UBRFC News

End of Season Dinner details are as follows;

22nd April

Avon Gorge Hotel

£30

If you haven't spoken to Harrison yet, do so ASAP.

The date is set!

When?
Tuesday 5th May - Gates open at 5pm, KO at 6pm
At 5.15pm there will be a Varsity Ultimate Frisbee Exhibition

Where?
Memorial Stadium
From Bristol City Centre, take the 73.

How much?
£5 Standing - Adv, £7 Sitting - Adv, £7 On the gate

Tickets can be bought from SU Campus Offices.

This is going to be massive day, and needs a massive Bristol turn out!

26th of April

Bound to be a massive day with both mens and womens teams competing. 

Get down and support UBRFC at Combe Dingle!

Also if you aren't competing and can help out on the day let Ross know.

Big day for UBRFC on Wednesday as the 1XV face Nottingham Trent, lets make sure we get a big turn out!

2.30 PM

Coombe Dingle

Also a big congratulations to the Fresh squad for having an unbeaten season.

Friday 13th March

This is a massive day for UBRFC;

In the Morning - UBRFC will play Grenoble University at Clifton RFC

Later - England Students will play France Students.

Tickets are Ten Pounds and get you entry into Bristol against Leicester later that evening.

Information about tickets will follow shortly.

Also a massive congratulations has to go to the UBRFC lads that made it into the England Students Squad.

The Fresh have had a great season so far, currently topping their league.

The standings look like this (before the Bath match):

Its been a big few weeks for UBRFC, with some promising results all throughout the club.

Planning is also well underway for a summer tour to Argentina (speak to Ross if your interested).

The schedule for this week inculdes some huge fixtures;

Wednesday 4th Feb
1ST V HARTPURY (A);
2NDS V BATH 3RDS (A);
3RDS V WINCHESTER (A);
WOMEN V HARTPURY (A)

And the Fresh A and B against Hartpury.

Hope every one has had a great xmas and new year!

The second half of the season is about to be kicked off with some great rugby, we having an Argentinian touring side - La Plata RFC from Beunos Aires - playing us in the following fixtures:

Sunday 11th January - 1st/2nd XV Vs. La Plata RFC U20

                                  Freshers XV Vs. La Plata RFC U19

K.O. 14.15 at Coombe Dingle

This was a great event last year, so lets see if we can get alot of support down and make it even better.

The 3rd's also have a merit leauge match against Whitehall on Saturday and will no doubt be looking for a big win to bring them into the new year.

I've found a couple of pictures from the 1st's game againt bath:

The biggest UBRFC event of the year is almost upon us!

It takes place on Wednesday 10th, 7.30 at Coombe Dingle.

Tickets are £15, and if you haven't done so already, reserve your place by getting hold of Harrison.

It is finally here! The 2009 UBRFC Naked Calendar!

What better christmas present for your friends, sisters, mums or nans?

To get hold of one at the bargain price of £5 speak to any UBRFC member or alternatively get hold of Anthony Dennison;

ad6722@bristol.ac.uk

And remember, what christmas is complete without a naked calendar?

It's been a great start to the Season for all of UBRFC's teams; the 1st XV are currently third in a tough league, as are the 2nd XV, and the 3rd XV are Top of their league.

There are some big games coming up in the next few weeks;

1st XV have Cardiff Medics away on the 3/10 and St. Marys at home on the 7/10

2nd XV have  Plymouth and UWE 2nd's both at home

3rd XV have Southampton Solent 2nd's Away on 3/10.

Lets make sure we are all heading down and showing support for the club.

The 2008-2009 Season starts tomorrow!

 All Club Fixtures are now up on the club stuff link.

As many people will know, the new ELV's will be trialed next season.  The IRB website provides a comprehensive guide to these laws.

UBRFC are Proud to announce Maximuscle as a new sponsor for the 2008-2009 season.

Finally got hold of some pictures of the 36 - 11 win over UWE:

The link can be found here

Any more you want on there, send my way.  I will also get hold of the Epigram report on the match, so check the varsity section of this site in a few days.

Firstly, apologies for the complete lack of any recent news. I'll look to keep the site up to date with pictures and results.

