2010–11 RFU Championship
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Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club, and one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The...

Goldington Road
Goldington Road
Goldington Road is a rugby ground in Bedford, England. It is the home stadium of Bedford Blues. The stadium holds 6,000 people. The stadium also has two corporate boxes, "The Larry Web Room" and "The Lifesure Suite", which can cater for 12 to 20 people respectively in addition to "The Blues Marquee"...

7,000 Bedford
Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...

, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....

Birmingham & Solihull
Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C.
Birmingham and Solihull Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing Birmingham and Solihull. It was formed in 1989 by a merger of the original Birmingham and Solihull rugby clubs, which were both established over 60 years ago....

Damson Park
Damson Park
Damson Park is a stadium in Damson Parkway, Solihull, West Midlands, England. It was the traditional home of Solihull Borough F.C. before they merged to become Solihull Moors. They currently share Damson Park with Birmingham and Solihull Bees and also have an agreement that allows Birmingham City...

3,050 Solihull
Solihull
Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre...

, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

Bristol
Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'...

Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Bristol)
The Memorial Stadium, also commonly known by its previous name of The Memorial Ground, is a sports ground in Bristol, England, dedicated to the memory of the rugby union players of the city killed during World War I...

12,100 Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates
The Cornish Pirates are an English professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn Pirates, the Cornish Pirates play their home games and train at their...

Mennaye Field
Mennaye Field
Mennaye Field is a sports stadium located in Penzance, Cornwall. The ground was provided by the Borough of Penzance for the Penzance and Newlyn RFC formed on Tuesday, 12th December, 1944 with the amalgamation of Penzance RFC and Newlyn RFC. The current tennants are the Cornish Pirates rugby union...

3,500 Penzance
Penzance
Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...

Doncaster Knights
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

Castle Park
Castle Park rugby stadium
Castle Park is a sports stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. It is the home of the Doncaster Knights, a Rugby Union side who play in the RFU Championship. Historically it was known as Armthorpe Road, but was renamed in 2000. Capacity is around 3,000. In 2008 the club opened the £3m all-seater De...

3,075 Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...

Esher
Esher RFC
Esher Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Surrey, England. Esher RFC are currently playing in the second division of the English league system, The Championship. The club was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club....

Molesey Road
Molesey Road
Molesey Road is a rugby union stadium in Hersham, Surrey, that is home to Esher RFC. The stadium contains a 1,200 seater main stand to the west of the pitch and a clubhouse in the south-east corner. The grounds also contain two practice pitches....

3,000 Hersham
Hersham
Hersham is a village in Surrey, within the M25 boundary. It is within easy reach of Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The main A3 London to Portsmouth road runs through its boundaries...

, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

London Welsh Old Deer Park
Old Deer Park
Old Deer Park is an area of open space within Richmond-upon-Thames, England, and is in extent. The park is bounded generally by the River Thames to the west, Kew Gardens to the north, and urban areas of Richmond town to the east and south. Owned by the Crown Estate, the park forms part of a larger...

5,850 London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...

Billesley Common
Billesley Common
Billesley Common is a recreational area of public open space in South Birmingham, England. It is situated along the Yardley Wood Road, between the suburbs of Moseley and Yardley Wood....

3,000+ Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

Nottingham
Nottingham R.F.C.
Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby....

Meadow Lane
Meadow Lane
Not to be confused with The Meadow, home of Southern Football League Premier Division football team Chesham UnitedThe Meadow Lane Stadium is a football stadium in Nottingham, England...

19,588 Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

Plymouth Albion
Plymouth Albion R.F.C.
Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The club was founded around 1915 from a merger between Plymouth RFC and Devonport Albion RFC...

The Brickfields
The Brickfields
The Brickfields is a sports stadium in Devonport, England. It is used as the home ground of Rugby Union team Plymouth Albion of the RFU Championship, who moved there in 2003. The highest crowd was 6871, for a match against rivals Exeter Chiefs in October 2008....

6,500 Plymouth
Plymouth
Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...

Rotherham Titans
Rotherham R.U.F.C.
Rotherham Rugby Union Football Club, or Rotherham Titans are a professional rugby union team from Rotherham, Yorkshire, currently playing in the English RFU Championship-History:...

