Bournemouth Rugby Club
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Bournemouth RFC is a rugby union
club founded in 1893. The grounds are currently located at Chapel Gate.
1st XV (Lions) - Compete in National 3 South West. Were runners-up in 2010/2011 losing 22-23 away to Hertford in the National 3 Play-off. Winners of the Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior Cup in 2011 for the fourth successive time, equalling their previous best run from 1977/1978 to 1980/1981 and their eleventh overall.
History
1973/1974: Winners Hampshire Cup. Beat Trojans 16-3. Become the first non-services side to win the cup.
1977/1978: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Salisbury. Believed to be the only club to win the county cup for two different counties.
1978/1979: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Salisbury 27-3.
1979/1980: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Salisbury 23-3.
1980/1981: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Wimborne.
1982/1983: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Swanage & Wareham 15-3.
1983/1984: Winners of the Bisley Office Equipment Southern Merit Table.
1984/1985: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Swindon 14-3.
1987/1988: Courage South West 1 11th (Relegated).
1988/1989: Courage South West 2 9th.
1989/1990: Courage South West 2 10th.
Moved to the new ground at Chapel Gate in October. The then Rt Hon Edward Heath, MBE, MP, the former Prime Minister, officially opened the ground on 21 April 1990.
1990/1991: Courage South West 2 11th (Relegated).
1991/1992: Courage Southern Counties 6th.
1992/1993: Courage Southern Counties 3rd.
1993/1994: Courage Southern Counties 1st (Promoted). Celebrated Centenary Year.
1994/1995: Courage South West 2 – 7th.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Dorchester 13-8.
1995/1996: Courage South West 2 8th.
1996/1997: South West 2 East 10th.
Andy Long plays his last game for Bournemouth as open side flanker home to Marlow 17-27 11 January 1997 and goes back to Bath. Plays hooker for England against Australia 15 November 1997!
1997/1998: South West 2 East 7th.
1998/1999: South West 2 East 12th (Relegated).
Ben Gollings as fly-half scores a penalty on his debut against Amersham & Chiltern (a) 8-25. Leaves to join Harlequins and becomes part of the England 7s squad.
1999/2000: Southern Counties South 8th.
2000/2001: Southern Counties South 7th.
2001/2002: Southern Counties South 3rd.
2002/2003: Southern Counties South 5th.
2003/2004: Southern Counties South 4th.
2004/2005: Southern Counties South 1st (Promoted).
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Mark Awdas, Mark Burley, Damian Carroll, Dan Cawley, Darren Clarke, Andrew Freeman, Sam Hardcastle, Ben Harris, Jon Holdaway, Jayson Kenny, Matt Morgan, Jon Sanchez, Tim Seward, Guy Spencer, Dave Upton, Steve Winduss. This is the first time these ties have been awarded and is in recognition of long term representation for Bournemouth 1st XV.
2005/2006: 1st XV (Lions) - South West 2 East 3rd.
1st Honours Ties awarded to: Jon Beswick, Robert Bruce, Richard Dew, Simon Eveleigh, Matt Kiely.
2006/2007: 1st XV (Lions) - South West 2 East – 2nd/12 (Promoted. Beat Brixham 43/7t4c-12/2tc in South West 2 Play-off). P23, W18, D1, L4. For 721/103t63c25p, Ag 2281/35t17c24. Includes PO.
Leading Points Scorer: 120 Jon Sanchez 120/39c14p. Leading Try Scorer: 20 James Flynn 100/20t. Hat-tricks: 2 James Flynn 100/20t. Captain: Dan Cawley 70/14t. Player of the Year: James Payne 80/16t. 1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Scott Chislett, James Flynn, Craig White, James Payne.
2007/2008: 1st XV (Lions) South West 1-5th/12. P22, W11, D1, L10. For 520/74t65c20p, Ag 405/52t32c25pd. Leading Points Scorer: 142 James Flynn 142/9t29c13p. Leading Try Scorer: 19 Sam Hardcastle 97/19tc. Sam Hardcastle establishes a new league career try-scoring record of 70 (overtaking Guy Spencer’s record of 67 set in 2004/5). Hat-tricks: 1 Sam Hardcastle 97/19tc.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup beating Swanage & Wareham 20/3tcp-10/tcp.
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Jo Burns, Domenick Davies, Anthony Dunkerley, George Leyland, Alan Manning.
