Exciting news! We now have an official Lions Academy Tie available to purchase through the club, for fixture days.
Ties are priced at £6 and can be purchased on Sundays through Rich.
Please note image to the left is for artistic purposes only! You’ll have to visit Rick to see what they look like.
After a successful festival at Kettering,the lions under 7s continued their winning ways. With a few late call offs they first took to the pitch against Stamford A. The match was close with Charlie ‘ the Mad Hatter’ Cooper scoring one try and Ben ‘Lightening Heels’ Sutton scoring four, making the final score 5-5. They then took on Stamford B and came out winners, beating them 7-5, with Charlie scoring another five tries, and Ben a further two. In the final game against Sleaford, the under 7s where far too strong, winning 8-5, with Ben Sutton scoring all eight tries! There was also an impressive display from George Dangerfield and from William Rouse who came close to scoring his first try. Overall a very good team performance, and with big improvements from each of the players building on their training. With this performance, expect further success to follow as this team is unbeaten so far this season, well done!
The under 8s went to Stamford with mixed confidence following the Kettering festival a few weeks ago. First up was Stamford A who came out and scored three quick tries. Then the Lions came back with two tries, one each from Jorja ‘The Rocket’ Matchwick and Josh ‘ Mad dog’ Massingham. Stamford then hit back with three more ties, winning 6-2. Then after a break came Stamford B. Following a team talk from head coach, Jo, these lion cubs had a taste for blood. Led from the front by Lucas, Leon, Connor and Christian, they took control with good breaks from Dylan ‘ The Dynamo’ Fuller and Josh. The lions soon scored tries, with Jorja scoring four, Nathan ‘ The Slippery Eel’ Bellamy scoring two and Ralph ‘Where’s the Chickens’ Owen Bell (when asked what do Lions eat? He replied chickens!) scoring one.
Stamford scored two tries making the final score 7-2 to Lions. Building on their win, and riding high with confidence they took on Sleaford. With some fantastic support play and passing, Lions soon scored tries with Luke Coggins and Ralph both scoring one each, Jorja then stepped up and scored another three. Then in the first two minutes of the second half was some of the best team play, and individual play these young lion cubs have produced. The first score came from a piece of fantastic individual skill from Matt ‘ The Smiler’ Proud, going from inside his own half and beating 6 players to score. Then came a team try with pressure forcing a mistake, good passing and lines of running with Matt on hand to touch down again, followed by another piece of individual skill from Nathan going full length of the pitch to score. Sleaford managed to score three tries but Lions came out 8-3 winners. This was a fantastic team performance from a team with seven new players to the game this season.
All the coaches were very proud of both teams, and the support from all of the parents was once again fantastic. Well done everyone…….bring on St Ives!!!
Congratulations to Ellie Fuller who has been selected to represent the U15 Girls East Midlands county squad.
East Midlands have 3 fixtures coming up this year so if you can, get along and support the girls:
Match 1 – Sunday 16th October v NLD – ON’s RFC Kick Off 2pm
Match 2 – Sunday 6th November v Leicestershire – Aylestone St James RFC
Festival – Sunday 20th November at Aylestone St James
The U7’s turned up to their first festival of the season with the bare minimum of 7 players which required all of them to step up to the mark. The pool games started off with a 4-4 draw against Wellingborough, followed by a 6-6 draw against Old Northamptonians and a 7-4 win against Kettering 2’s. They progressed to the semi’s on ‘try count back’ to play Market Harborough in the semi final. The Lion-cubs roared their way through the game resulting in an exciting 5-4 win. For the final The U7’s then stepped up their game again putting on a convincing performance against Old Northamptionians with a 6-4 win. The ball handling, lines of running, speed and teamwork was demonstrated by all with some outstanding individual talent being shown by old and new club members. This was also the first trophy for the Academy and hopefully the first of many, well done everyone!
Elsewhere, the tag section got off to a fantastic start last weekend at Bourne, with new players in the under 8’s and 7’s performing very well and both teams winning all of their games.
The under 7s beat Bourne convincingly and in the second game against Boston they won 8-7. A big thank you to James and Mark for looking after the U7’s, refereeing and managing them brilliantly.
The under 8s played Bourne in all three games winning 7-2, 4-1, 7-3. The whole squad played extremely well with Jorja, Nathan, Matthew and Ralph scoring 15 tries between them whilst Dylan, Connor and Luke also touched down to score! With new players coming into the squad I was unsure what to expect from the game, but determined tagging, support play and passing, the team bonded well and play some great rugby. A thank you to Roy, Karen and Mal for helping out with organising the U8’s.
Please remember that this Sunday the U7s, U8s, U9s, U10s and U12s are away at Bourne RUFC.
Directions to the Bourne club can be found on their website.
Please aim to arrive for 9:45am for a 10 o’clock start.
The U14s will be training at Bretton with Vinney.
The U6s are welcome to travel to Bourne but are not allowed to play matches yet. If not there will still be a training session for the U6s at Bretton.
Come along to the Lions this Saturday to watch the England v Scotland game on the big screen with breakfast thrown in courtesy of O2.
Breakfast at 8:00am, for an 8:30 kick-off.
Lions Rugby Kit can be ordered this year direct from Kitsports in Orton Southgate.
A price list for Lions kit is attached and 10% of the sales price will be paid to the Lions Academy.
Peterborough Lions don’t show up on their club link yet so if you want to order then call them on 01733 234975.
This year we will be offering a £20 subsidised rate for shirts: Rich Parsons will be taking orders this coming Sunday (25th September) so if you want to take advantage of this offer please bring along your child’s shirt size and payment.
Trials for Girls’ U18 (Years 11, 12 & 13) and U15 (Years 9 & 10) representative rugby will be held this Sunday (25th Sept) from 1pm at Old Northamptonians Rugby Club.
If any girls would like to attend the trials please check on the Old Northamptonians website, there is no requirement to pre-register but you will need an up to date RFU registration.
It’s well worth doing, whatever standard the girls are or feel they are, the U15s especially is usually a fairly large squad and it will get them game time.
If on starting the new season the first thing you found was that your child’s feet had grown a shoe size since last year then this article is for you!
We’ll be running the boot pool again this year where you can bring in your child’s old boots and, if available, exchange them for a pair that will fit.
If you have old boots that you would like to hand in then please bring them along to the registration table in the clubhouse on any Sunday.
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