Clifton Lane
Clifton Lane
Clifton Lane is a sports stadium located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is the home ground of the professional rugby union team Rotherham Titans who play in the RFU Championship. It was the home of Rotherham Town, a historic football team in the town.-Bibliography:* Vasili, Phil. The...

2,500 Rotherham
Rotherham
Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...

Worcester Warriors Sixways Stadium
Sixways Stadium
Sixways Stadium is a stadium in Worcester, England. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Worcester Rugby Football Club. The stadium is able to hold 12,068. It opened in 1975 and is located off junction 6 of the M5 motorway, hence the name Sixways.An...

12,088 Worcester
Worcester
The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...


Group A (Promotion)

Pos Team P W D L F A +/- BP PTS *
1 Worcester Warriors 6 6 0 0 256 103 153 4 31 3
2 London Welsh 6 4 0 2 208 124 84 4 22 2
3 Nottingham
Nottingham R.F.C.
Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby....

6 1 0 5 133 198 -65 3 8 1
4 Bristol
Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'...

6 1 0 5 105 277 -172 2 6 0

Group B (Promotion)

Pos Team P W D L F A +/- BP PTS *
1 Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates
The Cornish Pirates are an English professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn Pirates, the Cornish Pirates play their home games and train at their...

6 6 0 0 215 119 96 3 29 2
2 Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club, and one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The...

6 3 0 3 226 147 79 4 19 3
3 Doncaster Knights
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

6 3 0 3 181 154 27 5 18 1
4 Rotherham Titans
Rotherham R.U.F.C.
Rotherham Rugby Union Football Club, or Rotherham Titans are a professional rugby union team from Rotherham, Yorkshire, currently playing in the English RFU Championship-History:...

6 0 0 6 110 312 -202 1 1 0

Group C (Relegation)

Pos Team P W D L F A +/- BP PTS *
1 Esher
Esher RFC
Esher Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Surrey, England. Esher RFC are currently playing in the second division of the English league system, The Championship. The club was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club....

6 4 0 2 163 146 17 4 27 7
2 Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...

6 4 0 2 172 153 19 3 24 5
3 Plymouth Albion
Plymouth Albion R.F.C.
Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The club was founded around 1915 from a merger between Plymouth RFC and Devonport Albion RFC...

6 3 0 3 158 146 12 2 20 6
4 Birmingham & Solihull
Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C.
Birmingham and Solihull Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing Birmingham and Solihull. It was formed in 1989 by a merger of the original Birmingham and Solihull rugby clubs, which were both established over 60 years ago....

6 1 0 5 135 183 -48 3 11 4

  • * Refers to number of points awarded before the start of the play-offs.

Semi-finals

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FB 15   Tom Arscott
Tom Arscott
Tom Arscott is a rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.Arscott joined Bristol from Plymouth Albion R.F.C...

RW 14   Marcel Garvey
Marcel Garvey
Marcel Garvey is an English rugby union player. He is first generation British born with Jamaican parents, Almando and Glasmie Garvey. He went to St Peter's High School, Gloucester, the same school as former Gloucester team-mate Ryan Lamb....

OC 13   Alex Crockett
Alex Crockett
Alex Crockett is an English rugby union player. Crockett plays as a Centre.-Bath Rugby:Crockett started his professional career at Bath....

 
IC 12   Dale Rasmussen
Dale Rasmussen
Dale Rasmussen is a Samoan international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership...

LW 11   Miles Benjamin
Miles Benjamin
Miles Benjamin is a rugby union player who plays at Wing for Worcester Warriors in the English Aviva Premiership. He also played several other sports in his youth, representing the West Midlands at athletics and water polo, and Warwickshire at cricket...

FH 10   Andy Goode
Andy Goode
Andrew James Goode is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Worcester and England.-Career:...

 
SH 9   Jonny Arr
N8 8   Kai Horstmann
Kai Horstmann
Kai Horstmann is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.Horstmann has proved himself an invaluable member of the Worcester Warriors since joining from Harlequins in May 2005...

 (c
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

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OF 7   Matt Kvesic
Matt Kvesic
Matt Kvesic is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He has played for England U16, captained the U18 team, and is a current member of the U20 team....

 
BF 6 Neil Best
Neil Best
Neil Best is a rugby union footballer, He plays for Worcester Warriors and the Irish national team....

