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Bedford Blues vs Ampthill (Boxing Day)
Dec
26
3:00 PM15:00
Rugby Union, RFU Championship, Greene King, IPA, Away Match

Bedford Blues vs Ampthill (Boxing Day)

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Ampthill make the short trip to Goldington Road on Boxing Day in the Greene King IPA Championship in our final game of 2019 and what has been a fantastic year for the club.

Bedford Blues have already announced that Goldington Road is sold out for this game so if you don’t already have tickets don’t travel to Bedford as you will be disappointed.

Ampthill’s line-up sees a few changes from the cup team with Serafin Bordoli replacing Sam Hanks at inside centre and Tongan international Leon Fukofuka starting at scrum-half this week. In the forwards, Soane Tonga’uiha starts against his old club alongside Syd Blackmore, with Billy Johnson partnering Shay Kerry in the second row whilst Jac Arthur retains the 6 shirt after an impressive debut two weeks ago.

“It’s obviously a massive game for both clubs in front of a capacity crowd at Goldington Road and I’m sure it will be a Christmas cracker.
We have made a number of changes to the team that narrowly won in the Cup at Dillingham Park. I thought our defence functioned well, but the lineout and attack were both very poor and if we are going to get anything out of today’s game then we will have to show significant improvements in those areas.”
— Paul Turner, Head Coach (Ampthill)

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Bedford Squad

  1. Sean McCarthy

  2. Robbie Smith

  3. Henry Paul

  4. Jordan Onojaife

  5. Will Carrick Smith

  6. Dan Temm​

  7. Joe Atkinson

  8. Alafoti Faosiliva

  9. James Lennon

  10. Will Hooley

  11. Dean Adamson

  12. Oskar Hirskjy-Douglas

  13. Matt Worley

  14. Pat Tapley

  15. Rich Lane

  16. Jacob Fields

  17. Joe Wrafter

  18. Alex Penny

  19. Ed Taylor

  20. Huw Worthington

  21. Grayson Hart

  22. Sam Leeming

  23. Ryan Hutler

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Ampthill vs Bedford Blues
Dec
14
1:45 PM13:45
Rugby Union, RFU Championship, Greene King, IPA, Home Match, Championship Cup

Ampthill vs Bedford Blues

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When the Championship fixtures were announced in July, the first one the Mob supporters looked for was the Blues at home. Ampthill now face them twice in 12 days, starting with the final round of the Championship Cup, before heading to Goldington Road in the Greene King IPA Championship on Boxing Day.

Excitement for this game at Dillingham Park has been building during the past few weeks, and expectations are for the biggest crowd of the year if not ever. In contrast, the smallest crowd of the season witnessed the best performance at Level 2 last week in a narrow defeat to Ealing Trailfinders. Momentum is key in sport and the boys will look to build on that performance tomorrow.

Ampthill’s line-up sees a few changes from last week’s side with German international Jörn Schroder making his debut at loosehead; Shay Kerry returns to partner Carl Burgess in the second row and Jac Arthur makes his debut for Ampthill at 6. In the backs, Kevin Barrett takes the 9 jersey, captain Louis Grimoldby shifts to fly-half and Spencer Sutherland replaces Josh Gillespie on the wing.

“The first visit by Bedford Blues to Dillingham Park, for the first competitive fixture between our clubs at home, is a truly historic day for all the members and supporters of Ampthill RUFC and I am sure we will see a truly super game of rugby befitting the occasion.