2008/2009: 1st XV (Lions) - South West 1 – 3rd/12. P22, W14, D1, L7. For 539/71t35c38p, Ag 392/48t31c 29pd. Leading Points Scorer: 227 Mike Pope 227/14t26c35p. This is a new Bournemouth points-scoring record in a league season. Leading Try Scorer: 14 Mike Pope 227/14t26c35p. Hat-tricks: 1 Scott Chislett 20/4t, Tim Gray 20/4t, James Payne 30/6t, Mike Pope 227/14t26c35p. Sam Hardcastle extends his own league career try-scoring record to 82.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup beating Swanage & Wareham 13/2tp-3/p at Dorchester (Coburg Road) Sunday, 26 April 2009.
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Iain Crombie, ‘Eddie’ Edwards, Tim Gray, Simon McFarlane, Tim Wareham.
2009/2010: 1st XV (Lions) - National 3 South West – 5th/14. P26, W14, D2, L10. For 618/81t48c38pd, Ag 427/54t29c30p3d. Leading Points Scorer: 215 Mike Pope 215/16t33c22pd. Leading Try Scorers: 16 Rory Hearson† 95/16t3c3p, Mike Pope 215/16t33c22pd. Hat-tricks: 1 Matt Kiely 25/5t, Mike Pope 215/16t33c22pd.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup (for the 10th time) beating Swanage & Wareham 46/7t4cp-8/tp at Oakmeadians (Meyrick Park) Saturday, 17 April 2010.
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Callum Forrest, Mike Pope,
2010/2011: 1st XV (Lions) - National 3 South West – 2nd/14. P25, W22, D0, L3. For 840/114t69c44p, Ag 357/42t27c30pd. Leading Points Scorer: 181 Dan Pollard† 181/5t48c20p. With 188 points (including two conversions and a penalty in the play-off), Dan Pollard sets a new Bournemouth debut league-season points-scoring record. Leading Try Scorer: 27 Sam Yarwood† 135/27t. This is a new Bournemouth try-scoring record in a league season, which is, ipso facto, for a debut league season also; is a new Bournemouth league-career try-scoring record for a right wing. Sam Yarwood is the leading try-scorer in National 3 South West. Hat-tricks: 3 Sam Yarwood† 135/27t; 1 Dan Connolly† 25/5t, Sam Hardcastle 90/18t, Riad Lynch 20/4t. As loosehead prop, Riad Lynch becomes the first Bournemouth front-five player to score a hat-trick. Sam Hardcastle extends his own league career try-scoring record to 100. National 3 South Play-off – Lost 22/3t2cp-23/3tc2p away to Hertford.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup (for the 11th time) beating Swanage & Wareham 47/7t3c2p-10/tcp at Dorchester (Coburg Road) Sunday, 3 April 2011. Sam Yarwood dies in a canoeing accident on Lake Ullswater Wednesday, 6 April 2011.
1st XV Honours tie awarded to: Tomas Ford.
2nd XV (Nomads) Hampshire Senior Merit Table–2nd. 2010/1 was the inaugural season for this competition. Winners of the Dorset & Wilts 2nd XV Cup for the second successive season.
3rd XV (Wanderers) Dorset & Wilts 1 South–8th.
4th XV (Bedouins) Dorset & Wilts 3 South–11th and were relegated.
For the 2010/2011 season, Ben Gollings, former Bournemouth player (1998/1999) appointed captain of the England 7s squad.
2011/2012: 1st XV (Lions) – SSE National 3 South West. Robbie Searle† sets a new club points-scoring record of 32/2t11c v Bridgwater & Albion at Chapel Gate 12 November 2011. Equals Barry Hook's outright record set against Aldershot Services in November 1976. With four tries, Barry's total would be 36 in today's money (not forgetting Keith Berry's 7-try record set in October 1978 which would earn him 35 points today (rather than 28)). In the same game against Bridgwater, James Flynn set a new club league career hat-trick scoring record of six overtaking Guy Spencer's record set in 2004/2005 and equalled his own record of three hat-tricks in a (league) season.
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Jack Hennings, Karim Lynch, Riad Lynch, Ben Stewart, Frazer Wilford.
2nd XV (Nomads) Hampshire Senior Merit Table
3rd XV (Wanderers) Dorset & Wilts 1 South
4th XV (Bedouins) Dorset & Wilts 4 South
20 November 2011. Jack Hennings sets off to Base Camp on Mount Everest to raise funds for the Lake District Rescue Services in memory of Sam Yarwood.
22 November 2011. Greg Barden, former Bournemouth player (2005/2006), is made captain of the England 7s squad. Greg becomes the second Bournemouth player to be made England captain, the other being Ben Gollings (1998/1999) for the 2010/2011 season.
January 2012. Jon Beswick trekking to the South Pole for charity.
† indicates player’s debut season.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club founded in 1893. The grounds are currently located at Chapel Gate.