RL 5   Craig Gillies
Craig Gillies
Craig Gillies is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a lock....

 
LL 4   Greg Rawlinson
Greg Rawlinson
Greg Rawlinson is a New Zealand international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Guinness Premiership....

 
TP 3   Tevita Taumoepeau
Tevita Taumoepeau
Tevita Taumoepeau is a Tongan international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a tighthead prop-Career:...

 
HK 2   Aleki Lutui
Aleki Lutui
Aleki Lutui in Tofoa, Tonga, is a Tongan rugby union international player. He currently plays for the Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. His position is hooker....

 
LP 1   Adam Black
Replacements:
HK 16   Chris Fortey
Chris Fortey
Chris Fortey is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He previously played for Gloucester.Chris has a twin called Lee who has also played for Worcester.He plays as a hooker....

 
PR 17   Bruce Douglas
Bruce Douglas (rugby union)
Bruce Andrew Ferguson Douglas is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop, and had been signed with French top 14 club Montpellier Herault from July 2008 up until March 2010 when it was confirmed that he was signed with Worcester Warriors...

 
LK 18   Graham Kitchener
Graham Kitchener
Graham Kitchener is an English rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a Lock but can also play as a blindside flanker....

 
FL 19   Jake Abbott
Jake Abbott
Jake Abbott is an English Rugby Union player who plays as a Flanker for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership...

 
SH 20   Ollie Frost
Ollie Frost
Ollie Frost is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a scrum-half.He attended Bromsgrove School from 2006 – 2008.-External links:*-References:...

FH 21   Joe Carlisle
Joe Carlisle
Joe Carlisle is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a fly-half. He played on loan at Coventry RFC in the 09/10 season.-External links:* * -References:...

 
CE 22   Alex Grove
Alex Grove
Alex Grove is a Scottish rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a centre but can also play on the wing.Grove previously played for Scotland at under-18, under-19, and under-20 level...

 
Coach:   Richard Hill
Richard Hill (scrum-half)
Richard Hill , is rugby union coach and former English international rugby footballer.-Biography:Born in Birmingham, Hill was educated at Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School in Salisbury, and Exeter University...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> | FB 15   Edd Thrower
Edd Thrower
Edd Thrower is an English rugby union footballer who plays at wing and fullback for London Welsh RFC. Thrower began his professional playing career in 2001 with Zurich Premiership side London Irish, where he spent three seasons...

RW 14   Handre Schmidt OC 13   Myles Dorrian IC 12   Tom Bedford LW 11   James Pritchard (c
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) FH 10   Jake Sharp  SH 9   Will Chudley N8 8   Paul Tupai  OF 7   Alex Rae
Alex Rae (rugby union)
Alex Rae born 2 February, 1986 in Coventry, England is a rugby union player for Bedford Blues whom he recently signed for after leaving the Northampton Saints. He plays as a lock....

  BF 6   Gregor Gillanders RL 5   George Kruis
George Kruis
George Kruis is a professional Rugby Union player for Saracens F.C. in the Aviva Premiership.He was born in Guildford, Surrey and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead. He played all of his youth rugby for Dorking RFC....

LL 4   Mike Howard  TP 3   Phil Boulton  HK 2   Dan Richmond LP 1   Dan Seal Replacements: HK 16   Chris Locke PR 17   Sam Walsh  LK 18   Sean Tomes
Sean Tomes
Sean Tomes born in Gateshead, England is a rugby union player. A lock forward, he is the son of 48 cap Scotland international and British Lions tourist Alan Tomes....

  N8 19   Chris Goodman
Chris Goodman
Chris Goodman is a rugby union player for Bedford Blues in the Guinness Championship.Chris attended King Edward's School, Bath until the age of 18, and was 1st XV captain as No. 8...

  FL 20   William Fraser
William Fraser (rugby union)
William "Will" Fraser has played for Saracens F.C. since 1 July 2005. He recently recorded his first start for the club at number 7, openside flanker, during which Saracens thoroughly dominated Leicester Tigers 50-25. He is currently listed as an academy player. Fraser attended Dulwich College in...

