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March 2010 News

Big Day at Waterhall on Easter Saturday!

Published: March 29, 2010

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This Saturday, Brighton Blues take on Gosport & Fareham in the National Vase Quarter Final. It should be an excellent match with Gosport and Fareham being crowned Champions of London South West 3 and the Blues pushing for promotion in their respective division. Prior to the Blues kick off, over 300 players of the future [...]


Whitstable 10 – 37 Brighton Blues

Published: March 29, 2010

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Match Day Photos  Taken by Dave Beech Brighton Blues recorded their eighteenth straight victory away at Whitstable after coming from 7 nil down and two players in the sin bin. Whitstable kicked off with the slight wind advantage and put the Blues defence under early pressure. After just 5 minutes the referee deemed it necessary [...]


Brighton’s Harry Leonard Earns Scotland Call Up

Published: March 26, 2010

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Brighton’s Harry Leonard has earned himself an international call up with Scotland U18s. Harry, who has played at Brighton Rugby Club since he was 8, qualifies for Scotland via his Scottish mother, Ros. Son of club chairman, Peter, Harry has represented and captained Sussex since he was 15. Harry is also the Brighton College 1st [...]


Brighton Blues 59 – 10 Folkestone

Published: March 21, 2010

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Having earned themselves a home quarter final in the National Cup after victory at Basildon last weekend, any concerns of the Blues losing focus on their league campaign were swiftly brushed aside. All change in the front row, with Sam Hutton returning from injury to start his first game since January. He was paired at [...]


Saracens visit the Blues!

Published: March 19, 2010

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On Monday 22nd March and Tuesday 23rd March, Premiership club Saracens will be using Waterhall as their training base. As part of a training exercise, Saracens will be using the club facilities on a 2 day trip to Brighton between the hours 2:30pm – 4:00pm on Monday and 11:00am – 12:00pm on the Tuesday. This [...]


Chairman’s message

Published: March 18, 2010

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I would like to congratulate all of the Mini’s for the results at both the East Sussex Festival and the Worthing ‘B’ Festival, last weekend. Last years results were a hard act to follow, but you went and did it again this year! To have so many of our teams represented at County finals is an [...]


Virgin Atlantic Ticket Winner!!

Published: March 16, 2010

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The Brighton Blues draw for 2 x Virgin Atlantic flight tickets was made at the club on Sunday 07 March.  Long time Brighton supporter Dave Beech was the lucky winner.  Having supported the club over the years, intitially as a tourist to the Dieppe Tournament, he has supported the club at every game, home and [...]


Blues Reach National Vase Quarter Final!

Published: March 15, 2010

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Matchday Photos Brighton Blues progressed through to the quarter finals of the National Cup with a hard fought 22 – 11 win away to Basildon. The Blues enjoyed some early territorial advantage but couldn’t convert it into points due to some stout defending by the hosts. The game continued to be in the balance until [...]


Old Gravesendians 0 – 83 Brighton Blues

Published: March 8, 2010

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Matchday Photos Another impressive display from the Blues saw them run in 13 unanswered tries against Old Gravesendians. Old G’s kicked off from left to right from the clubhouse. Despite a disrupted preparation, the Blues got off to an excellent start. Scrum half, Nick Cherry was first on the score sheet after some excellent work [...]


Local Rugby Girls County and Regional Success

Published: March 8, 2010

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County This year the South Sussex Barbarians, our girls’ rugby squad, had 17 girls representing their County with 9 in the U15 squad and 8 in the U18 squad. At the recent County Awards Dinner, members of the South Sussex Barbarians won an amazing 6 awards out of a possible 8. U15s: Coaches Player – [...]


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