Teams
Bournemouth currently run four mens teams.1st XV (Lions) - Compete in National 3 South West. Were runners-up in 2010/2011 losing 22-23 away to Hertford in the National 3 Play-off. Winners of the Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior Cup in 2011 for the fourth successive time, equalling their previous best run from 1977/1978 to 1980/1981 and their eleventh overall.
History
1973/1974: Winners Hampshire Cup. Beat Trojans 16-3. Become the first non-services side to win the cup.
1977/1978: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Salisbury. Believed to be the only club to win the county cup for two different counties.
1978/1979: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Salisbury 27-3.
1979/1980: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Salisbury 23-3.
1980/1981: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Wimborne.
1982/1983: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Swanage & Wareham 15-3.
1983/1984: Winners of the Bisley Office Equipment Southern Merit Table.
1984/1985: Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Swindon 14-3.
1987/1988: Courage South West 1 11th (Relegated).
1988/1989: Courage South West 2 9th.
1989/1990: Courage South West 2 10th.
Moved to the new ground at Chapel Gate in October. The then Rt Hon Edward Heath, MBE, MP, the former Prime Minister, officially opened the ground on 21 April 1990.
1990/1991: Courage South West 2 11th (Relegated).
1991/1992: Courage Southern Counties 6th.
1992/1993: Courage Southern Counties 3rd.
1993/1994: Courage Southern Counties 1st (Promoted). Celebrated Centenary Year.
1994/1995: Courage South West 2 – 7th.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup. Beat Dorchester 13-8.
1995/1996: Courage South West 2 8th.
1996/1997: South West 2 East 10th.
Andy Long plays his last game for Bournemouth as open side flanker home to Marlow 17-27 11 January 1997 and goes back to Bath. Plays hooker for England against Australia 15 November 1997!
1997/1998: South West 2 East 7th.
1998/1999: South West 2 East 12th (Relegated).
Ben Gollings as fly-half scores a penalty on his debut against Amersham & Chiltern (a) 8-25. Leaves to join Harlequins and becomes part of the England 7s squad.
1999/2000: Southern Counties South 8th.
2000/2001: Southern Counties South 7th.
2001/2002: Southern Counties South 3rd.
2002/2003: Southern Counties South 5th.
2003/2004: Southern Counties South 4th.
2004/2005: Southern Counties South 1st (Promoted).
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Mark Awdas, Mark Burley, Damian Carroll, Dan Cawley, Darren Clarke, Andrew Freeman, Sam Hardcastle, Ben Harris, Jon Holdaway, Jayson Kenny, Matt Morgan, Jon Sanchez, Tim Seward, Guy Spencer, Dave Upton, Steve Winduss. This is the first time these ties have been awarded and is in recognition of long term representation for Bournemouth 1st XV.
2005/2006: 1st XV (Lions) - South West 2 East 3rd.
1st Honours Ties awarded to: Jon Beswick, Robert Bruce, Richard Dew, Simon Eveleigh, Matt Kiely.
2006/2007: 1st XV (Lions) - South West 2 East – 2nd/12 (Promoted. Beat Brixham 43/7t4c-12/2tc in South West 2 Play-off). P23, W18, D1, L4. For 721/103t63c25p, Ag 2281/35t17c24. Includes PO.
Leading Points Scorer: 120 Jon Sanchez 120/39c14p. Leading Try Scorer: 20 James Flynn 100/20t. Hat-tricks: 2 James Flynn 100/20t. Captain: Dan Cawley 70/14t. Player of the Year: James Payne 80/16t. 1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Scott Chislett, James Flynn, Craig White, James Payne.
2007/2008: 1st XV (Lions) South West 1-5th/12. P22, W11, D1, L10. For 520/74t65c20p, Ag 405/52t32c25pd. Leading Points Scorer: 142 James Flynn 142/9t29c13p. Leading Try Scorer: 19 Sam Hardcastle 97/19tc. Sam Hardcastle establishes a new league career try-scoring record of 70 (overtaking Guy Spencer’s record of 67 set in 2004/5). Hat-tricks: 1 Sam Hardcastle 97/19tc.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup beating Swanage & Wareham 20/3tcp-10/tcp.
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Jo Burns, Domenick Davies, Anthony Dunkerley, George Leyland, Alan Manning.