  SH 20   Darryl Veenendaal CE 22   Duncan Taylor  Coach:   Mike Rayer
Mike Rayer
Michael 'Mike' Anthony Rayer is a former Wales international rugby union player. A full-back, he played his club rugby for Cardiff RFC and Bedford. He is currently coach to Bedford Blues. A talented and popular player, he played during a period where there was little success in Welsh rugby...


Touch judges:

  Chris Sharp

  Eric Woodmason

Television match official:

  Dave Matthews

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FB 15   Rob Cook
Rob Cook
Rob Cook is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected to House District 27 which represents the Conrad area.-References:...

RW 14   Nick Jackson
OC 13   Matt Hopper
IC 12   Tom Luke 
LW 11   Rhodri McAtee
Rhodri McAtee
Rhodri McAtee is a Welsh rugby union player. A winger, he currently plays his club rugby for the Cornish Pirates. He was selected for the Wales national rugby union team squad to play at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.-References:...

FH 10   Johnny Bentley
SH 9   Gavin Cattle
Gavin Cattle
Gavin Cattle is a Welsh rugby union footballer, who has spent most of his professional career playing in England...

 (c
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

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N8 8   Laurie McGlone
OF 7   Sam Betty
Sam Betty
Sam Betty is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He previously played for the Cornish Pirates.He plays as a flanker.-External links:*...

 
BF 6   Chris Morgan
RL 5   Ben Gulliver
Ben Gulliver
Ben Gulliver is a Rugby Union player for the Worcester Warriors, having moved from the Cornish Pirates in the Summer of 2011. His preferred position is Lock...

 
LL 4   Mike Myerscough
TP 3   Alan Paver 
HK 2   Dave Ward 
LP 1   Paul Andrew
Replacements:
PR 16   Carl Rimmer 
HK 17   Rob Elloway
Rob Elloway
Rob Elloway is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship and the German national rugby union team.-Biography:He plays rugby since 1990...

 
FL 18   Phil Burgess 
N8 19   Kyle Marriott 
CE 20   Steve Winn
Steve Winn
For persons of a similar name see Steve WynnSteve Winn is a Welsh rugby union player. A centre, he has represented Wales A and currently plays his club rugby for the Cornish Pirates having joined from the Welsh regional team Newport Gwent Dragons where he made 29 appearances.Winn previously played...

CE 21   Drew Locke
Drew Locke
Drew Locke is a Rugby Union player for both Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership and Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship. Drew is officially duel registered with the Rugby Football Union and is therefore able play for both sides...

 
SH 22   James Doherty
Coach:   Chris Stirling
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> | FB 15   Aled Thomas
Aled Thomas
Aled Thomas is a Welsh rugby union player. A fly half, he was selected for the Wales national rugby union team squad in 2007. He joined London Welsh from Welsh regional side Newport Gwent Dragons in 2008....

  RW 14   Liam Gibson OC 13   Hudson Tonga'uiha
Hudson Tonga'uiha
Hudson Tonga'uiha born as Kosilio Tonga'uiha is a Tongan rugby footballer. Tonga'uiha plays at fullback and currently plays rugby union for London Welsh having recently moved from Doncaster Knights....

IC 12   Simon Whatling
Simon Whatling
Simon Whatling is an English rugby union player, who plays for London Welsh in the Guinness Championship. Whatling had previously played for Worcester Warriors in the Guinness Premiership and the Cornish Pirates. He plays as a fly half or centre.-Notes:...

LW 11   Errie Claassens
Errie Claassens
Errie Claassens is a South African rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. Claassens moved to the UK in 2005 to sign for the Rotherham Titans where he spent four seasons before moving to London Welsh in 2009...

  FH 10   Gordon Ross SH 9   Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis (rugby player)
Robert Lewis is a Welsh rugby union player.A scrum half, he has represented Wales at Under 18, 19 and 20 level and was selected for the Wales national rugby union team squad in 2007. In which he competed in four tournaments. Adelaide, Wellington, Hong Kong and San Diego...

  N8 8   Ben Russell
Ben T. Russell
Benjamin T. Russell is a rugby union player who plays at No. 8 or Flanker for Saracens and England Sevens.- External links :**...

