Coach Comments – 29th April 09

After a good performance and result against Haywards Heath on Saturday, there is a good, positive mood within the camp. It wasn’t the most polished performance but I was pleased with how physical we were against a team boasting several players who had been playing in London 1 this season. It was particularly pleasing to [...]

Lead Coach Wanted

South Sussex Barbarians Girls are looking to recruit a lead coach for the 2009 -2010 season.  The ideal candidate will be; experienced, energetic and patient with a good sense of humour. The position is on a voluntary basis but funding can be made available for continual professional development for the right person. We are looking [...]

Blues Finish League Season Unbeaten

Brighton Blues ended their league season with a good performance against a strong Haywards Heath outfight. In a fast and open game, the Blues managed to come through a stiff test of their resolve to finish the league season unbeaten whilst resting some key players ahead of the National Vase final. Despite early pressure from [...]

Scotland International to ‘Coach the Coaches’ at Waterhall

On Tuesday 5th May Brighton Rugby Club will be running a Coach Education session at Waterhall with Dave Hilton. Dave Hilton has over 40 caps for Scotland and played for Bath in the Premiership where he won domestic league and cup doubles on two occasions. Hilton was also part of the Scotland team who won the 5 Nations title in 1999.   [...]

Holbrook 15 – 33 Blues

Brighton maintained their unbeaten record against a well organised and physical Holbrook side away on Saturday. Brighton made several changes to the team giving 1st team debuts to rookie prop, Andrew Rowlandson and back row man Bruno De Decker. Jason Tams also made his 1st appearance of the season as a replacement.   It was [...]

Twickenham Tickets Available On-line

Tickets for the EDF National Vase Final at Twickenham are now available on-line.  The club are selling; adult, child and corporate hospitality tickets along with optional coach travel. To purchase your tickets click here

Blues Win Sussex Double!

Brighton Blues are celebrating after completing a Sussex double when they beat Uckfield in the final of the Sussex Shield, adding to the league title that was secured last Saturday against Crawley. In a game that also counted for league points, Brighton fielded several changes to the team that had beaten Crawley convincingly the week [...]

Juice’s Jonesy Enjoys a Day with the Blues!

Juice FM presenter Jonesy took part in a Brighton Blues training session on Tuesday 7th April. Jonesy, who lost the breakfast show quiz, was challenged by Guy and Andrea from the breakfast show, to join in with; scrummaging, line out and tackling practice before cooling off in an ice bath to aid his recovery. Jonesy [...]

Blues are Champions!!

Objective Number one Achieved Saturday was a stiff test of our mental ability to respond to critics regarding our focus after last weeks below par performance. Crawley were the opposition and they provided a good test as they tried to play open rugby, however Brighton started with poise and control as the ever present Nick [...]

Blues’ One Win Away from League Title

The match this week was difficult following the previous week and the players all seemed quite flat, there were many changes from the side that beat Hullensians and Hove were psyched up for the contest. Brighton started well into the wind but failed to capitalise on the initial pressure and the game remained scoreless for [...]

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