St Albans Centurions picked up the 2007 RLC Premier South title yesterday with a hard fought 18 - 10 win against the holding champions South London Storm.
The opening exchanges were a cagey affair, marked by frequent penalties from both sides, St Albans in particular looking rusty after a three-week rest period. So it was no surprise when the Storm put first points on the board through a try from winger Ollie Bloom after eleven minutes. A 40-20 kick from Storm scrumhalf Darren Bartley gave his side the field position to build pressure on the opposition line, before Bloom collected a smart cross field kick from Steve Guan to touch down in the left hand corner.
However, the Storm were to suffer a major setback ten minutes later when influential hooker Luke Bonner picked up a match ending injury attempting to burrow his way over the line.
The Centurions levelled the match on twenty-four minutes when centre Russ Kellaway scored a superb individual try, using some deceptive broken field running to weave his way through the Storm defence.
Storm hit the front again just three minutes from the break when a well-executed passing move saw Bartley deliver the final ball to Paul Bottomley who dove over for the try. Bartley converted to provide a six-point cushion.
The Centurions immediately stepped up the pressure at the other end, and duly earned a penalty for not standing square at the play the ball from the back-peddling Storm defence, providing hooker Richard Smith the opportunity to power his way over under the sticks. Craig Foster added the conversion to send the sides into the break 10 a piece.
The first ten minutes of the second half opened brightly with some end-to-end, free flowing rugby, with both sides dropping the ball in promising positions, before the St Albans side really began to click. Winger Rudi van der Merwe broke free of the Storm defence to race over and end the deadlock. Five minutes later his colleague on the other wing, Ollie Fountain, scored the try of the game with a weaving run through the Storm defence to make it 18 – 10.
At that stage the men from South London looked to be running out of steam, but managed to find a second wind as the game entered its final quarter. Loose forward Mickey Walker looked to have put the game back in contention with a well weighted chip over the Centurions defence on sixty-seven minutes, but the resulting touch down was ruled out by a very harsh offside call.
St Albans dug in and worked their way through the pressure with some solid, percentages rugby league, driving down the middle of the field and turning around South London with some intelligent positional kicking. Five minutes from time Centurions fullback Kristian Warner found himself in the sin-bin for a professional foul on his own ten metre line, but a tiring South London were unable to capitalise on the extra man advantage.
The Centurions will now have a week off before facing Welsh side Bridgend Blue Bulls in Bristol to claim a place in the final of the national competition.
St Albans Centurions: (10) 18
Tries: Kellaway, Smith, van der Merwe, Fountain
Goals: Foster
South London Storm: (10) 10
Tries: Bloom, Bottomley
Goals: Bartley
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Sunday, 19 August 2007
Saturday, 18 August 2007
Double-header at Twickenham Stoop
Rugby league fans are looking forward to a feast of rugby league at The Stoop this afternoon, as St Albans Centurions on South London Storm in the Final of the Rugby League Conference South at 12:40 pm, followed by the Super League game between Harlequins RL and Wigan Warriors at 3:00 pm.
St Albans who finished divisional minor premiers in the RLC Premier South will be slight favourites to overturn reigning champions South London, but a tight game is likely. The Centurions have had several weeks rest since booking their place in the final so should be injury free, if not a little ring rusty. In contrast the Storm only booked their place in the final last week with a victory over third placed London Skolars II on a baking hot afternoon at Storm Park.
In the Super League game both Quins and the Warriors will be desperate to boost their chances of a playoff place with a victory, although both sides are mathematically safe from the drop following Salford’s loss last night, both know that dropped points will be a serious blow to making the top six.
Quins continued their re-signing spree this week, with hooker Chad Randall and loose forward Henry Paul both extending their stay in the capital. On a less positive note it appears that stalwart centre Paul Sykes, the longest serving player at the club, is returning to former club Bradford at the end of the season due to family commitments.
The Quins injury problems show no sign of improving with prop Karl Temata ruled out, whilst Sykes also misses out on compassionate grounds. Youngsters Tony Clubb and Stephen Bannister come back into a side that has lost its last four league games. Wigan in contrast appears to have a virtually full strength squad.
St Albans who finished divisional minor premiers in the RLC Premier South will be slight favourites to overturn reigning champions South London, but a tight game is likely. The Centurions have had several weeks rest since booking their place in the final so should be injury free, if not a little ring rusty. In contrast the Storm only booked their place in the final last week with a victory over third placed London Skolars II on a baking hot afternoon at Storm Park.
