include an influx of players from Rugby Lions RFC most notably, Tighthead Prop Mark Warrilow, Second Row/Number 8 Dave Campton and Wing/Centre Chris Murphy. Wing Mike Rust made the same move a year earlier. Openside Flanker John Munro, whose father Robin is a Warwickshire RFU backroom stalwart, has recently returned from living in Sweden and has been appointed Kenilworth’s Forwards Coach. Other newcomers performing with distinction are Fly Half/Centre Adam Canning from Old Leamingtonians RFC and Wing Jed Boyle from Banbury RFC. After a difficult start to the season, under the direction of Coach Jason Button in his debut season, Kenilworth have turned the corner and will be stern opposition certain to be firing on all cylinders.

 

For Street’s selection issues Competition For Places Hots Up Ahead Of Derby Showdown Versus Kenilworth.

 

Broadstreet Utility Forward Tom Greevy was hoping to be able to face his brother Loosehead Prop Matt, but barring a miracle is unlikely to recover from injury in time.  Tom is really quite miffed at missing the opportunity of expressing his 'brotherly love'.

 

 

 

 

 

Being launched by Broadstreet this Saturday is the Steadfast Rugby Supporters Scheme, which makes available a fifty per cent discount on the gate entrance feefor rugby fans who can’t make it to their own team’s away game, when they present their up-to-date Season Ticket with a Warwickshire club. For more information click Steadfast Rugby Supporters Scheme.

 

 

Colts.

The Street vs. Ks game is preceded on the main pitch by the National Colts Cup tie between Broadstreet RFC and Luctonians RFC at 1:00pm. With the Street’s ‘Young Guns’ having progressed at the expense of Stourbridge RFC, who very surprisingly couldn’t raise a side, this is a Midlands West Round Two game. Luctonians received a bye in Round One of what is regional competition of four rounds before going nationwide. The victors have the prospect of home advantage against the winners of this weekend’s Kenilworth RFC versus Moseley RFC contest. Please come along early and enjoy the benefit of watching both the Colts and First Team games.

Having won in convincing fashion against Earlsdon RFC Seconds in the Warwickshire Second Team Cup last Saturday, the Seconds return to Midland League Invitation Premiership action with a tough away fixture against current leaders, Hinckley RFC Seconds, at Leicester Road with a 3:00pm kick-off.

With the Thirds having stood in for the Street’s Seconds so ably in last week’s friendly away against Dudley Kingswinford RFC Seconds/Development and very nearly causing an upset, they now enjoy home advantage in Warwickshire League 1 against Earlsdon RFC Seconds. It will be interesting to see how they fare compared to the Seconds last week against the very same opposition. The kick-off is 3:00pm.