The new comittee was was elected last month, and I would like to welcome them in and wish them the best of luck in running the club.  They are;

• Ross Davies - Club Captain - rd7603@bristol.ac.uk
• Luke Bellinger - Treasurer - lb7241@bristol.ac.uk
• Ola Alli - Club Secretary - oa7523@bristol.ac.uk
• Harison Edwards - Social Secretary - he7974@bristol.ac.uk
• Anthony Dennison - Fundraising Secretary - ad6722@bristol.ac.uk
• Alex Ratcliffe - Match Secretary - ar7268@bristol.ac.uk
• Freddie Stockwell - Fixtures Secretary - gs7520@bristol.ac.uk 
• Jacques Carolan - Webmaster - jc7947@bristol.ac.uk

For the last few years, under instruction from the IRB, a set of proposed rule changes has been suggested and trialled in lower tier competitions, most notably at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. As the observant rugby fans will have realised a number of these have been trailled in the super 14 tournament with limited success. However, in order to try and get a better idea of how these willl affect the game, the IRB voted last thursday to introduce 13 of the proposed rules into all levels of competion on a global scale for a year. This means that come the start of our season in september several new rules will have to be understood and used by the 1000s of people who play rugby at the grass roots level in this country.

I have found the list of ELVs to be trialled and suggest everyone has a look at how these changes will affect both the game as a whole but also how it may force them to alter the way they play. I have also included the others that are not being trialled at all levels and not at all!!

ELVs to be trialled worldwide

Assistant Referees

Assistant Referees can assist referees in any manner required when appointed by a match organiser

Posts and flags around the field

The corner posts are no longer considered to be in touch in-goal except when a ball is grounded against the post

Lineout and throw

If a team puts the ball back into their own 22 and the ball is subsequently kicked directly into touch there is no gain of ground

A quick throw may be thrown in straight or towards the throwing team's own goal line

There is no restriction on the number of players who can participate in the lineout from either side (minimum of two)

The receiver in a lineout must stand 2 metres back from the lineout

The player who is in opposition to the player throwing in the ball may stand in the area between the 5 metre line and touch line but must be 2 metres away from the lineout

Lineout players may pre-grip a jumper before the ball is thrown in

The lifting of lineout jumpers is permitted

Maul

Players are able to defend a maul by pulling it down

Remove reference in Law to heads and shoulders not to be lower than hips

Scrum

Introduction of an offside line five metres behind the hindmost feet of the scrum

Scrum half offside lines (must be in close proximity to the scrum as present Law or must retreat five metres)

ELVs to be trialled in an elite Northern Hemisphere competition

Sanctions

For all offences other than offside, not entering through the gate, and Law 10 - Foul Play, the sanction is a Free Kick

Tackle and ruck

If the ball is unplayable at the breakdown, the side that did not take the ball into contact will receive a Free Kick

Maul

If a maul becomes unplayable, the team not in possession at the start of the maul receives a Free Kick

ELVs to be referred back to LPG for further analysis and possible experimentation

Lineout and throw

Incorrect throw (not straight) the sanction is a Free Kick

Tackle and ruck

Offside line occurs immediately at the tackle

Players who are on their feet can play the ball with their hands

There are two Penalty Kicks warded at the tackle and ruck - offside and foul play

Reference to unfair play added to Law 15 (tackle: ball carrier brought to ground)

Offside

Players are only put onside after a tackle when they retreat past the tackle or the ball has moved five metres away from the tackle Kick-off and restart kicks

Incorrect kick-offs and restart kicks result in a Free Kick for the opposition

WE WON!!!!

Another great win for our boys who performed with real style in front of another big crowd in the memorial stadium. Although UWE had the majority of the ball in the early minutes it wasn't long before we were able to start to build some pressure of our own resulting in a five try victory to ensure the cup remains with its rightful owners for another year!!

Im gonna try and get hold of some photos to put up here asap so keep an eye out!!!

Tom

So thats BUSA done for another year!!! The 1sts lost on wednesday in their first playoff game to Leeds Met in a very close contest. They eventually lost 35-27 after a late try from the leeds flyhalf finished the game off!! ALthough we probably had the better team on they day we were unable to utilise a string wind to their benefit in the first half and didnt build enough of a lead. However, we did score two tries in the second half, even if it wasnt quite enough!!