In the Super League game both Quins and the Warriors will be desperate to boost their chances of a playoff place with a victory, although both sides are mathematically safe from the drop following Salford’s loss last night, both know that dropped points will be a serious blow to making the top six.
Quins continued their re-signing spree this week, with hooker Chad Randall and loose forward Henry Paul both extending their stay in the capital. On a less positive note it appears that stalwart centre Paul Sykes, the longest serving player at the club, is returning to former club Bradford at the end of the season due to family commitments.
The Quins injury problems show no sign of improving with prop Karl Temata ruled out, whilst Sykes also misses out on compassionate grounds. Youngsters Tony Clubb and Stephen Bannister come back into a side that has lost its last four league games. Wigan in contrast appears to have a virtually full strength squad.
Sunday, 12 August 2007
Storm blow away Skolars in semi-final
A game of two very different halves saw South London Storm blow away London Skolars II yesterday at Storm Park to book a place in the RLC Premier South final next weekend against St Albans Centurions. A brutal and at times bad tempered game saw the Skolars lack of discipline ultimately cost them the game.
Skolars took an early lead after five minutes when the left wing found himself in space following a poor clearing kick from the Storm. The Storm fullback did well to slowdown the break but was unable to complete the tackle allowing the winger to get up and complete his run into the corner.
It took just three minutes for the Storm to level the scores with Ollie Bloom powering his way over in the opposite corner following a well worked move that saw the ball moved quickly through a series of hands open up a hole in the Skolars defence. Five minutes later Skolars almost regained the lead when a touchdown under the Storm posts from the loose forward was ruled out for a double movement.
It was at this stage of the game that the Skolars discipline started to put them under pressure with a succession of penalties for high shots, flops and niggling play. A quick tap penalty from Storm skipper Al Emerson on eighteen minutes put them back in front, the conversion from Darren Bartley making the score 10 – 4. Minutes later the referees patience with the Skolars underhand tactics finally broke with Todd Egan binned for deliberately interfering at the play the ball. Bartley took almost immediate advantage of the man short in defence to make it 14 – 4.
In the closing ten minutes of the half it looked like the Skolars were finally starting to get their act together, forcing several repeat sets of possession from which they clawed their way back into the game, with two tries and a conversion levelling the scores at 14 a piece. An injury to a Storm player saw the game stopped for several minutes, and when play resumed it was the Skolars who again applied the pressure forcing a knock on just five metres out from the Storm line which gave them the platform to seize a 14 - 18 lead.
The defining moment of the game came as the first half entered a period of injury time; an instinctive trip from Skolars player David Afreh after he was stepped by a Storm player resulted in an instant dismissal. Storm loose forward Mickey Walker crashed over from the penalty and Bartley’s conversion saw the home side head into the break with a 20 – 14 advantage.
The result of Afreh’s dismissal became obvious in the second half as the twelve men of Skolars ran out of steam in the baking afternoon heat. Walker’s forty-fifth minute try effectively sealed the game, as the Skolars lost their composure and stepped up their roughhouse tactics, which only put them under further pressure from the resulting penalties. Four further tries from the Storm followed as the Skolars defence increasingly struggled to fill the holes and the home side exploited the extra space with testing kicks. The Skolars did manage a late consolation try on the stroke of fulltime to leave the final scores at 48 – 24, but it did little to offset the comprehensiveness off the defeat.
Storm are likely to face a much tougher test against minor premiers St Albans when they meet at The Stoop in the curtain raiser to Harlequins RL game against Wigan Warriors. South London fans can take advantage of a special discount offer to see both games by calling Laura Harrison at Quins RL on 020 8410 6098 and quoting "Storm".
South London Storm: (20) 48
London Skolars II: (18) 24
Skolars took an early lead after five minutes when the left wing found himself in space following a poor clearing kick from the Storm. The Storm fullback did well to slowdown the break but was unable to complete the tackle allowing the winger to get up and complete his run into the corner.
It took just three minutes for the Storm to level the scores with Ollie Bloom powering his way over in the opposite corner following a well worked move that saw the ball moved quickly through a series of hands open up a hole in the Skolars defence. Five minutes later Skolars almost regained the lead when a touchdown under the Storm posts from the loose forward was ruled out for a double movement.