  OF 7   Michael Hills BF 6   Jonathan Mills (c
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) RL 5   Matt Corker
Matt Corker
Matthew Corker is a professional rugby union player for the London Wasps. Hailing from Broadstairs, Kent and playing rugby from a young age, Corker is on the fringes of the London Wasps 1st XV in the position of lock forward....

LL 4   Mike Powell  TP 3   Lorne Ward
Lorne Ward
Lorne Ward is a rugby union prop for London Welsh in the RFU Championship. He previously played for Harlequins, Bath & Toulon.-External links:*...

HK 2   Viliami Ma'asi  LP 1   Shawn Pittman
Shawn Pittman
Shawn Pittman is an American rugby union player. Shawn plays prop for the USA Eagle XV side. He has also represented his country at under 19 and under 20. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe. Shawn plays his club rugby for London Welsh...

  Replacements: HK 16   Saul Nelson  PR 17   Max Lahiff  LK 18   Martin Purdy
Martin Purdy
Martin Purdy is an English rugby union player who is currently playing for English Rugby side London Welsh. Purdy's position of choice is as a lock.- Career :...

  N8 19   Lee Beach
Lee Beach
Lee Beach is a Welsh rugby union player. He initially played his club Rugby for Pontypridd RFC before joining Neath RFC. He currently plays for London Welsh RFC. Beach represented the Wales national rugby union team squad in 2009 and captained the World Cup winning team.-References:...

  SH 20   Ben Stevenson  CE 20   Dominic Shabbo
Dominic Shabbo
Dominic Shabbo born 26 January 1986 in Wimbledon, England is a rugby union player for London Welsh in the Championship. He is capped for England in Sevens....

  WG 22   Marland Yarde  Coach:   Phil Greening
Phil Greening
Phil Greening is a former English rugby union footballer. Greening finished his rugby career with London Wasps in 2005. During his career he earned 24 caps for England, as well as going to Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 2001.His rugby career started at his place of birth, Gloucester...


Touch judges:

  Steve Leyshon

  Peter Parker-Sedgemore

Television match official:

  Geoff Warren

Final

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FB 15   Rob Cook
Rob Cook
Rob Cook is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected to House District 27 which represents the Conrad area.-References:...

RW 14   Wes Davies
Wes Davies
Wes Davies is a Welsh former rugby league .Davies played international rugby league for the Wales national rugby league team and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.-External links:*...

 
OC 13   Matt Hopper
IC 12   Tom Luke 
LW 11   Rhodri McAtee
Rhodri McAtee
Rhodri McAtee is a Welsh rugby union player. A winger, he currently plays his club rugby for the Cornish Pirates. He was selected for the Wales national rugby union team squad to play at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.-References:...

FH 10   Johnny Bentley
SH 9   Gavin Cattle
Gavin Cattle
Gavin Cattle is a Welsh rugby union footballer, who has spent most of his professional career playing in England...

 (c
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

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N8 8   Laurie McGlone 
OF 7   Phil Burgess
BF 6   Chris Morgan
RL 5   Mike Myerscough
LL 4   Ian Nimmo
TP 3   Alan Paver 
HK 2   Dave Ward 
LP 1   Paul Andrew 
Replacements:
PR 16   Ryan Storer 
HK 17   Rob Elloway
Rob Elloway
Rob Elloway is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship and the German national rugby union team.-Biography:He plays rugby since 1990...

 
PR 18   Carl Rimmer 
FL 19   Tyrone Holmes 
N8 20   Kyle Marriott 
CE 21   Drew Locke
Drew Locke
Drew Locke is a Rugby Union player for both Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership and Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship. Drew is officially duel registered with the Rugby Football Union and is therefore able play for both sides...

 
SH 22   James Doherty
Coach:   Chris Stirling
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> | FB 15   Chris Pennell
Chris Pennell
Chris Pennell is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fullback....

 (c
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) RW 14   Marcel Garvey
Marcel Garvey
Marcel Garvey is an English rugby union player. He is first generation British born with Jamaican parents, Almando and Glasmie Garvey. He went to St Peter's High School, Gloucester, the same school as former Gloucester team-mate Ryan Lamb....

OC 13   Alex Crockett
Alex Crockett
Alex Crockett is an English rugby union player. Crockett plays as a Centre.-Bath Rugby:Crockett started his professional career at Bath....

