Jersey Reds

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Jersey Reds
Full name Jersey Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s) The Islanders
Founded 1879 (1879)
Location Saint Peter, Jersey
Ground(s) St. Peter (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman Mark Morgan
Coach(es) Harvey Biljon
League(s) RFU Championship
2015–16 6th
Team kit
Official website
www.jerseyreds.je

Jersey Rugby Football Club is a rugby club based in Jersey that competes at the RFU Championship.[1] In the 2009–10 season JRFC won their play-off at Twickenham and also in the 2012–13 beat their greatest rivals Guernsey to win the Siam Cup for the fifth consecutive year. Jersey gained promotion by winning National League One and are now in RFU Championship.

The team was known as Jersey R.F.C. until the start of the 2016–17 season, when they changed their name to the Jersey Reds.[2]

History

Rugby has been played in Jersey since 1879 with breaks for war and the Nazi occupation but the modern era started when the club acquired the land for a permanent home in Saint Peter near Jersey Airport in 1961; the original wooden clubhouse was built in 1964, its approximate location was in the middle of the Jersey Bowl carpark. From the early 1970s, when tourism in the island was at its peak, Jersey attracted many of rugby's top clubs who could combine a break from their regular fixtures with a game against the JRFC.

This period culminated with a very successful Centenary year in 1979, teams with international players came over to play and help celebrate this event – JPR Williams being one of the most famous! This decade left the club with an unequalled collection of plaques and memorabelia; teams coming from the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia (the beachguard connection) and the Netherlands.

Jersey vs. Barking at St. Peter, 5 November 2011.

The current clubhouse was opened in September 1994 and corresponded approximately with the start of the leagues; by then Jersey could not rely on random visiting sides and had to join the league in Hampshire.

In the summer of 2010 the new Lord Jersey Stand was built between the 1st XV pitch and the Airport Road and the Pavilion, with kitchen and bar, to the east of the main club facilities. This was to provide amenities for the increasing number of spectators due to the further success of the 1st XV.

The last few years have seen the first team work its way up the National Leagues, winning the overall National League 3 in 2010 and progressing to National League 2 South. Most recently in 2011, Jersey were promoted to National League 1 through a play-off game at home to Loughborough Students.[3] The clubs kit is red with black shorts and socks and the away shirts are blue with black shorts and socks.

During their first season in National League 1 Jersey suffered a narrow defeat in their first game against Fylde[4] and also lost their first home game in two and a half years against Ealing.[5] They were also docked 5 points for fielding too many foreign players in their defeat to Cinderford.[6] Despite these setbacks Jersey bounced back winning 11 games in a row and ended 2011 second in the National League 1 table, only 1 point behind Ealing.[7] In their first game of 2012 they beat top of the table Ealing 24–16, making promotion a very real possibility.[8] This run continued with wins against Rosslyn Park, Cinderford, Wharfedale and Stourbridge giving them 19 wins in a row but stuttered against Barking but since have won all their remaining games, most notably an away win against Coventry in which over 400 Jersey fans went to Coventry,[9] to win promotion to the Championship.[10]

In July 2012, it was reported that the States of Jersey Economic Development Department would sponsor the club for one year at a cost of £75,000.[11]

Siam Cup

Main article: Siam Cup

The Siam Cup is the annual Rugby Union competition held between the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. It was first contested in 1920.[12] The trophy awarded its winner is the second oldest rugby honour contested after the Calcutta Cup.[13] This year's contest sees no change in the rules with full strength teams being played.

Ground

Jersey play at the St. Peter grounds which is adjacent to Jersey Airport. Jersey have lodged planning applications to build a stand seating around 950 people, extensions to the clubhouse, permission to use a new pitch for parking and an entrance to this from the road.[14]

Club honours

Current standings

2016–17 RFU Championship Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
1 London Irish 11 11 0 0 399 158 241 9 0 53
2 Yorkshire Carnegie 11 10 0 1 333 259 74 7 0 47
3 Ealing Trailfinders 11 6 1 4 259 237 22 3 1 30
4 Nottingham Rugby 11 5 1 5 230 259 −29 3 3 28
5 London Welsh 11 5 0 6 244 226 18 4 3 27
5 Doncaster Knights 11 5 0 6 252 249 3 5 2 27
7 London Scottish 11 5 0 6 244 294 −50 3 3 26
8 Cornish Pirates 11 4 1 6 290 277 13 2 5 25
9 Jersey Reds 11 4 0 7 255 279 −24 4 5 25
10 Rotherham Titans 11 4 1 6 233 297 −64 2 2 22
11 Bedford Blues 11 3 0 8 242 256 −14 4 5 21
12 Richmond 11 2 0 9 165 355 −190 2 0 10
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background are promotion play-off places. Pink background is the relegation place.
Updated: 4 December 2016
Source: "Greene King IPA Championship". NCA Rugby. 

Current squad

2016-17 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Joe Buckle Hooker England England
Jack Macfarlane Hooker Scotland Scotland
Nick Selway Hooker England England
Jake Armstrong Prop England England
Simon Kerrod Prop South Africa South Africa
Sean McCarthy Prop Ireland Ireland
Mark Tampin Prop England England
Marc Thomas Prop Wales Wales
Jake Woolmore Prop England England
Nick Campbell Lock Scotland Scotland
Dave McKern Lock Australia Australia
Pierce Phillips Lock England England
James Voss Lock England England
Max Argyle Flanker England England
James Doyle Flanker New Zealand New Zealand
Nick Haining Flanker Australia Australia
Uili Koloʻofai Flanker Tonga Tonga
James Freeman Number 8 England England
Gary Graham Number 8 Scotland Scotland
Player Position Union
Joel Dudley Scrum-half England England
Samisoni Fisilau Scrum-half Tonga Tonga
Kieran Hardy Scrum-half Wales Wales
Brendan Cope Fly-half South Africa South Africa
Sam Katz Fly-half England England
Jordan Davies Centre England England
George Eastwell Centre England England
Regan King Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Lewis Robling Centre Wales Wales
Ross Adair Wing Ireland Ireland
George Watkins Wing England England
Jack Cuthbert Fullback Scotland Scotland
Richard Lane Fullback England England

References

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