It was at this stage of the game that the Skolars discipline started to put them under pressure with a succession of penalties for high shots, flops and niggling play. A quick tap penalty from Storm skipper Al Emerson on eighteen minutes put them back in front, the conversion from Darren Bartley making the score 10 – 4. Minutes later the referees patience with the Skolars underhand tactics finally broke with Todd Egan binned for deliberately interfering at the play the ball. Bartley took almost immediate advantage of the man short in defence to make it 14 – 4.
In the closing ten minutes of the half it looked like the Skolars were finally starting to get their act together, forcing several repeat sets of possession from which they clawed their way back into the game, with two tries and a conversion levelling the scores at 14 a piece. An injury to a Storm player saw the game stopped for several minutes, and when play resumed it was the Skolars who again applied the pressure forcing a knock on just five metres out from the Storm line which gave them the platform to seize a 14 - 18 lead.
The defining moment of the game came as the first half entered a period of injury time; an instinctive trip from Skolars player David Afreh after he was stepped by a Storm player resulted in an instant dismissal. Storm loose forward Mickey Walker crashed over from the penalty and Bartley’s conversion saw the home side head into the break with a 20 – 14 advantage.
The result of Afreh’s dismissal became obvious in the second half as the twelve men of Skolars ran out of steam in the baking afternoon heat. Walker’s forty-fifth minute try effectively sealed the game, as the Skolars lost their composure and stepped up their roughhouse tactics, which only put them under further pressure from the resulting penalties. Four further tries from the Storm followed as the Skolars defence increasingly struggled to fill the holes and the home side exploited the extra space with testing kicks. The Skolars did manage a late consolation try on the stroke of fulltime to leave the final scores at 48 – 24, but it did little to offset the comprehensiveness off the defeat.
Storm are likely to face a much tougher test against minor premiers St Albans when they meet at The Stoop in the curtain raiser to Harlequins RL game against Wigan Warriors. South London fans can take advantage of a special discount offer to see both games by calling Laura Harrison at Quins RL on 020 8410 6098 and quoting "Storm".
South London Storm: (20) 48
London Skolars II: (18) 24
Wednesday, 8 August 2007
Storm awaits Skolars
The results of last weekend’s RLC Premier games between South London Storm and Kingston Warriors (see here for report) and Kent Ravens and London Skolars II saw the Strom confirm home advantage for this weekend’s semi-final clash with Skolars.
Reigning RLC champions South London Storm are likely to be marginal favourites for the game given home advantage, but only finished above Skolars on points difference in the regular rounds. The Storm have found life harder in this year’s competition following their all conquering run in 2006, the departure of head coach to Rob Powell to the assistant coach position at Harlequins RL and the loss of several influential players including Tani Kingi, Mark Nesbitt, Andy Hames and Todd Brandon, weakening the side.
In contrast to the Storm’s own internal challenges 2007 also proved to be a landmark year in competitiveness of the RLC Premier South, with the decision of St Albans Centurions to drop down from last season’s National League Three competition giving the division a new powerhouse club.
London Skolars II, who previously competed as the Skolars development side under the moniker Haringey Hornets, also seem to have benefited from closer links to their senior side. Many of the players currently playing in the RLC Premier side have significant experience playing and National League Two level.
Storm vs Skolars will kick-off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday 11th at Storm Park, Thornton Heath, see here for more details.
Reigning RLC champions South London Storm are likely to be marginal favourites for the game given home advantage, but only finished above Skolars on points difference in the regular rounds. The Storm have found life harder in this year’s competition following their all conquering run in 2006, the departure of head coach to Rob Powell to the assistant coach position at Harlequins RL and the loss of several influential players including Tani Kingi, Mark Nesbitt, Andy Hames and Todd Brandon, weakening the side.
In contrast to the Storm’s own internal challenges 2007 also proved to be a landmark year in competitiveness of the RLC Premier South, with the decision of St Albans Centurions to drop down from last season’s National League Three competition giving the division a new powerhouse club.
London Skolars II, who previously competed as the Skolars development side under the moniker Haringey Hornets, also seem to have benefited from closer links to their senior side. Many of the players currently playing in the RLC Premier side have significant experience playing and National League Two level.