The 2s and 3s also had a bad end to the season both losing their final fixtures to UWIC and Cardiff respectively!! The freshers remain very much in the fight and the top of their table with just the playoffs to come in a couple of weeks!! I will put up a copy of the latest table up under the club stuff section!!!

Finally an update of future events: Vasity is still on for the 30th at the Mem, the club AGM will be this wednesday at coombe dingle at a time to be confirmed so if you want a say in the appointment of next years committee you had better be there!!! finally the end of the season dinner is a week on monday and if you havent yet paid for your tickets make sure you get on to it!!

tom

Hi everyone...apologies for the lack of news in recent weeks but unfortunately that is how it goes!!!

Few things to deal with - firstly results: The 1sts unfortunately have lost both their fixtures this term narrowly to both St Marys (13-6) and to Cardiff (16-10). The 2nds had a great start to this term with a well fought win over Exeter but couldnt continue this and have lost to both Hartpury and UWIC more recently. With only one game left to play this means that they will probably be relegated for next season. The 3rds luck has been even worse. They lost badly to top placed UWIC first up, even if they did manage to restrict their scoring chances slightly but then lost badly to Plymouth the next week and forfeiting the match to UWIC the next week. Finally they lost to Cardiff 2s in a hard fought game at the dingle. Along with the 2nds they are left to be relegated at the end of the season!! There is some light at the end of the tunnel though as the freshers find themselves top of the freshers league after having lost only twice all season and last weekend turning hartpury over at theirs with a fantastic 10-10 draw!!! so big congratulations to all those fresh esp as they have been able to lift the spirits if the whole club!!!

And now on to more enjoyable topics...social had again been fantastic this term with club moral really high considering the results we have been getting (fresh excluded) so thats brilliant, especially the last two weeks where, the club has been seen, quite literallly, in its full glory!!! its no wonder all the other clubs in the university aspire to be UBRFC...a point highlighted most by the football boys who have started to wear ties to social this year...

 Couple of notices for future dates...It is my belief that the VARSITY match is now definetely conmfirmed for the 30th April so keep that date free for what is the biggest amatuer sporting event in the southwest and a good chance to mstick one up to UWE!!!! The club agm will also be soon but date and time are yet to be confirmed!!!!

tom

The BBC were down at Coombe the other day taking some photos so I have nicked them for all to see:

Click here to see the full album

Hey Boys: Last Message before Christmas!!!

Firstly well done everyone on an absolutely epic night on weds-a huge effort by everyone!! Thanks go out to Coombe Dingle who made it possible and to Boatang who organised everything!

Quick update on results:

      1st XV won 42 - 7 University of Bath 1st XV

      2nd XV lost 19 - 34 University of Gloucestershire 1st XV

      3rd XV lost 29 - 7 Cariff Medic 2nd XV

Anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Tom

Alright boys its that time of the year again...good old chrimbo dinner will be next weds 12/12 at Coombe Dingle!!

If last year was anything to go by will be a fantastic night!! Hope everyones got their name down already...I hear speeches a plenty are promised along with some fine food and hopefully a little alcohol!

Ill see you all down there - make sure your chinos and shirt are well ironed!!!

Tom (ed stood for Editor for those who seem confused - not Cawthorn!!!, but since it has been brought up i will sign off with my own name!!)

btw..a fantastic curry was had by the majority of the fron row union yesterday...an outstanding effort on food consumed spear headed by Sammy!!!

Results from Wednesday 05/12/07

 1st XV lost 53-0 Hartpury College 1st XV

 2nd XV game cancelled Marjons

 3rd XV lost 29-0 Swansea 2nd XV

The Men's Rugby 1's fixture against Exeter has been moved to the superb new Sandy Park stadium (home of the Exeter Chiefs) and we are giving you the chance to be there!!!

Wednesday 28th November will see Bristol Men's Rugby 1's taking on the might of Exeter in the superb new Sandy Park stadium.

