Seniors Rugby


 

     Coaching Staff

Director of Rugby
Alan Dickens

 
Head Coach
Paul McCartin
 
Assistant Coach
Dave Marshall
 
Assistant Coach
Matt Bates


    Introduction & Overview of Seniors Rugby

Welcome to the Seniors Section of the Derby RFC website. Here you'll find lots of information covering Fixtures & Results, Match Reports, Team Selections, Fixture Directions and Physio Services.

We run 7 Senior sides: 1st XV, 2nd XV, 3rd XV, 4th XV, Vets XV, Colts XV and a Ladies XV. For information about the Ladies XV please visit the Ladies Section on our website and for info on the Colts please visit the Colts Section on our website.

The 1st XV have played at level 5 or 6 in the RFU League structure since the inception of the leagues in the late 1980s, with the titles of those leagues changing regularly with RFU reorganisations. Having had a much improved season last year we are looking to improve further with a strong side built around young local players, many of whom have come through the club’s excellent Mini and Junior / Colts set up.

The 2nd XV will be playing in a new league this year with 2nd XVs from other clubs in the Midlands whose 1st XVs mostly play at level 4 or level 5

The 3rd XV sometimes suffer for being the team just below the ‘serious’ sides, but the club is working hard to make the step between this and the 2nd team smaller by raising its standard. With this in mind, last season some less intense weekly training was introduced for 3rd and 4th team players and it is planned for this to continue this season. They will play in the Notts Pennant.

The 4th team play for fun but also manage to pick up plenty of wins in the Notts Pennant and have an uncanny knack of finding quality ‘ringers’ when necessary.

The Vets keep a “Corinthian spirit” in the club with away trips in the Benz-Bavarian bus, stop-offs at decent watering holes on the way back and sing-songs back at the club. But they are also very competitive having won or come 2nd in their Notts Pennant league in the last 3 seasons.

For the 2010/11 season Alan Dickens is Director of Rugby, Head Coach is Paul McCartin. Assistant Coaches are Dave Marshall and Matt Bates.


 

 

 

 

 

 


 


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