YOUR LATEST RICHMOND RUGBY NEWSLETTER: 15TH OCTOBER 2020, BOOK NOW: RICHMOND UNDER 4/5 MORNING RUGBY CLUB. After they had us expecting that, they would dummy the ball to their teammate and run past us as we took the fake. REngland beat us 28 - 3. As he so often has Basil Nisbet came to the rescue. Everyone waited for the second match. Richmond entered the VFL in 1908. Scott Randle had a leg injury. T'is painfull to see such a gifted player laid so low. Both sides experienced a high point at the beginning of the professional era and played in the Premiership. The amateur club was reformed in 2000, and the club rejoined the leagues as an amateur club at the bottom of the pyramid. 2.5K likes. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. John Fleming,former golden gloves boxer, was contentious prop. Tickets to the 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final will go on-sale to the general public on…. I found it in the closet the other day and scanned it for posterity. Club history can be fragile and will perish if not documented. As it almost always demands, in 1993, the road to the champioship ran through Norfolk, both literally and figuratively. The Richmond-Norfolk match-up was set for Saturday afternoon' semifinal. I was inside center and he was outside center. With a win over Norfolk, Richmond would be the favorites to win the league despite playing Roanoke in the season finale. We knew we had to be on our good behavior if we had the party there, although I'm not sure that his wife, Sandy, was all that thrilled by it. If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Difference between points for and against, Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams, Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, This page was last edited on 22 June 2020, at 14:48. More about Bob Strauss's picture above from Dave Harwood. Richmond claimed their second ED LEE Cup, at the time, the only club other than Norfolk to claim the prize more than once. The decision backfired and the men from Hokie land defeated the mighty Blues to set up Richmond-UVA final. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality. Scottish-born but Richmond raised scrum half,Marcus Scarth, had returned home after his service in the Marine Corps, where he had resumed his rugby career with some distinction. Sport fans are among the most optimistic people in the world. Following two years in National League Two, Geoff Richards decided not to renew his contract citing differences in opinion between the board and himself on how the club should move forward. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. They entered the National Colts Cup and having defeated eight opponents most notably Blackheath, they beat former champions Old Northamptonians, 25–12 at Franklin's Gardens. I actually hosted a Rugby party or two at my apt on Westover Hills Blvd during my tenure in Richmond. Gilfoyle joined holdover veteran Dave Slocum and Terry's younger brother Sean, another newcomer, to create a formidable second row rotation. Bill was a Doctorate candidate with a powerful foot and overwhelming running style. They hit back strongly in season 2019-20, winning 20 out of 25 matches in National League 1 to finish top of the league and earn promotion back to the Championship. The party, with food and a band, was at the Wigwam Restaurant on Route 1 in Glen Allen. At the beginning of the 1993 VRU fall league season, Richmond supporters were no different. **Webmaster comment: Otis is too modest about his playing contributions to the club during the early 90's. In fact, Brett still brags to this day that Scott Randle was never a unanimous selection at fly; since Brett was on the selection committee. were both merged into London Irish, who moved to the Stoop Memorial Ground before taking up tenancy at Madejski the following year. Richmond advanced to the play-offs but lost a difficult match in Charlotte with an understrength side. No one who witnessed the match can forget a second half counter when Dickie fielded a Russell punt, counterattacked and left Russell lying prone on the turf grasping air from a lightning sidestep executed at a full gallop. Got the off load from Jeff and swept into the try zone untouched. Richmond always traditionally played without a number 13 (similar to Bath) – the outside centre would wear 14, right wing 15 and fullback 16. Partly through the use of Brett's new split-back formation with credits to rugby philosopher Jim Greenwood, Richmond had ended the spring season with victories on successive weekends over cross-town rivals James River and the Richmond Area Training Side. ©Copyright 2001-2020. More about Richmond at the Porter Cup by Johnny Ellis I found a bit more info surrounding the picture. The Richmond squad for the 2020–21 season are:[8]. In the 2009–10 season a colts team was revived based on the highly rated U17 age group team of the previous season, and several U19 players returning to further bolster the squad. Simpson was in the England Sevens squad for the first round of the 2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series; Sevens being an important stepping stone for the development of the best youth talent. Brett had finished the season wearing the number 10 shirt, and I was in the number 15. He was a regular in the Super 12 league, Currie Cup, and was eventually "capped" for the Springboks. They were Washington, Sudo Americano, Pittsburgh, First Troop of Philadelphia, Norfolk, and Richmond. We welcome pictures and stories from our rugby mates that will make this site truely valuable and interesting. Richmond play at the Athletic Ground, Richmond, which borders Royal Mid Surrey Golf Club, and is close to other sporting facilities such as Richmond Swimming Pool, Old Deer Park and also a gym. Later on in the professional era, Richmond 1st team moved to the Madejski Stadium, Reading, where they played until bankruptcy. Dickie retired as an active player in 1998 due to age and a chronic neck injury. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. There was, however, one extremely bright moment in the otherwise disappointing match. With Norfolk's powerful pck, it appeared Norfolk could count on a try from the restart, but props March Butler and Kevin Scott with hooker , Bill Strauss had a different plan. Norfolk beat Sudo Americano 12-8. The irony of our merger into the United RFC in 1995 lays in the fact that the RATS were founded by one of the early members of the Richmond RFC, Terry Curtler. The latest ticketing information for next Saturday night's 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final at the Gabba.