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Mini’s 2016-2017 Season – Photograph of the Year
Mini’s 2016-2017 Season – Final Score
Season Record Won – 73 Lost – 17 Draw – 5 Tries Scored: 468 Tries Conceded: 145 Season Summary Jan van Burg Toernooi Winners at The Hookers RC – October 2016 Bondsdag Competition Winners at Octopus RC – November 2016 District Championship Runner-up at HRC RC – March 2017 Bondsdag Competition Winners at Bulldogs RC –…
Read MoreU10 Benji’s excel at Tournoi de la Table Magique
On the outskirts of Mons, deep in the south of Belgium, a group of impressive young boys – clad in their black, orange and white livery – stepped from their bus into the village of Frameries. The smoke from a number of campfires spiralled into the air as the sounds of Flemish, French, Dutch, Luxembourgish…
Read MoreJasper Davies selected for the U17 squad against Wales!
Congratulations to Jasper Davies for being selected to play for the U17’s Netherlands squad against Wales on Saturday, April 22nd. The match will be played at the National Rugby Center in Amsterdam. Kick-off is at 15:00, so if your around, please come and support Jasper and the rest of the squad, it’s sure to be…
Read MoreMini’s runners-up to Oemoemone at Etten-Leur
With Easter right around the corner, the Mini’s travelled to Etten-Leur for the Pre-Paas Toernooi. We always like visiting Etten-Leur, as their events are always well organised and you’re sure to play good or at least unfamiliar teams from outside our district. With two qualifying groups and 6 potential games, we settled in for the…
Read MoreBSN/Bassets Colts (U18) win the National Plate Final
The BSN/Bassets Colts (U18) Rugby team won the National Plate final in the Amsterdam Rugby stadium this past Saturday. In front of a large crowd of supporters, on the National rugby ground the BSN/Bassets boys fought a very tight hard game against ‘t Gooi Rugby Club. In the tradition of finals the game was close…
Read MoreThe Benji’s win the District Championships at Hermes DVS RC
Success for the Benjis in the District Championship! The 2nd year Benjis, got off to a great start with a 6-0 win against Voorburg. The high level of rugby continued for the rest of the poule stage with wins as follows: 10-0 against Delft 2 6-0 against Delft 1 3-0 against Diok (unfortunately Andre badly injured…
Read MoreSlippery Oyster’s
Match report by Neil Wallace; Saturday 26th November saw the BSN Juniors playing away to Oysters RFC, Oisterwijk. The weather was sunny and dry and a good match seemed on the cards. Sixteen BSN players were available for the game, limiting the Coach’s options and forcing some to adopt unfamiliar positions. The local team benefitted…
Read MoreNightmare with the Hookers?
The weekends Halloween fixture at the British School was changed at the last minute (I can’t guess why?), which meant an early… 9:00am kick-off at The Hookers. We’ll forgive the Dutch planners as they wouldn’t have known the school was closed! With many players still on holiday, a full 15 “man” squad recorded wins against The…
Read MoreNo slip-ups at HRC
The half term holidays seem to come around thick ‘n’ fast nowadays and with depleted squad sizes affecting all regional clubs, it resulted in a fixture change from Sparta to HRC, allowing us to play on their new all-singing, all-dancing 4G pitches. Whilst the Minis were fielding only one squad, we had more than enough…
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