The first stage of the main stadium contract was completed last September. This included the impressive new playing pitch and the first main grandstand with seating for 2400. This new development will provide a stunning back-drop to what promises to be a very entertaining evening of rugby.

The match kicks-off at 7.30pm with a fantastic atmosphere expected. If you want to be there the AU will be providing coaches leaving the front of the Students Union at 5pm.

Last year we lost by 1 point after 11 (yes, ELEVEN!) minutes of stoppage time, so we really wanna beat them this year and your support will be welcome!

Tickets are just £4 (includes travel and gate) and can be bought from The AU Office (3rd floor of the Students Union), the UBU shop in the Union or on the coaches while seats last!!!

Money raised will be going to charity. The charity that has been chosen is the Matt Hampson trust. 

Matt Hampson was a young Tigers (Leicester) prop forward who suffered a serious neck injury whilst at England U-21 training in March 2005. Matt returned home in early August, after spending 17 months recovering from his injuries at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. He is currently paralysed from the neck down and is still unable to breath unaided.  Despite the nature of his injuries, Matt continues to show great courage in the face of adversity. He is constantly looking to raise the profile of other paralysis victims and is determined to become heavily involved in publicising research into spinal injuries

I hope to see as many of you there as possible!!!

 Ed

With late tries to deny both the firsts and seconds a win againsr UWIC teams, the thirds kept pride intact with their first win of the season against a cardiff side!! Good show by the club on the afternoon  with a very busy dingle bar after the event!! keep up the good work boys through to the end of the season!!

anyone with photos from any matches this year can you send them through pls. (webmaster@ubrfc.co.uk)

Ed

Another triple match day for the club tomorrow with all three teams playing at home!! with this in mind lets get as many people as possible down to the dingle for some fantastic rugby and the infamous dingle burger!!

Come on boys lets get those much deserved wins and kick start the rest of the season!!

Also boys am going to be starting a "Bob" section of the website so any stories and pictures of bob hanging out with the lads would be much appreciated!!

ed

Results from Wednesday 07/11/07 and Saturday 10/11/07:

1st XV won     24-14     Cardiff 1st XV

2nd XV lost      3-20     UWIC 2nd XV

Freshers won    52-0     UWE Freshers

3rd XV lost     31-33     Thornbury (in merit league)

keep up the good work boys, those wins are just around the corner!!!

Ed      

Hi Everyone,

We are now a month into the season and thought id just post to keep you up to date with results: Unfortunately it hasn't been the best start to a season the club has ever enjoyed with both the 2nd and 3rd teams struggling in their newly promoted status. However, those elusive wins should not be far off!!! The 1sts have not fared much better and although won away at bath a couple of weeks ago, went down heavily to a good hartpury side and then on wednesday to St Marys'. The freshers started well after winning at home to hartpury and hope to continue this form through the rest of the season.

Keep up the good work boys, Hope to see many of you in the gym and at social!!

Ed

Im in the process of putting up some of the videos and pictures from first social up so keep a look out in the members section...

In a deal better than that offered by orange wednesdays, instead of offering just 2 for 1, this wednesday UBRFC is proud to be able to present 3 for 1 on all BUSA matches.

This Wednesday all three teams will be playing at home so we need to get as many people as possible down to the dingle to watch the boys!!!

On top of this positive feast of rugby you can also purchase the world renowned dingle-burger, and after the match come and join in for a few beers with the boys!!! 

This is a big call out to all those freshers that are hanging around with nothing to do on a wednesday afternoon  between lectures and social!! 

Hi Everyone!! New Year just started and looking forward to some fantastic rugby throughout the club!! Started of the year in fantastic fashion!! Firstly with a tour to France in which the team won well to a Paris Combined University team and a team from Nantes, but, lost to a very strong Bordeaux team!! (I am hoping to get some pictures up at the first opportunity so keep an eye on this space) Then with the firsts winning pre-season against Worcester!! Looks to be a lot of fresh this year s lets hope they keep up the winning ways with their first games at a tournament this coming Sunday.

In other news, UBRFC has entered a team into the Bristol combined clubs Merit League which takes place on Saturday afternoons. The Medics team will be fulfilling this commitment to begin with, but, hopefully we will get some university players involved as well as they become unavailable!! Played their first game on Saturday against a very good North Bristol side and competed very well considering the size of the opposition, in going down 20-12.

