Sitting fifth in the RFU Championship, ahead of their home clash this Friday (29 November), Nottingham RFC have just come out a three-game dance against tough opposition in Pool 2 of this seasons Premiership Rugby Cup. It was never going to be easy for the Archers, but, although losing all three matches, Craig Hammond’s side…
As the hard yards are being put in over at Lady Bay ahead of the start of this season’s Premiership Rugby Cup campaign, Nottingham RFC Head Coach, Craig Hammond, took a little time out to look back at the start of the Archers’ season, and ahead to what’s to come. Split into five groups of…
Nottingham Rugby, although having had a mixed start to the current, RFU Championship season, could end the year as leaders, or drop down to fifth, as Head Coach Craig Hammond explained around the Archers’ Boxing Day clash away to Coventry, and those upcoming, New Year friendly dances with the British Army, and Gallagher Premiership outfit,…
It has been a season which began in September, with Championship clubs having been invited to take part in the new-look, Premiership Cup, and with it, a minimum of five extra games on the playing calendar. They were games which included trips to Gloucester and Saracens, and the visit of Harlequins to Lady Bay, in…
Saturday night sees the All Blacks and the Springboks collide for Rugby’s grandest prize, the Webb Ellis Cup. In recent interviews with both the Head Coach Craig Hammond, and captain Nathan Tweedy, of Nottingham Rugby, both New Zealanders, the Nottingham Sport gained a couple of quick thoughts from the them about the tournament, and the…
A 62-point game unfortunately didn’t fall in favour of the travelling Archers, Nottingham being edged in an IPA Greene King Championship clash at the Butts Park Arena, home of Coventry. Numerous tries were scored, the Archers chipping in with four of their own, the hosts were just that little more accurate, with tries (five, and…
Victory at Lady Bay this past weekend, in the Championship Cup, and a first of any kind since mid-October, was welcome relief for Nottingham RFC Head Coach, Craig Hammond. It’s been a run of defeats, ten in total, and saw two against both Jersey Reds, and Ealing Trailfinders, both of whom they face in their…
