Newark Ladies played their first game since 2010 at the weekend as they returned to rugby union existence all be it in close defeat to Belper, a cracking match ending 19-22 in the away sides favour. Mark Dobb stating “On a perfect day for rugby, Kelham Road was treated to a fine display of women’s…
Ahead of the weekend’s matches across the grassroots rugby scene in Nottinghamshire, we take a look back at the opening weeks of the regional campaigns, clubs having already up half a dozen matches apiece since kicking off in early September. Keyworth RFC, down in Counties 3 Midlands East (Central), which houses half-a-down of the county’s…
Since the league season wrapped up in the rugby, in late April, there’s been some Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire (NLD) Cup, and Papa Johns Community Cup, action for two of the county’s sides, Paviors, and West Bridgford. Double success came by the way of Paviors RFC in the NLD (Notts, Lincs and Derbyshire) competitions, their…
There was a big win for the Archers on Sunday afternoon, Craig Hammond’s RFU Championship side picking up just their sixth win of what has been a tough campaign. Hosting fourth place Bedford Blues, at Lady Bay, Nottingham pulled out all the stops to go and claim a 26-24 success, and, in doing so, registered…
It’s been a while since we brought you some local Rugby Union news so let us gloss over the latest ahead of the festive break whilst you put your feet up and sip on a brew. The second highest ranked side in the county (below Nottingham RFC) Paviors, play out at Burntstump Country Park and…
After successive wins against Nuneaton and Peterborough Lions it’s been a tough couple of games for Nottinghamshire based Midlands Premier Division side Paviors who lost against Sandbach on 22nd February before suffering a walloping 66-12 defeat against league leaders Bournville last weekend. Paviors are currently tenth in the thirteen team table with 37 points and…
Nottingham were without a game as the Rugby Union Championship took a rest last weekend but there was no shortage of action as a number of our local teams played on Saturday with the highest ranked of those Paviors hosting Bridgnorth who were in the end too strong for the Papplewick based team. Bridgnorth who…
For the third successive game Paviors were well beaten in their Midlands Premier Division match at Bournville losing 64-29 as the league leaders continued their perfect start to the season to make it ten wins from ten. There were plenty of positives for eighth placed Pavs though who took a bonus point away from the…
Midlands Premier Division side Paviors were beaten 19-34 by Sheffield at The Stump on Saturday afternoon their fifth league defeat in nine games this season as they currently lie in eighth position of the 14 team regional league. Pavs succumbed to early Sheffield pressure going a try and a conversion down inside the first ten…
