Staghounds march on! The club 2nd XV Staghounds gathered at Hurlingham Park SW6 on a bright, sunny, January winter afternoon last Saturday for a 14.00 kick off against Hammersmith & Fulham RFC II’s, re-arranged fixture in the London Counties & South Coast premiership. Great to see a lot of first team, coaches, club squad, and even walking wounded on the sidelines, cheering on their table topping colleagues (even though there were some very ‘cruel’ shouts of “don’t pass it to Fred,” in a vain attempt to stop the club captain attaining bragging rights with a hat trick of tries!).
Storm Eowyn might well have passed the day before, and Storm Herminia may have been waiting in the wings in the Atlantic, but it was a different kind of storm on the field of play as the Staghounds hit the ground at full throttle, hungry for scores and points, each attempting to outdo each other on the try count! The running, handling, pouncing on opposition errors and punishing them, was precise and on the mark. To summarise, 0-52 at half time. 0-106 at full time, a total of 16 tries, and 13 conversions. All credit to the Hammers boys, who showed great spirit, and kept on battling. They did get close to the Staghounds try line several times, but the hallmark defence lived up to the mark with a whiteout clean sheet. Good work again Hounds! Match details below – hope you appreciate them, as it took Jay, Mitch, and myself constant tapping into our phones, with non-stop conferring, to make sure we got it all correct! Some photos included from sunny SW6 to boot, for you to enjoy.
Tries: (16) - Ikenna Obonna (x3), Fred Cracknell (x3), Tayne Stannard, Gregor Finlay, Aidan Berry (x4), Liam Barton, Charlie Boyce, Tom Serhon, Kieran Dunne.
Conversions: (13) – Tayne Stannard (x6), Gregor Findlay (x7)
This coming week – Saturday 1st February 2025. It’s a double header this coming Saturday, with both Horsham Rugby Club 1st XV & 2nd XV Lion’s visiting Dukes Meadows for league matches. The 1st XV shall kick off at 14.00, playing on the 3G pitch. 2nd XV Staghounds kick off and pitch to be confirmed. All are most welcome to come and watch and support.
Photos and league table attached: Enjoy the photos, and the league tables as currently showing on England Rugby. 1st XV had a rest week, but other clubs played catch up re-scheduled matches, so we drop down to 5th for the time being.