Cl i f t on Col l ege v Seaf or d Col l ege
Sat ur d ay 30 t h N ovemb er 20 24
2:30 p m T he Cl ose, Cl i f t on Col l ege
Cl i f t on 1st XV
J St ewar t (NT)
T Smi t h Mi l ne (MH)
L Ar ver (SH)
J Sul l i van (MH)
O Wi l l i ams (WaH)
J Smi t h (SH)
J Yasuda (ET)
H Jones (MH) (VC)
F Kandavanam-Lovel l (ST)
L Poppl e (SH)
M Di xon (Wi H)
F St John (SH)
W Moore (MH)
Seaford 1st XV
George Chandl er
Et han Kar r
G Gammel l (SH)
O Har r i s (NT) (Capt )
Zac Ar ver (SH)
J Mal ka (NT)
Oscar Thompson(Vi ce-Capt )
Ol i ver Job
Josh Andrews
Shams Suddahazai
Al ex Ford
El l i ot t Gi l es(Capt )
Oscar Wadman
Sean Scrase
El l i ot t Smi t h
Beau Col e
Freddi e Ri chardson
Teddy Henr y
Sean Shar p(Vi ce-Capt )
Owen Osbor ne
Adam Churchyard
Cl i f t on 2nd XV
N El l i ot t (WaH)
A Ral l s (ET)
E Davi es (ET)
R Davi es (SH)
T Hal l et t (Wi H)
A Hai mes (MH)
H Grange (MH)
M Jones (Wi H)
W Jephcot t (NT)
H Del aney (NT)
Z Ahmed (ET)
V Si mms (Wi H
Seaford 2nd XV
Max Hobar t
Chase Thomas
Har r y Li ddl e
L Bowden (MH)
B Bi shop (WaH)
W Gemmi l l (MH)
R Morgan (NT)
D Boyl e (Wi H)
S Har ber (ET)
F Fraser-Hawki ns (ST)
Wi l l Tunst al l
Freddi e Goy
Henr y Far rar
Har r y Mur phy
Har r y Cook(Capt )
Hami sh Har r i son
Sam McLaren-Cl ar k(Vi ce-Capt )
Wi l l Ri chardson
Ji mmy Wi l son
Seb St ei ner
Archi e Wi l l i ams
George Cronk
Mi l es Wr i ght
Char l i e Al l om
Jacob Davi es
Cl i f t on 3rd XV
T Young
DC Lean
JM Whi t e
E Gi ovar r usci o (Vi ce-Capt )
CJ West
A Bi l ney
EJ Muggr i dge
N Phi l l i ps
BD Pr i dmore
BJ Rowe
A Phel ps
A Mol oney (Capt )
MD Smal l
JA Hardi ng
Seaford 3rd XV
Gregor y Doyl e
Sam Ar nol d
Wyn Fur ni ss
HJ Br unski l l
N Taranet s, I Gazi
FR Al l en, S Chul eekor n
ZA Shaf i , M Ger mai ne Coyne
T West on, A Ker r y
TF Bi rd, M Whi t t l ey
AC Hung, D Mazur yk
Toby Edwards(Vi ce-Capt )
Ol l i e Woot t on
Char l i e Ar mst rong
George Escot t
Angus Bennet t
Adr i an Hi ggi ns-Cabo
Thomas Har r i son(Vi ce-Capt )
Henr y Wel d
Ror y Macl ean
James Hi ggi ns-Cabo
Tom Davey(Capt )
Jacob Tuppen
Joe Aust i n
Ri j n Oost hui zen
Al ex Wi l l oughby
Char l i e Car t l i dge
James Dye
Bar ney Hi l l
We wel come back Seaford Col l ege for t hei r second vi si t t o t he Cl ose af t er t he compet i t i ve bl ock l ast season Thi s mat ch promi ses t o be a t hr i l l i ng cont est , showcasi ng t he t al ent , det er mi nat i on, and spor t smanshi p t hat def i ne bot h t eams. Rugby i s a game t hat t eaches us more t han j ust how t o wi n; i t ?s about exper i ences, f r i endshi ps, and enj oyment . Today, we have t he pr i vi l ege of wi t nessi ng t wo t eams st eeped i n pr i de and t radi t i on, Seafood Col l ege and Cl i f t on, go head-t o-head i n what promi ses t o be an exci t i ng cont est . Wel come back t o a sl i ght l y l ess wet and wi ndy Cl ose. A week, as some say, i s a l ong t i me i n spor t and t he begi nni ng of t he week was t ough. I am gut t ed for t he boys but al so so ver y proud. We pl ay our f i xt ure l i st and especi al l y t he Bl ackrock game t o chal l enge oursel ves agai nst t he ver y best . The boys di d not come up shor t and i n fact mat ched one of t he wor l d' s ver y best school s al l t he way. We have, as a squad, sai d we want t o pl ay t hese t eams and wi t h t hat we have t o accept t he games wi l l go down t o t he wi re and some we wi l l wi n and some we wi l l l ose but t he most i mpor t ant t hi ng i s our per for mance and savour i ng t he speci al exper i ences t hat t hese mat ches gi ve us. For t unat l ey for us we can move on qui ckl y and focus on t he fant ast i c opposi t i on t oday. I woul d l i ke t o say a bi g t hank you t o Mr Thompson and al l hi s st af f f rom Seaford who have brought al l t hei r t eams t o Cl i f t on t oday we are ver y grat eful of your ef for t s an d w el co m e st af f , p u p i l s an d su p p o r t er s t o Cl i f t o n . En j o y t h e d ay
Wel co m e al l t o t h e p en u l t i m at e h o m e gam e o f t h e seaso n . Th e 2 XV co m e i n t o t h i s gam
b ack o f a t o u gh l o ss agai n st a w el l o r gan i sed
Bl ack r o ck t eam w h i ch w as cer t ai n l y a go o d t est
f o r u s as a 2 XV sq u ad . We l o o k f o r w ar d t o
an o t h er t o u gh t est agai n st a st r o n g Seaf o r d 2 XV
an d w e w el co m e yo u r su p p o r t o ver o n
BS2 .Harry, NT
Hi al l t hank you once agai n for comi ng t o wat ch us t oday,
We have had an amazi ng r un of games t hi s season, wi t h each game bei ng compet i t i ve unt i l t he l ast mi nut e. The season comes down t o our f i nal
Dai l y Mai l game t oday. Af t er a t ough l ast ki ck of t he game l oss t o a st rong Bl ackrock t eam, t he boys are l ooki ng t o bounce back wi t h a wi n on BS1. The game agai nst Seaford t oday i s a hugel y i mpor t ant game, not onl y because of t he st rong si de we are up agai nst but a wi n coul d cement our pl ace at t he t op of t he Dai l y Mai l Trophy League goi ng i nt o t he l ast week of t he season.
Wi nni ng t he Dai l y mai l was ment i oned at t he st ar t of t he season but nobody t r ul y bel i eved i t , and now we are i n wi t h a chance t o wi n i t . Even t o be i n t hi s posi t i on i s such a pr i vi l ege for t he whol e t eam.
So br i ng t he suppor t t o hel p us get over t he l i ne. As al ways t hank you for t he suppor t t oday - Ollie NT