  IC 12   Dale Rasmussen
Dale Rasmussen
Dale Rasmussen is a Samoan international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership...

LW 11   Miles Benjamin
Miles Benjamin
Miles Benjamin is a rugby union player who plays at Wing for Worcester Warriors in the English Aviva Premiership. He also played several other sports in his youth, representing the West Midlands at athletics and water polo, and Warwickshire at cricket...

FH 10   Andy Goode
Andy Goode
Andrew James Goode is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Worcester and England.-Career:...

  SH 9   Jonny Arr N8 8   Kai Horstmann
Kai Horstmann
Kai Horstmann is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.Horstmann has proved himself an invaluable member of the Worcester Warriors since joining from Harlequins in May 2005...

OF 7   Jake Abbott
Jake Abbott
Jake Abbott is an English Rugby Union player who plays as a Flanker for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership...

BF 6 Neil Best
Neil Best
Neil Best is a rugby union footballer, He plays for Worcester Warriors and the Irish national team....

  RL 5   Craig Gillies
Craig Gillies
Craig Gillies is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a lock....

LL 4   Greg Rawlinson
Greg Rawlinson
Greg Rawlinson is a New Zealand international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Guinness Premiership....

  TP 3   Tevita Taumoepeau
Tevita Taumoepeau
Tevita Taumoepeau is a Tongan international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a tighthead prop-Career:...

  HK 2   Chris Fortey
Chris Fortey
Chris Fortey is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He previously played for Gloucester.Chris has a twin called Lee who has also played for Worcester.He plays as a hooker....

  LP 1   Adam Black Replacements: HK 16   Aleki Lutui
Aleki Lutui
Aleki Lutui in Tofoa, Tonga, is a Tongan rugby union international player. He currently plays for the Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. His position is hooker....

  PR 17   Bruce Douglas
Bruce Douglas (rugby union)
Bruce Andrew Ferguson Douglas is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop, and had been signed with French top 14 club Montpellier Herault from July 2008 up until March 2010 when it was confirmed that he was signed with Worcester Warriors...

  LK 18   Graham Kitchener
Graham Kitchener
Graham Kitchener is an English rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a Lock but can also play as a blindside flanker....

  N8 19   Adam Balding
Adam Balding
Adam Balding is an English rugby union footballer, currently playing for Worcester Warriors. He plays as a Number eight.Balding came through Leicester Tigers academy and went on to make 66 appearances for the first XV...

  SH 20   Ollie Frost
Ollie Frost
Ollie Frost is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a scrum-half.He attended Bromsgrove School from 2006 – 2008.-External links:*-References:...

FH 21   Joe Carlisle
Joe Carlisle
Joe Carlisle is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a fly-half. He played on loan at Coventry RFC in the 09/10 season.-External links:* * -References:...

  CE 22   Alex Grove
Alex Grove
Alex Grove is a Scottish rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a centre but can also play on the wing.Grove previously played for Scotland at under-18, under-19, and under-20 level...

  Coach:   Richard Hill
Richard Hill (scrum-half)
Richard Hill , is rugby union coach and former English international rugby footballer.-Biography:Born in Birmingham, Hill was educated at Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School in Salisbury, and Exeter University...


Touch judges:

  Gareth Copsey

  Chris Sharp

Television match official:

  Steve Leyshon

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FB 15   Chris Pennell
Chris Pennell
Chris Pennell is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fullback....

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Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

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RW 14   Marcel Garvey
Marcel Garvey
Marcel Garvey is an English rugby union player. He is first generation British born with Jamaican parents, Almando and Glasmie Garvey. He went to St Peter's High School, Gloucester, the same school as former Gloucester team-mate Ryan Lamb....

 
OC 13   Alex Grove
Alex Grove
Alex Grove is a Scottish rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a centre but can also play on the wing.Grove previously played for Scotland at under-18, under-19, and under-20 level...

IC 12   Dale Rasmussen
Dale Rasmussen
Dale Rasmussen is a Samoan international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership...

 
LW 11   Miles Benjamin
Miles Benjamin
Miles Benjamin is a rugby union player who plays at Wing for Worcester Warriors in the English Aviva Premiership. He also played several other sports in his youth, representing the West Midlands at athletics and water polo, and Warwickshire at cricket...