Storm vs Skolars will kick-off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday 11th at Storm Park, Thornton Heath, see here for more details.
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
Greenwich fall to the Roosters
Greenwich Admirals defeat by Cambridgeshire side St Ives Roosters at the weekend ended the capital’s involvement in the Rugby League Conference Eastern Division. The Roosters will now go onto play division topping Bedford Tigers in the regional final this coming weekend to progress into the national finals series.
A match report can be found here.
More details of the game between Bedford and St Ives can be found here.
A match report can be found here.
More details of the game between Bedford and St Ives can be found here.
Saturday, 4 August 2007
Skolars win but fail to spoil Ravens party
A party atmosphere descended on Princes Park, Dartford, last night as the Kent Ravens Rugby League team made their inaugural appearance at the new state of the art stadium. A crowd of around 500 were entertained by a full-blooded and at times frenetic Rugby League Conference Premier clash between the Ravens and visitors London Skolars.
The nerves of the Ravens players were palpable as the opening kick sailed out on the full and the Skolars used the resulting penalty to put them under early pressure. The Skolars almost capitalised immediately with the standoff’s clever dinking kick along the ground into the corner proving just too deep for the impressive speedster on the right wing.
The Ravens then took their chance to attack and a scoot from the play the ball by the fullback caught out the Skolars defence who resorted to giving away a penalty for holding down. The Kent side built on the possession to work the ball across the field, with forward Steve Scanlan showing great strength to bulldoze over the line and write a little piece of history with the first try at Princes Park four minutes in to the game. The Ravens lead lasted just three minutes, the Skolars right winger finding a gap out wide with his own scooting run into the corner to level the scores.
It was twenty minutes before the next score was to arrive, the Skolars kept the ball alive with some ambitious offloads which saw them eventually crash over close to the sticks. Skipper Kurt Pittman added the conversion to give his side a 6-point lead. This was the sign that the men from New River were to hit their first purple patch of the game, two minutes later a break and clever pass from the standoff found the fullback running an intelligent line to touch down beneath the sticks. A brave rally from the Ravens required some gutsy try line defence to deny them before the Skolars pulled out a long range move down the left hand touchline to find themselves under the sticks again.
The closing ten minutes of the first-half were to be a showcase for the Skolars right centre-wing partnership, first a break down the right hand flank saw the winger push the ball back inside as he was dragged into touch to put his centre in, then three minutes later the centre reciprocated with a long looping pass to send his winger into the corner following a well worked move orchestrated by the scrumhalf.
Despite some tired the legs, the Ravens remained committed and their persistence was rewarded with a second try when Daniel Smart smashed his way over on thirty nine minutes, with Thomas Claridge adding on the conversion to send the sides in to the break at 10 – 30.
The first five minutes of the second half saw both teams step up in attack, with both bombing gilt-edged chances with dropped balls under the challenge of some brutal, bone crunching defence. However, it took just eight minutes before the Skolars right centre found a way through some flat defence to stride away into the corner for the first try of the second half.
The Ravens again rallied and put the visitors under the most concerted period of pressure in the whole game. The home sides won themselves a series of back to back sets via a goal line dropout and a penalty for holding down, but despite being virtually camped on the opposition line they could find no way through. At times the scenes were almost slapstick as the Skolars defenders hurled themselves in front of the Ravens juggernaut in desperate, last ditch attempts to hold the line.
The Skolars finally broke the Ravens resolve on the hour mark, a solid set of six in attack punched them down the field and a drive over from close range extended the lead to 10 – 38. A minute later the standoff latched on to an offload thirty metres out to jink his way over and the floodgates had opened as the Skolars entered their second purple patch of the game. Three more tries followed in close succession as the visitors took advantage of some tiring defence on the Ravens left hand flank, before the right wing broke on the opposite side to feed the fullback for the final try on seventy five minutes.
To their credit the Ravens refused to let their heads go down and continued to take the fight to the Skolars to the very end, earning a standing ovation off the field from the vociferous partisan crowd. Ultimately it was the greater experience of the Skolars, many with experience in National League Two, which made the difference. The Skolars were quicker to get the second and third man to the tackle, showed more awareness in their support running and slicker handling of the ball in particular the crisp distribution of hooker Kurt Pittman from the play the ball.
