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Saturday 25th March was a gloriously sunny BSN day with the pitch looking fantastic. The lads arrived an hour earlier to support the Cubs playing Eindhoven, who put on an inspirational show. The disappointment of their last minute loss resonated deeply with the Juniors heart-ache at Delft 7 days earlier. 22 players turned out on…

Normally a drive to the vicinity of IKEA is with a heavy heart, but not today! Saturday 18th March, a month to the day since last minute upset against Gouda, BSN Juniors faced Delft away. Following the relatively long break since the last game turnout was good with 21 players available on the day and…

Saturday 18th February, a misty Nederland winters day, and BSN Juniors clash with Gouda. Due to the half-term break turnout was limited with only 15 players available on the day, which in the face of a Gouda squad sporting 22 players, was to ultimately prove a decisive factor in what turned out to be an…

Saturday 4th February saw the BSN Juniors travelling to HRC for another clash with the local rivals. As always with HRC part of the match day excitement is seeing which HRC team emerges on the day and initially the signs were not good as HRC thought the game was starting an hour later than scheduled.…

Saturday 21st January, a gloriously sunny day, a brand new all weather pitch, a great turnout, friendly opposition, a good referee and a great team performance. What more could you ask for the beginning of the New Year? Turnout was good with 22 players available on the day. Delft supplied the referee and Delft and…

Saturday 10th December could not have been more different to the previous week as BSN Juniors faced Hookers at WRC (Te Werve). The weather was cold with continuous light rain, but following the dominant victory of the week before the mood was optimistic and the plan was for a repeat performance. No plan survives first…

Match reporter: Neil Wallace Saturday 3rd December saw BSN Juniors face HRC2 at their adopted home ground of WRC (Te Werve) and, as with every encounter with HRC, there was a special hint of rivalry in the air. It was another perfect rugby day, sunny, dry and the ground was soft.   BSN warm-up in…