Rishworthians RUFC 1stXV page - Rishworthians for senior junior mini rugby in Halifax Calderdale

Rishworthians run a 1st XV who now play in Yorkshire 2, a development XV who will play in the Central/North Merit League and looking to run an academy XV who will play in the Western Wharfe Merit table. We also run a colts team containing u17 and under 18 players and a R2R return to rugby social team.

This season in Yorkshire 2 we will be playing Barnsley, Northallerton, North Ribblesdale, Old Grovians, Ripon, Roundhegians, Wath upon Dearne, West Park Leeds, Wetherby, Wheatley Hills, Yarnbury, plus Goole and Thornensians promoted from Yorkshire 3.

The contacts for this squad are
Forwards Coach - Jon Bake H 01422 349273 M 07525 763390
e-mail jon.bake@manufacturingexcellence.co.uk

Backs Coach - Tom Andrews M 07891 063 922
e-mail tandrews86@gmail.com

Assistant Coach Morley Hilton M 07941 128572
e-mail morleyhilton1@gmail.com

Captain:
Calum Heseltine - 1stXV Captain M 07747 375 683
e-mail cal.j.heseltine@hotmail.com

When do the squad train
Tuesdays and Thursday evenings 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Pre season training starts on Tuesday 2nd July
Please check the web site on the home page for details of any changes to the schedule.

When do the squad play matches
During the playing season September - April matches are on Saturday Afternoons.

How do I join
We are always looking for new players to join the club. Anyone interested in playing rugby either socialy or wish to develop further and push for the 1st XV squad contact any of the above numbers or just come down on a training night.

Next Games
19th Oct home to North Ribblesdale KO 3pm Yorkshire 2

Rishworthians will not be complacent when they entertain strugglers North Ribblesdale in Yorkshire Two. We had a richly deserved bonus-point win at league leaders Roundhegians to consolidate second place, while North Ribb went down 30 – 39 at home to Yarnbury.

We went 14 points behind last week after 10 minutes. “After that we started to take control and play our own game at our own pace and it paid dividends,” said skipper Callum Heseltine. “We know that North Ribb will just keep coming at us throughout the match, so we can’t be complacent and we have to maintain our discipline and keep our positive attitude,” he said.

Rishworthians stick with most of the team who won at Roundhegians, but Luke Illingworth comes into the front row to replace the absent Greg Day. Ben Robinson picked up a facial injury at Roundhegians, which has allowed his brother Harry to come in on the bench. The backs remain the same, except teenager Cameron Emery makes his debut on the wing after some outstanding performances with the Development team.

Coming up games
Sat 26th October
away at Northallerton - Yorkshire 2 KO 3pm

Click here for 2019-20 fixtures
North Ribblesdale website

New coaching team 2019-20

Player awards evening 2019
At Fridays Players Presentation evening Chris Stone announced he was standing down as Head coach due to family and work commitments and will continue in a player only role. The new coaching team will now consist of Jon Bake forwards coach, Tom Andrews backs coach and Morley Hilton assistant coach. Gary Morris is steppping down as Director of Rugby and Jon Bake will take on this role. On the playing front Fraser Swarbrooke anounced he was standing down as 1stxv captain and Calum Heseltine will be the new captain for the 2019-20 season.

The Development XV coaching team will be headed up by Kurt Sutcliffe as a player/coach and Richard Turner as a coach.

Players Dinner Photos

Here we go folks some mug shots from the players dinner. Thanks to Jade for takling the photos. Nobody qualifies for the beauty contest but several entries for the gurning contest at Egremont Fair.

View Photos by Jade

Player awards evening 2018-19

Chris Stone presented the following awards to 1stxv players.
The Geoff Eastwood Trophy for player of the year went to Calum Heseltine and the players’ player trophy went to brother Dougie Heseltine. Teenage back row Ethan Pollard took the best mewcomer award and teenage second row James McHugh was the most improved player. The coaches’ award was won by another teenager Toby Muscat-Baron.

Jon Bake presented the following awards to development players.
Liam Phillips won the Development Team’s player of the year and shared the players' player of ther year with Greg Withers. The most improved player award went to Harry Soothill and Greg Withers also won the young player of the year. The Lewis Hilton Memorial Award was presented by Lewis’s father Morley to Danny Hilton.

View Photos by Jade

Fixtures/Results/Reports and Table

The Yorkshire County website now stores all the National and Northern Region fixtures, results, reports and tables. Click on the links below to view the leagues fixtures, reults and tables.
Northern Division 2019-20

Yorkshire Cup, Shield and Silver Trophy 2019-20

The Yorkshire County website now stores all the Yorkshire Cup, Shield and Silver Trophy results.
Click on the links below to view the draws and results
Yorkshire Cup 2019-20
Yorkshire Shield 2019-20
Silver Trophy 2019-20

Welcome to the 1st XV Section

Next Games 19th Oct home to North Ribblesdale KO 3pm Yorkshire 2

Coming up games Sat 26th October away at Northallerton - Yorkshire 2 KO 3pm