Kent Ravens have come along way in the last three years and despite what the score line may suggest the side have great potential that will develop as they progress along their own learning curve. In Princes Park the Ravens have a stadium to be proud of and in Kent Ravens the town of Dartford has a rugby league side to be proud of.
Kent Ravens: (10) 10
London Skolars: (30) 68
The nerves of the Ravens players were palpable as the opening kick sailed out on the full and the Skolars used the resulting penalty to put them under early pressure. The Skolars almost capitalised immediately with the standoff’s clever dinking kick along the ground into the corner proving just too deep for the impressive speedster on the right wing.
The Ravens then took their chance to attack and a scoot from the play the ball by the fullback caught out the Skolars defence who resorted to giving away a penalty for holding down. The Kent side built on the possession to work the ball across the field, with forward Steve Scanlan showing great strength to bulldoze over the line and write a little piece of history with the first try at Princes Park four minutes in to the game. The Ravens lead lasted just three minutes, the Skolars right winger finding a gap out wide with his own scooting run into the corner to level the scores.
It was twenty minutes before the next score was to arrive, the Skolars kept the ball alive with some ambitious offloads which saw them eventually crash over close to the sticks. Skipper Kurt Pittman added the conversion to give his side a 6-point lead. This was the sign that the men from New River were to hit their first purple patch of the game, two minutes later a break and clever pass from the standoff found the fullback running an intelligent line to touch down beneath the sticks. A brave rally from the Ravens required some gutsy try line defence to deny them before the Skolars pulled out a long range move down the left hand touchline to find themselves under the sticks again.
The closing ten minutes of the first-half were to be a showcase for the Skolars right centre-wing partnership, first a break down the right hand flank saw the winger push the ball back inside as he was dragged into touch to put his centre in, then three minutes later the centre reciprocated with a long looping pass to send his winger into the corner following a well worked move orchestrated by the scrumhalf.
Despite some tired the legs, the Ravens remained committed and their persistence was rewarded with a second try when Daniel Smart smashed his way over on thirty nine minutes, with Thomas Claridge adding on the conversion to send the sides in to the break at 10 – 30.
The first five minutes of the second half saw both teams step up in attack, with both bombing gilt-edged chances with dropped balls under the challenge of some brutal, bone crunching defence. However, it took just eight minutes before the Skolars right centre found a way through some flat defence to stride away into the corner for the first try of the second half.
The Ravens again rallied and put the visitors under the most concerted period of pressure in the whole game. The home sides won themselves a series of back to back sets via a goal line dropout and a penalty for holding down, but despite being virtually camped on the opposition line they could find no way through. At times the scenes were almost slapstick as the Skolars defenders hurled themselves in front of the Ravens juggernaut in desperate, last ditch attempts to hold the line.
The Skolars finally broke the Ravens resolve on the hour mark, a solid set of six in attack punched them down the field and a drive over from close range extended the lead to 10 – 38. A minute later the standoff latched on to an offload thirty metres out to jink his way over and the floodgates had opened as the Skolars entered their second purple patch of the game. Three more tries followed in close succession as the visitors took advantage of some tiring defence on the Ravens left hand flank, before the right wing broke on the opposite side to feed the fullback for the final try on seventy five minutes.
To their credit the Ravens refused to let their heads go down and continued to take the fight to the Skolars to the very end, earning a standing ovation off the field from the vociferous partisan crowd. Ultimately it was the greater experience of the Skolars, many with experience in National League Two, which made the difference. The Skolars were quicker to get the second and third man to the tackle, showed more awareness in their support running and slicker handling of the ball in particular the crisp distribution of hooker Kurt Pittman from the play the ball.
Kent Ravens have come along way in the last three years and despite what the score line may suggest the side have great potential that will develop as they progress along their own learning curve. In Princes Park the Ravens have a stadium to be proud of and in Kent Ravens the town of Dartford has a rugby league side to be proud of.
Kent Ravens: (10) 10
London Skolars: (30) 68
Wednesday, 11 July 2007
Storm Dream Team announced
South London Storm announced their dream at the weekend, the Thornton Heath based outfit who are the reigning Rugby League Conference Premier champions are currently celebrating their tenth anniversary
To see the full list click here.
To see the full list click here.
