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 Rrun 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 15th February
1stxv away at North Ribblesdale Yorkshire 2 KO 2:15pm

With the pitch covered in debris from the weekend floods, Rishworthians are fortunate to have an away fixture at North Ribblesdale. After two defeats in a row we are keen to get back to winning ways, consolidate our position in second place in Yorkshire Two and keep a good distance ahead of the chasing pack.

The Settle club have eased their relegation fears in recent weeks and proved a difficult team to dispose of when they visited Copley in October. Rishworthians have been working hard in training on their discipline with the ball. We were guilty of handing possession back to our opponents and league leaders Roundhegians in last week’s defeat, but came back strongly in the second half to salvage two bonus points from the game.

With Sam Bake out with a shoulder injury, youngster Dylan O’Brien gets a chance on the wing, with Tom Oldroyd moving inside to centre.

Click here for 2019-20 fixtures

Roundhegians 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.

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.

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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.

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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

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