Welcome to the 1st XV Section
Yorkshire 5B Champions 2007-08, Yorkshire 4 Champions 1998-99 and 2008-09
Yorkshire 3 runners up and Silver Trophy winners 2009-10
Yorkshire 3 Champions 2012-13 Yokshire 2 runners up 2016-17
Yorkshire 5B Champions 2007-08, Yorkshire 4 Champions 1998-99 and 2008-09
Yorkshire 3 runners up and Silver Trophy winners 2009-10
Yorkshire 3 Champions 2012-13 Yokshire 2 runners up 2016-17
Rishworthians run a 1st XV who now play in Yorkshire 1 a development XV who will play in the Central/North Merit League and looking to run an academy XV who will play in the West/Aire Wharfe Merit table. We also run a colts team containing u17 and under 18 players and a R2R return to rugby social team.
In Yorkshire 1 we will be playing Beverley, Bradford Salem, Brodleians, Heath, Hullensians, Keighley, North Ribblesdale, Scarborough, Selby, York plus Wheatley Hills relegated from North East 1, Middlesbrough transfered from Durham/Northumberland 1 and Moortown promoted from Yorkshire 2.
The contacts for this squad are
Captain:
Team Manager:
When do the squad train
When do the squad play matches
How do I join
Head Coach - Chris Stone M 07743 417 958
e-mail cstone@rishworth-school.co.uk
Fraser Swarbrooke - 1stXV Captain M 07772 646 752
e-mail f.swarbrooke89@gmail.com
Dan Ingham - M 07980 750 742
e-mail daningham@hotmail.co.uk
Tuesdays and Thursday evenings 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Pre season training starts on Tuesday 13th July
Please check the web site on the home page for details of any changes to the schedule.
During the playing season September - April matches are on Saturday Afternoons.
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.
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.
National Leagues
Northern Division
Yorkshire Cup, Shield and Silver Trophy 2016-17
1st Round Old Grovians v Rishworthians
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 2015-16
Yorkshire Shield 2015-16
Silver Trophy 2015-16
Rishworthians are aiming to finish their successful season on a high note with victory over Wath Upon Dearne in their final Yorkshire Two game. The South Yorkshire side is the only one to have beaten Rishworthians in the league this season apart from champions Moortown. That came in the opening league match when the Copley men travelled without nine of their first team, who were attending left wing Anthony Shoesmith’s wedding. In appalling conditions they lost 7 – 3 to a try in the 86th minute.
They wondered if they would rue that defeat, but have never looked back since, guaranteeing promotion in second place two weeks ago, and Shoesmith himself has scored 27 tries and will be hoping to take his tally even higher. For this game Rishworthians are only missing scrum half Ed Cockroft, with Jacob Ford coming in to replace him, although they are waiting for a late fitness test on skipper Fraser Swarbrooke. Fly half Josh Kelly will also be looking to increase his points tally which at the moment stands at 335 – a great achievement for Yorkshire Two.
Over the past two weeks Rishworthians have had to rely on their strength in depth to clinch promotion, but this week Richard Bullough comes into the second row and teenagers James McHugh and Greg Day have been released back to the Development team, who have a play-off final to go into the North Championship.
Awards were given out at a presentation night at Old Rishworthians after what president Tim Thornton described as the best season in the rugby club’s history. While the first team gained promotion to Yorkshire One, the highest level to be played at since leagues began, there were also successes for the Development team and the Colts. He stressed that the great work done with the Development team and the colts had given the first team the strength in depth to complete a successful year and gain promotion. He thanked the coaching team of Chris Stone and Tom Andrews and team manager Dan Ingham, together with the Development team and Colts teams’ coaches Jon Bake, Dave McDonnell and Morley Hilton.
Club head coach Chris Stone congratulated the players saying: “As a club, we are on the way up”. He thanked the Development team and Colts coaches, Tom and Dan, the team of line markers – Leigh Billing, Peter Morgan and Roy Greenwood – Julie for her work in the kitchen and Jade for her photographic coverage. First team ties went to Ed Cockroft, Anthony Nathaniel and Sam Nunn and then he handed over the first team trophies.
The award for player of the year was shared between scrum half Ed Cockroft and back row forward Nick Faulkner.
The best newcomer award went to prop Anthony Nathaniel,
The coaches’ player of the year was won by centre Sam Nunn.
The most improved player award was split between forwards and backs, Callum Heseltine winning it for the forwards and Luke Flanagan for the backs.
The players’ player award was shared by Anthony Shoesmith and James Clark
Josh Kelly won the supporters’ player of the year award.
Presenting the Development team awards, Jon Bake said it had been a real pleasure coaching them and they had only lost three games all season. Team ties went to Sam Bake, Ben Rooney, Greg Day, Lewis Hilton, Martin Brook, Chris Fox, Kris Hattam, Sam Rawnsley, Rhys Town and Paul McCumisky.
The ‘Team Player’ award was shared by Chris Fox and Martin Brook.
The most improved player was James McHugh.
The coaches’ award went to Josh Illingworth
The players’ player to Sam Bake.
Jon Bake also handed over the Colts league trophy to captain Jacob Bower. Colts awards went to:
backs, Sam Bake;
forwards, Jacob Bower;
most improved, Oliver Marshall;
coaches’ award, James McHugh;
players’ player, Ethan Pollard;
special award to Catherine McHugh for her help in the kitchen on Sundays.
Special thanks also went to under-17s coaches Richard Soothill and Greg Wright.
Finally team manager Dan Ingham thanked head coach Chris Stone for all his work.
Old Rishworthians players were stopped in their tracks when a newcomer turned up for training. Bath and England fly half George Ford dropped in on the club as they prepared for a crucial Yorkshire Two game at Ripon. His 18-year-old brother Jacob is currently playing fullback with Rishworthians and he joined him and the rest of the squad at training.
The England international was using some free time to call on Jacob and elder brother Joe, who plays fly half with Championship club Yorkshire Carnegie. George also had a special gift for one of Rishworthians' players and presented the club's Fijian-born centre Taniela Bakoso with the shirt of Fiji fly half Josh Matavesi, with whom he swapped shirts after England's recent 58 - 15 victory at Twickenham.
"We knew George was coming along earlier in the day, but we deliberately didn't tell the players. You should have seen their faces when he turned up," said team manager Dan Ingham. "He joined in and it was a great training session. All our players were so impressed.