Sunday, 27 May 2007
South London Storm blow their way to the top
South London Storm yesterday overpowered London Skolars A at New River Stadium to consolidate their position at the top of RLC Premier South. A tight first half saw just 4 points separate the visitors from their hosts, the struggle continued into the second half before the Storm finally pulled away in the closing quarter of the game.
A full match report is here.
London Skolars A: (16) 26
South London Storm: (20) 44
A full match report is here.
London Skolars A: (16) 26
South London Storm: (20) 44
Friday, 25 May 2007
Feast of Rugby League planned at New River
Tomorrow will see a full day of rugby league action at New River Stadium in Tottenham as London Skolars reserve grade take on reigning champions South London Storm in the RLC Premier, followed by the first grade team who entertain Oldham Roughyeds in a National League Two fixture.
The RLC Premier clash presents an intriguing match-up with both sides sharing joint top spot on the divisional ladder, with both unbeaten after four games. The Storm, who swept all before them last season are facing up to a much tougher prospect the season and were lucky to scrape past West London Sharks last weekend.
In the National League Two game Skolars will be buoyed by their draw against Keighley Cougars last weekend which saw them end a horrendous run of defeats and also lifted them above Gateshead Thunder into tenth place.
The action will start from 11:00 with a full programme of junior fixtures; Skolars A versus South London kicks off at 12:45, with Skolars versus Oldham following at 15:00.
More information is available here.
The RLC Premier clash presents an intriguing match-up with both sides sharing joint top spot on the divisional ladder, with both unbeaten after four games. The Storm, who swept all before them last season are facing up to a much tougher prospect the season and were lucky to scrape past West London Sharks last weekend.
In the National League Two game Skolars will be buoyed by their draw against Keighley Cougars last weekend which saw them end a horrendous run of defeats and also lifted them above Gateshead Thunder into tenth place.
The action will start from 11:00 with a full programme of junior fixtures; Skolars A versus South London kicks off at 12:45, with Skolars versus Oldham following at 15:00.
More information is available here.
Sunday, 20 May 2007
Ravens cut down by Centurions
Kent Ravens fell to earth yesterday against St Albans Centurions. The Dartford side were on the receiving end of a 6 – 76 score line although they can take some consolation from the fact that they were facing a far more experienced side who are tipped as one of the favourites for this season’s RLC Premier title. On paper the match was an intriguing prospect, with St Albans having played in National League Three last season whilst Kent Ravens stepped up from the RLC division having been in the London League only two years ago.
A full match report will appear here.
A full match report will appear here.
Storm edge out Sharks
South London Storm narrowly overcame a committed West London Sharks side 28 - 32 yesterday at Grasshoppers, their second win over the Sharks this season.
West London can feel unlucky not to have earned a share of the spoils against the reigning champions and reinforces just how tough this division has become.
A full match report is here.
West London can feel unlucky not to have earned a share of the spoils against the reigning champions and reinforces just how tough this division has become.
A full match report is here.
Friday, 18 May 2007
Wests Vs Souths double header
West London Sharks will take on South London Storm at home tomorrow seeking revenge for the heavy defeat they suffered on the opening day of the RLC Premier.
Both sides will be fielding their first and second grade sides in a double header London derby, with the second teams kicking off at 1pm and the first team kicking off at 2.30pm.
The games are being played at Grasshoppers in West London, click here for directions.
Both sides will be fielding their first and second grade sides in a double header London derby, with the second teams kicking off at 1pm and the first team kicking off at 2.30pm.
The games are being played at Grasshoppers in West London, click here for directions.
Griffins step up to RLC
The London Griffins club has announced the decision to take the step up to the RLC South to replace Broadstairs Bulldogs who have pulled out of the league.
The decision will present the club with a major challenge, although now in its third season and with a solid player and supported base, the club has only recently stepped up to playing full contact rugby league having initially formed as a tag rugby side.
However, the solid management and coaching footing of the club should see it adapt to the rigours of the RLC, with promising signs visible in the recent defeat of reigning London League champions South London Storm II.
More information can be found here.
The decision will present the club with a major challenge, although now in its third season and with a solid player and supported base, the club has only recently stepped up to playing full contact rugby league having initially formed as a tag rugby side.
However, the solid management and coaching footing of the club should see it adapt to the rigours of the RLC, with promising signs visible in the recent defeat of reigning London League champions South London Storm II.
More information can be found here.