FH 10   Andy Goode
Andy Goode
Andrew James Goode is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Worcester and England.-Career:...

 
SH 9   Jonny Arr
N8 8   Kai Horstmann
Kai Horstmann
Kai Horstmann is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.Horstmann has proved himself an invaluable member of the Worcester Warriors since joining from Harlequins in May 2005...

OF 7   Jake Abbott
Jake Abbott
Jake Abbott is an English Rugby Union player who plays as a Flanker for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership...

BF 6 Neil Best
Neil Best
Neil Best is a rugby union footballer, He plays for Worcester Warriors and the Irish national team....

 
RL 5   Craig Gillies
Craig Gillies
Craig Gillies is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a lock....

LL 4   Greg Rawlinson
Greg Rawlinson
Greg Rawlinson is a New Zealand international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Guinness Premiership....

 
TP 3   Tevita Taumoepeau
Tevita Taumoepeau
Tevita Taumoepeau is a Tongan international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a tighthead prop-Career:...

 
HK 2   Chris Fortey
Chris Fortey
Chris Fortey is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He previously played for Gloucester.Chris has a twin called Lee who has also played for Worcester.He plays as a hooker....

 
LP 1   Adam Black
Replacements:
HK 16   Aleki Lutui
Aleki Lutui
Aleki Lutui in Tofoa, Tonga, is a Tongan rugby union international player. He currently plays for the Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. His position is hooker....

 
PR 17   Bruce Douglas
Bruce Douglas (rugby union)
Bruce Andrew Ferguson Douglas is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop, and had been signed with French top 14 club Montpellier Herault from July 2008 up until March 2010 when it was confirmed that he was signed with Worcester Warriors...

 
LK 18   Graham Kitchener
Graham Kitchener
Graham Kitchener is an English rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a Lock but can also play as a blindside flanker....

 
N8 19   Adam Balding
Adam Balding
Adam Balding is an English rugby union footballer, currently playing for Worcester Warriors. He plays as a Number eight.Balding came through Leicester Tigers academy and went on to make 66 appearances for the first XV...

SH 20   Ollie Frost
Ollie Frost
Ollie Frost is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a scrum-half.He attended Bromsgrove School from 2006 – 2008.-External links:*-References:...

 
FH 21   Joe Carlisle
Joe Carlisle
Joe Carlisle is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a fly-half. He played on loan at Coventry RFC in the 09/10 season.-External links:* * -References:...

 
CE 22   Alex Crockett
Alex Crockett
Alex Crockett is an English rugby union player. Crockett plays as a Centre.-Bath Rugby:Crockett started his professional career at Bath....

 
Coach:   Richard Hill
Richard Hill (scrum-half)
Richard Hill , is rugby union coach and former English international rugby footballer.-Biography:Born in Birmingham, Hill was educated at Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School in Salisbury, and Exeter University...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> | FB 15   Rob Cook
Rob Cook
Rob Cook is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected to House District 27 which represents the Conrad area.-References:...

RW 14   Nick Jackson OC 13   Matt Hopper IC 12   Drew Locke
Drew Locke
Drew Locke is a Rugby Union player for both Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership and Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship. Drew is officially duel registered with the Rugby Football Union and is therefore able play for both sides...

LW 11   Rhodri McAtee
Rhodri McAtee
Rhodri McAtee is a Welsh rugby union player. A winger, he currently plays his club rugby for the Cornish Pirates. He was selected for the Wales national rugby union team squad to play at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.-References:...

  FH 10   Johnny Bentley SH 9   Gavin Cattle
Gavin Cattle
Gavin Cattle is a Welsh rugby union footballer, who has spent most of his professional career playing in England...

 (c
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) N8 8   Kyle Marriott OF 7   Phil Burgess  BF 6   Chris Morgan RL 5   Mike Myerscough LL 4   Laurie McGlone  TP 3   Carl Rimmer  HK 2   Rob Elloway
Rob Elloway
Rob Elloway is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship and the German national rugby union team.-Biography:He plays rugby since 1990...

  LP 1   Ryan Storer  Replacements: PR 16   Paul Andrew  HK 17   Dave Ward  PR 18   Alan Paver  LK 19   Ian Nimmo  FL 20   Sam Betty
Sam Betty
Sam Betty is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He previously played for the Cornish Pirates.He plays as a flanker.-External links:*...