2008/2009: 1st XV (Lions) - South West 1 – 3rd/12. P22, W14, D1, L7. For 539/71t35c38p, Ag 392/48t31c 29pd. Leading Points Scorer: 227 Mike Pope 227/14t26c35p. This is a new Bournemouth points-scoring record in a league season. Leading Try Scorer: 14 Mike Pope 227/14t26c35p. Hat-tricks: 1 Scott Chislett 20/4t, Tim Gray 20/4t, James Payne 30/6t, Mike Pope 227/14t26c35p. Sam Hardcastle extends his own league career try-scoring record to 82.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup beating Swanage & Wareham 13/2tp-3/p at Dorchester (Coburg Road) Sunday, 26 April 2009.
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Iain Crombie, ‘Eddie’ Edwards, Tim Gray, Simon McFarlane, Tim Wareham.
2009/2010: 1st XV (Lions) - National 3 South West – 5th/14. P26, W14, D2, L10. For 618/81t48c38pd, Ag 427/54t29c30p3d. Leading Points Scorer: 215 Mike Pope 215/16t33c22pd. Leading Try Scorers: 16 Rory Hearson† 95/16t3c3p, Mike Pope 215/16t33c22pd. Hat-tricks: 1 Matt Kiely 25/5t, Mike Pope 215/16t33c22pd.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup (for the 10th time) beating Swanage & Wareham 46/7t4cp-8/tp at Oakmeadians (Meyrick Park) Saturday, 17 April 2010.
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Callum Forrest, Mike Pope,
2010/2011: 1st XV (Lions) - National 3 South West – 2nd/14. P25, W22, D0, L3. For 840/114t69c44p, Ag 357/42t27c30pd. Leading Points Scorer: 181 Dan Pollard† 181/5t48c20p. With 188 points (including two conversions and a penalty in the play-off), Dan Pollard sets a new Bournemouth debut league-season points-scoring record. Leading Try Scorer: 27 Sam Yarwood† 135/27t. This is a new Bournemouth try-scoring record in a league season, which is, ipso facto, for a debut league season also; is a new Bournemouth league-career try-scoring record for a right wing. Sam Yarwood is the leading try-scorer in National 3 South West. Hat-tricks: 3 Sam Yarwood† 135/27t; 1 Dan Connolly† 25/5t, Sam Hardcastle 90/18t, Riad Lynch 20/4t. As loosehead prop, Riad Lynch becomes the first Bournemouth front-five player to score a hat-trick. Sam Hardcastle extends his own league career try-scoring record to 100. National 3 South Play-off – Lost 22/3t2cp-23/3tc2p away to Hertford.
Winners Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior KO Cup (for the 11th time) beating Swanage & Wareham 47/7t3c2p-10/tcp at Dorchester (Coburg Road) Sunday, 3 April 2011. Sam Yarwood dies in a canoeing accident on Lake Ullswater Wednesday, 6 April 2011.
1st XV Honours tie awarded to: Tomas Ford.
2nd XV (Nomads) Hampshire Senior Merit Table–2nd. 2010/1 was the inaugural season for this competition. Winners of the Dorset & Wilts 2nd XV Cup for the second successive season.
3rd XV (Wanderers) Dorset & Wilts 1 South–8th.
4th XV (Bedouins) Dorset & Wilts 3 South–11th and were relegated.
For the 2010/2011 season, Ben Gollings, former Bournemouth player (1998/1999) appointed captain of the England 7s squad.
2011/2012: 1st XV (Lions) – SSE National 3 South West. Robbie Searle† sets a new club points-scoring record of 32/2t11c v Bridgwater & Albion at Chapel Gate 12 November 2011. Equals Barry Hook's outright record set against Aldershot Services in November 1976. With four tries, Barry's total would be 36 in today's money (not forgetting Keith Berry's 7-try record set in October 1978 which would earn him 35 points today (rather than 28)). In the same game against Bridgwater, James Flynn set a new club league career hat-trick scoring record of six overtaking Guy Spencer's record set in 2004/2005 and equalled his own record of three hat-tricks in a (league) season.
1st XV Honours ties awarded to: Jack Hennings, Karim Lynch, Riad Lynch, Ben Stewart, Frazer Wilford.
2nd XV (Nomads) Hampshire Senior Merit Table
3rd XV (Wanderers) Dorset & Wilts 1 South
4th XV (Bedouins) Dorset & Wilts 4 South
20 November 2011. Jack Hennings sets off to Base Camp on Mount Everest to raise funds for the Lake District Rescue Services in memory of Sam Yarwood.
22 November 2011. Greg Barden, former Bournemouth player (2005/2006), is made captain of the England 7s squad. Greg becomes the second Bournemouth player to be made England captain, the other being Ben Gollings (1998/1999) for the 2010/2011 season.
January 2012. Jon Beswick trekking to the South Pole for charity.
† indicates player’s debut season.