Just a note in terms of site management this year. I have taken over management of the site from Niall who has done a great job in the last year and am looking to keep the site up to date with match reports and player profiles, so to all those first team players ans committee members out there I need some imformation!! Plus any good pictures from past and future socials for the members page!!

Look Forward to seeing everyone at the first social of the year!!!

Tom

We won again

The AGM took place today and I would like to welcome in and wish the new committee the best of luck running the club next year. They are;

Club Captain    -    Alex Smart
Club sec.        -    Tom Rotherham
Treasurer        -    Chris Coupland
Lash sec.        -    Andy Boateng
Fund sec.        -    Ed Cawthorne
Match sec.        -    James Lewis
Fixtures sec.    -    Chris Eastwood

Dear UBrfc

as you may be aware there is an old boys game on sat 28th of april, as
varsity is on the monday and busa sevens is on the next day we'll
primarily be looking for players who won't be involved. this is just a
rallying call to all third years/leavers. will be a great opportunity to
have a run around and re unite dax wax...(yes the last team actually to
win the freshers championship class of 03/04)

those in the tight 5, or playing in the sevens you are welcomed to play
i myslef am gonna play for about a half or so but don't kill yourself

will liase with team cpts to get a side out. i know everyone has shit
loads of work on but one afternoon run about of fun, will be very much
appreciated

Augustus

So the season has all but finished, and for many rugby will again be a big thing next year so I guess you'll be in the gym, heres a video I found giving advice... just don't be that guy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCj8Yr290tE

Well boys, the end of the season is upon us now, all three teams getting into the knockouts was a real achievements, just a pity some things didn't go our way.

1st's losing to Nottingham

2nd's losing to UWIC

3rd's losing to Southampton Solent

For those of you that may forget still to come this year....

Tonight- End of season dinner

29th april- Sevens tournaments

30th April - VARSITY!!!

2nd May - Club sevens and AGM

Also, the talented Brad Hutchinson has made a recording of Bristol Man, I haven't heard it but it is available on the songs section of the site (in Social section) (or here)

Also needed is someone to take on the role of looking after the website. May be done at AGM, or let me know if you're interested, a cheeky facebook message will do.

Niall 

With the disappointment of Varisty being posponed, I can at least disclose how the 2nds and the 3rds will be spending the rest of the season.

2nd XV in the BUSA plate competition  shall be at home to play cardiff university 2nds

3rd XV in the BUSA Vase competition shall be playing Southampton Solent 1st at home 

Fresh,

On 23rd March there's a day and night for play organised by the rfu. It'll be at RAF yeovilton and will all be paid for by the rfu. It's designed to be fun whilst help this years committee hand over to next years, apart from simply holding a bucket in front of them whilst they strawpedo a bottle of cheap wine. It promises to be plenty of fun. Apparently we'll be climbing trees and stuff like they did on some rugby video a few years ago, possibly living with the lions (Fiori's favorite).
This is for anybody interested in being involved in running the club next year, get back to me asap, I know Alex Smart is keen and is really good at climbing trees.

George

Firstly guys, happy new year. I hope you're all feeling fresh after some hard christmas training. Sunday the 14th is our first day back, there's a club session down at dingle starting at 11.30. Everbody is expected to be there, we're 
putting on food and we'll have some high quality coaching. There'll be freshers training the next monday as usual.
Wednesday 17th sees the 1sts playing at home for the 1st time since sliced bread. It's northumbria in a freindly but should be a good game to get back to business.

Lots of love

George

Hartpury 32 - 1ST XV 8

2nd XV 38 - Bath 2's 21

3rd XV match cancelled 

Both the firsts and seconds secured well deserved wins today. The firsts beating Bath in a match where Bristol should have won a lot earlier than the last kick of the game where returning captain Gareth Williams-Davis slotted the winning dropgoal, win 18-16. The seconds beat Exeter thirds 25-12 at Coombe Dingle.

Match reports have not yet been forthcoming so do not as yet appear on the site. Captains please forward these on.