Rugby

Head coach Ben Williams has expressed his dismay after seeing Spalding RFC concede their Lincolnshire Senior Cup quarter-final at Scunthorpe on Saturday. Town, who were always outsiders against National League Three MIdlands opposition, were unable to raise a side due to injury and unavailability. A veteran of many seasons with Spalding RFC, the idea of forfeiting a game doesn’t sit ...

Spalding RFC under-16s roared to a dominant 50-17 success at Scunthorpe under-16s on Sunday. The first half proved very scrappy, but Town’s teens went ahead when a scrum won against the head saw Hal Whyatt pick up and find Mark Hendy, who took the pass to squeeze into the corner. Adam Castle converted superbly. However, some paper thin tackling by ...

Spalding Grammar School’s under-12 team are county kings after winning the Lincolnshire 12-a-side tournament. One of 12 teams at the competition, Spalding (SGS) were drawn in Pool A – and progressed relatively comfortably. Victories against Havelock, Priory LSST and Cordeaux all built momentum, with the biggest challenge of the group a pointless draw against QEHS. The final pool game required ...

A host of Spalding RFC’s future stars were in action on Sunday as five of the club’s junior teams took on sides from Sleaford at Tyrrell’s Yard. Town’s under-7s, under-8s, under-9s, under-10s and under-12s were all doing battle, with great performances produced across the board. Spalding’s under-9s continue to dominate their age group and produced another cracking display. So far ...

Spalding Grammar School’s 15-a-side rugby season came to an extremely successful end last week as both the under-14 and under-16 sides were crowned Lincolnshire Schools champions. Both teams travelled to Lincoln Rugby Club for their respective finals against the same opposition – De Aston School from Market Rasen. Kicking off slightly earlier, the under-14s started brightly as the Spalding (SGS) ...

Spalding RFC 5 Old Northamptonians 43 Spalding RFC’s inevitable relegation from Midlands One East was confirmed on Saturday – but coach Ben Williams was far from disappointed with what he saw at the Memorial Field. Title chasing Old Northamptonians (ON) emerged 43-5 winners to condemn Town a 22nd loss from as many games and an immediate return back to Midlands ...

Spalding RFC’s expected relegation from Midlands One East was confirmed on Saturday as they lost 43-5 at home to promotion-chasing Old Northamptonians. The Memorial Field defeat is Town’s 22nd from as many matches this season and leaves them 28 points shy of safety with just four matches left to play. With four matches given for a win, Town can no ...

Spalding RFC’s expected relegation from Midlands One East could be confirmed this weekend – but head coach Ben Williams insists that his side aren’t overly worried by their plight. Having lost 82-12 at relegation rivals Newark on Saturday, Town are pretty much down and out already after 21 losses from as many matches. Second-placed Old Northamptonians are the visitors to ...

Newark RFC 82 Spalding RFC 12 Any lingering hopes Spalding RFC had of staging a great escape in Midlands One East now look doomed after relegation rivals Newark handed them an 82-12 thrashing on Saturday. Spalding knew they had to get something from this derby of sorts, a match they went into having lost all 20 of their league games ...

Spalding RFC’s slim hopes of beating the drop in Midlands One East took a big hit on Saturday as they were thrashed 81-12 at relegation rivals Newark. Two of the bottom three before kick off, Town had hoped to grab an elusive first victory of the campaign in a game some at the club consider a derby. Indeed, head coach ...

Spalding RFC’s under-16s stormed to an impressive 39-0 victory over Kesteven under-16s at the weekend. Tom Birdseye led by example as Town faced the wind in the first half, stealing two line-outs in succession and a powerful forward drive took play up to five metres from the posts. Quick ball was then supplied and an accurate flat pass from James ...

Head coach Ben Williams admits that Saturday’s derby defeat to Market Rasen and Louth left him with mixed emotions. Club stalwart Williams concedes that he left Tyrell’s Yard in a very gloomy state of mind following the 45-7 reverse. But he considers the performance as the best he’s seen from Town so far this season – and has heaped praise ...

Spalding RFC 7 Mkt Rasen & Louth 45 Struggling Spalding RFC reached another unwanted landmark on Saturday as they were handed a 45-7 derby defeat by Market Rasen and Louth. The crushing loss means that Town have now lost all 20 of their Midlands One East matches and remain 15 points adrift at the foot with six games to play. ...

Spalding RFC reached another unwanted landmark on Saturday as they were handed a 45-7 derby defeat by Market Rasen and Louth. The crushing Memorial Field loss means that Town have now lost all 20 of their Midlands One East matches and remain 15 points adrift at the foot with six games to play. It seems that only a minor miracle ...

Confidence is high at Spalding RFC ahead of their return to action against rivals Market Rasen and Louth at the Memorial Field on Saturday (2.15pm). Town have just enjoyed a rare weekend off from Midlands One East action, but are gunning to break their duck for the season against one of their fiercest local rivals. Rock-bottom Spalding go into the ...

A man-of-the-match display from George Douglas couldn’t stop Spalding RFC’s Nomads from slipping to 25-5 defeat against Eagles Pennant League leaders Bletchley 2nd on Saturday. With Spalding’s first team afforded a rare weekend off, all eyes were on Town’s second string at the Memorial Field. For the first 20 minutes both defences were on top, but Bletchley steadily began to ...

Harry Sharman has ended a 25-year stint with his beloved Spalding RFC by joining runaway National League Three Midlands leaders South Leicester – and has also revealed the real reasons behind his acrimonious axing as Town skipper. The talismanic former captain didn’t feature for Spalding in their 34-7 defeat at Mansfield last weekend as he was busy wrapping up a ...

Mansfield RFC 34 Spalding RFC 7 Although there were again positives for Spalding RFC to take on Saturday, they failed to register an elusive first win of the Midlands One East season as fellow strugglers Mansfield emerged as sound winners from this basement battle. Indeed, if Spalding had any designs on winning a match this season in the league then ...

Spalding RFC slipped to another Midlands One East defeat on Saturday as they went down 34-7 at fellow strugglers Mansfield. It’s now 19 losses from as many matches for Town, who now find themselves 15 points adrift at the foot of the standings with seven games left to play. Spalding take a break from league action next weekend, with a ...

New Spalding RFC head coach Ben Williams believes that there were plenty of positives to take from Saturday’s 35-0 loss to Kettering. In what was his first match as Town chief, Williams felt that the scoreline was harsh on his side as they slipped to an 18th defeat from as many Midlands One East games. And Williams, who admits to ...