Monday, 14 May 2007
Ravens secure first win
Kent Ravens secured their first ever RLC Premier win this weekend with a 26 – 18 win over Kingston Warriors.
The result highlights the great development work being carried out by the Ravens in South East London and West Kent. As well as operating a number of junior teams the club is scheduled to move into the new Princes Park stadium in Dartford later this season.
A full report is here.
The result highlights the great development work being carried out by the Ravens in South East London and West Kent. As well as operating a number of junior teams the club is scheduled to move into the new Princes Park stadium in Dartford later this season.
A full report is here.
Sunday, 13 May 2007
Storm stops the Rhinos
South London Storm’s first team provided a fitting end to yesterday’s family festival down at Storm Park, beating top RLC side Ipswich Rhinos 18 – 4.
The event featuring visits from Quins RL stars Louis McCarthy-Scarsbrook and Henry Paul was attended by five hundred visitors and attracted the attention of the Sky Sports cameras.
More information here.
The event featuring visits from Quins RL stars Louis McCarthy-Scarsbrook and Henry Paul was attended by five hundred visitors and attracted the attention of the Sky Sports cameras.
More information here.
Centurions edge out Sharks
West London Sharks were defeated 22 – 20 away at St Albans yesterday, but can take a great deal of credit away from the match given their opponents were playing in National League Three last season.
A full match report is here.
A full match report is here.
Admirals season sets sail
Greenwich Admirals yesterday opened their RLC London and South East season with a 62 – 20 win over Cambridge Eagles at Shooters Hill.
A full match report is here.
A full match report is here.
Thursday, 10 May 2007
South London Festival of Rugby League
South London Storm will be holding a family rugby league festival this Saturday beginning at 10am with a programme of juniors fixtures running through to the first team game against Ipswich Rhinos at 2:30pm.
The event is aimed at developing the club’s relationship with the local community as well as involving promoting the club and its sponsors to the widest possible audience. Admission is free and as well as a full programme of games there will be a BBQ, bar and appearances from Harlequins RL players.
Visitors Ipswich Rhinos are also likely to provide the Storm one of their toughest tests of the season so far, the Rhinos have been one of the South London club’s biggest rivals in recent years and are likely to challenge strongly for this season’s RLC Premier South title.
More details can be found here.
The event is aimed at developing the club’s relationship with the local community as well as involving promoting the club and its sponsors to the widest possible audience. Admission is free and as well as a full programme of games there will be a BBQ, bar and appearances from Harlequins RL players.
Visitors Ipswich Rhinos are also likely to provide the Storm one of their toughest tests of the season so far, the Rhinos have been one of the South London club’s biggest rivals in recent years and are likely to challenge strongly for this season’s RLC Premier South title.
More details can be found here.
Sunday, 29 April 2007
Mixed results for South London Storm
South London Storm’s first team overcame a strong challenge for St Albans Centurions to maintain their 100% record in this seasons RLC Premier, running out 26 – 22 victors yesterday. Match report here.
Things were not so bright for the Storm second team, who went down 22 – 38 to London ARL new boys London Griffins. Match report here.
South London Storm: 26
St Albans Centurions: 22
South London Storm “A”: 22
London Griffins: 38
Things were not so bright for the Storm second team, who went down 22 – 38 to London ARL new boys London Griffins. Match report here.
South London Storm: 26
St Albans Centurions: 22
South London Storm “A”: 22
London Griffins: 38
Saturday, 28 April 2007
South London double header
Both of South London Storm’s sides will face a tough test today in their first home games of the season. The first team, reigning RLC Premier champions, face the imposing prospect of St Albans Centurions, whilst the second team, reigning London ARL champions, will face London Griffins.
St Albans will arguably pose the greatest test to South London’s hopes of defending the RLC Premier title, having dropped down from playing in National League Two. West London based Griffins are a new team to the London League having been established as a tag-rugby side.
Storm v Griffins kicks off at 1.00 p.m. with the Storm v Centurions following at 2.30. Both games are played at Storm Park in Thornton Heath.
St Albans will arguably pose the greatest test to South London’s hopes of defending the RLC Premier title, having dropped down from playing in National League Two. West London based Griffins are a new team to the London League having been established as a tag-rugby side.
Storm v Griffins kicks off at 1.00 p.m. with the Storm v Centurions following at 2.30. Both games are played at Storm Park in Thornton Heath.
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