  CE 21   Tom Luke  SH 22   James Doherty  Coach:   Chris Stirling

Touch judges:

  Gareth Copsey

  Chris Sharp

Television match official:

  Steve Leyshon

Top try scorers

Player Team Tries
  Miles Benjamin
Miles Benjamin
Miles Benjamin is a rugby union player who plays at Wing for Worcester Warriors in the English Aviva Premiership. He also played several other sports in his youth, representing the West Midlands at athletics and water polo, and Warwickshire at cricket...

 
Worcester Warriors  26
  Marcel Garvey
Marcel Garvey
Marcel Garvey is an English rugby union player. He is first generation British born with Jamaican parents, Almando and Glasmie Garvey. He went to St Peter's High School, Gloucester, the same school as former Gloucester team-mate Ryan Lamb....

 
Worcester Warriors  19
  Simon Hunt
Simon Hunt (rugby player)
Simon Hunt is an English rugby union footballer currently centrally contracted to the England Sevens squad for the 2011-2012 IRB Sevens World Series.-Early Career:...

 
Birmingham & Solihull
Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C.
Birmingham and Solihull Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing Birmingham and Solihull. It was formed in 1989 by a merger of the original Birmingham and Solihull rugby clubs, which were both established over 60 years ago....

 
17
Matty Williams  Doncaster Knights
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

 
16
  Josh Drauniniu
Josh Drauniniu
Josh Drauniniu is a Rugby Union footballer who currently plays as a Winger for the Worcester Warriors in the Aviva PremiershipJosh joined the Royal Navy in 2003 at the age of 17 and saw active service in the Gulf in 2005...

 
London Welsh  15
  Edd Thrower
Edd Thrower
Edd Thrower is an English rugby union footballer who plays at wing and fullback for London Welsh RFC. Thrower began his professional playing career in 2001 with Zurich Premiership side London Irish, where he spent three seasons...

 
Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club, and one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The...

 
15
  Handre Schmidt  Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club, and one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The...

 
14
  Stephen McColl  Doncaster Knights
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

 
13
  Phil Burgess  Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates
The Cornish Pirates are an English professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn Pirates, the Cornish Pirates play their home games and train at their...

 
12
  Andy Goode
Andy Goode
Andrew James Goode is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Worcester and England.-Career:...

 
Worcester Warriors  12
  David Jackson  Nottingham
Nottingham R.F.C.
Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby....

 
12

Top points scorers

Player Team Points
  Andy Goode
Andy Goode
Andrew James Goode is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Worcester and England.-Career:...

 
Worcester Warriors  373
  Rob Cook
Rob Cook
Rob Cook is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected to House District 27 which represents the Conrad area.-References:...

 
Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates
The Cornish Pirates are an English professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn Pirates, the Cornish Pirates play their home games and train at their...

 
366
  Tristan Roberts
Tristan Roberts
Tristan Roberts is a rugby union player for Bristol Rugby in the RFU Championship. He plays at fly-half....

 
Doncaster Knights
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

 
309
  James Arlidge
James Arlidge
is a Japanese international rugby union player. He plays primarily at fly-half.-Club career:Unusually he made his Super rugby debut for the Auckland Blues, prior to making his first start in provincial rugby, making the step from junior rugby with Pakuranga and Auckland Colts, due to the then Blues...

 
Nottingham
Nottingham R.F.C.
Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby....

 
299
  James Pritchard  Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club, and one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The...

 
280
  Juan Pablo Socino  Rotherham Titans
Rotherham R.U.F.C.
Rotherham Rugby Union Football Club, or Rotherham Titans are a professional rugby union team from Rotherham, Yorkshire, currently playing in the English RFU Championship-History:...

 
278
  Sam Ulph  Esher
Esher RFC
Esher Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Surrey, England. Esher RFC are currently playing in the second division of the English league system, The Championship. The club was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club....

 
237
  Alex Davies  Plymouth Albion
Plymouth Albion R.F.C.
Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The club was founded around 1915 from a merger between Plymouth RFC and Devonport Albion RFC...

 
236
  Ollie Thomas  Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...

 
205
  Gordon Ross  London Welsh 197

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