We make a number of changes to the side that ran Ealing Trailfinders so close last weekend and we look forward to seeing how the team acquit themselves in what I’m sure will be a red hot local derby.”
— Paul Turner, Head Coach (Ampthill)

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Bedford Squad

  1. Sean McCarthy

  2. Robbie Smith

  3. Henry Paul

  4. Jordan Onojaife

  5. Will Carrick Smith

  6. Josh Buggea

  7. ​Joe Atkinson

  8. Dan Temm

  9. James Lennon

  10. Will Hooley

  11. Ryan Hutler

  12. Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas

  13. Matt Worley

  14. Pat Tapley

  15. Joe Green

  16. Jacob Fields

  17. Joe Wrafter

  18. Andrew Boye

  19. Oli Curry

  20. Alafoti Faosiliva

  21. Grayson Hart

  22. Sam Leeming

  23. Charlie Reed

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NCC - Ampthill Academy Vs Kettering Colts
Oct
19
1:00 PM13:00
Rugby Union, Away Match

NCC - Ampthill Academy Vs Kettering Colts

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Ampthill Academy host the Kettring Colts this saturday for the first round of the National Cup Challenge (NC-R1).

Last time these two sides met Ampthill came away with a sizeable win but Kettering have had a run of success this year only being broken last weekend by Bedford Junior Blues (35-29 in Bedford’s Favour). Kettering will be looking to regain their form and give Ampthill a challenge.

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Bedford vs Ampthill 1st VX
Oct
5
3:00 PM15:00
Rugby Union, Championship Cup, Away Match

Bedford vs Ampthill 1st VX

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Bedford and Ampthill are both in Pool 1 of the Championship Cup this season. Saturday marks the third game of the pool and half way through. Bedford are also in the position of having lost to both Ealing Trailfinders and Coventry but with a strong attacking score they start the game with a 28 point difference advantage compared to Ampthill.

Both clubs have played one another many times in the past but this is the first time they meet in competition as peers. Always an entertaining competition this is looking to be a match of two determined teams.

“It’s a massive day for the club with the first competitive game against Bedford Blues in the club’s history. From a personal point of view it will be an emotional day to take the A’s to my former club Bedford at Goldington Road. The journey has been incredible so far taking us from level seven to level two and it’s obviously a huge honour for Ampthill to be involved in such a big game at the Blues this weekend.

The Blues fans are very knowledgeable, and I hope we will get a warm if partisan welcome from the Bedford faithful.

We’ve had a tough introduction to life at level two and it doesn’t get any easier when you have to go away to Bedford. The squad is adjusting to life and I hope we continue to show progress this weekend. Whilst it’s a big ask to get anything at Goldington Road we will give it our best shot.

The squad shows eleven changes to the side that lost at Ealing and a number of the boys who are going to Richmond with the 1881s (Ampthill 2nd team ) will be in contention for the start of the Green King IPA Championship against Nottingham at home next week at Dillingham Park”
— Paul Turner, Head Coach (Ampthill)

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Ampthill Squad

  1. Ben Christie

  2. Dave Ward

  3. Aleki Lutui

  4. Henri Williams

  5. Shay Kerry

  6. Sam Hudson

  7. Joe Bercis

  8. Maama Molitika

  9. Kevin Barrett

  10. Louis Grimoldby

  11. Nigel (Sam) Baker

  12. Jarryd Sage

  13. Serafin Bordoli

  14. Kwaku Aseidu

  15. Karim Lynch

  16. Syd Blackmore

  17. Thomas Foulkes

  18. Matthew Collins

  19. Billy Johnson

  20. Robert Langley

  21. Darryl Veenendaal

  22. Joshua Sharp

  23. Sam Hanks

Bedford Squad

  1. Sean McCarthy

  2. Robbie Smith

  3. Henry Paul

  4. Will Carrick Smith

  5. Jordan Onojaife

  6. Dan Temm

  7. Josh Buggea

  8. Huw Worthington

  9. Grayson Hart

  10. Ed Coulson

  11. Ryan Hutler

  12. Lewis Robling

  13. Matt Worley

  14. Charlie Reed

  15. Rich Lane

  16. Ewan Kingdon

  17. Joe Wrafter

  18. Andrew Boye

  19. Ed Taylor

  20. Joe Atkinson

  21. James Lennon

  22. Fraser Strachan

  23. Pat Tapley

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