Good Morning Ye Mighty Dons!
It's a beautiful day and one to relish - just like this weekend's Wimbledon rugby action - and I'll be honest - it's going to be a cracker! So buckle up - and let's get into the fixtures!
Tomorrow sees a must win game for the 1st XV at home with a 3pm kick off against Old Redcliffians. Both teams need the win to stay up so this is going to be a big one. The Dons have showed some real class in the run up to this one - but every voice from the touchline helps. We are lucky enough for this to be after the VP's lunch - so we are expecting a crowd - however the more we have - the louder the roar. This is also the last home match for the 1st XV - and we have a mini and youth guard of honour to get the proceedings started. So - if you haven't got the message yet - get down to Barham road tomorrow!
Parking for this one will be busy - so please do try and leave your cars at home if you can.
Ok - so we have covered the 1st XV - but that's not all the rugby on offer tomorrow. The 2nd XV travel to Hertford for a 3pm kick off looking to continue their utterly fantastic season. With their final coming up on the horizon - every game counts in the hunt for silverware.
In a similar vein the 3rd XV have their league semi-final tomorrow at Camberley at 3pm. This a great chance for them to avenge last week's result with a full strength team as they run in for their final on Monday 7th.
So that's your action - this weekend. The team sheets are below. It's all to play for. Good luck to all of those in the claret and blue. It's going to be a belter. See you there.
Big love
Badger
1st XV:
1 Bradley Ugodulunwa
2 Ben Brooks
3 Josh Bayford
4 Dylan Flashman (c)
5 Andy Hore
6 Chris York
7 Niall MacSweeney
8 Dan Laventure
9 Harry Tabb
10 James Doe (vc)
11 Matt Gilbert
12 Gav Tusini
13 Jack Reville
14 Sam O'Leary-Blade
15 Ben Hough
16 Andy Reintges
17 George Beale
18 Mark Scott
19 Lee Reilly
21 Ben Chamberl
2nd XV:
1 Bertie Haskins
2 Matt Ringer
3 Sam White
4 Tyler Flashman
5 Mike Wood (c)
6 Dave Wayman
7 Ted Lee
8 Tom Edwards
9 Nick Naylor
10 Will Taylor (v/c)
11 Josh Charles
12 Ziggy Botchey
13 Anthony Gray
14 Adam Ike
15 Jimmy Stevenson-Wright
16 George Young
17 Rich Ridley
18 Ben Newman
19 Dami Harris
3rd XV:
1 Szymon Kwiatkowski
2 Joe Clapson (c)
3 Abu Abdul
4 Luke Daws
5 Leon Bird
6 Ollie Swaine
7 Matt Hill
8 Audace Muhoza
9 James Hayes
10 Toby Harrison
11 Pete Scott
12 Gui Martins
13 Jc Sagoe
14 James Jenkins
15 Chris McNamara
16 Will Dunlop
17 Finn Taylor