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The BSN Benjis secure 3rd place at the International Youth Tournament! Well, I say the BSN Benjis… With the BSN Easter holidays in full swing, along with famine, illness, mechanical failure and a host of other excuses which would have made Lachlan’s mum Louise proud :-), the depleted Benjis squad came to Hilversum with one…

The Benji’s brought two teams to the District Championships at HRC to contest in the Cup & Plate competitions, with the Tigers competing for the Cup. What were instantly noticeable were the small and narrow pitch sizes. Some shambolic (or maybe even contrived) planning at HRC saw four pitches crammed onto one full size playing…

BSN Tigers beat Oemoemenoe 5-3 to secure the Bondsdag final and head to HRC next weekend in good form for the District championship. BSN brought two Benjis teams by coach and car to the Bonsdag hosted by Oemoemenoe in Middelburg.  The Benjis were split into two groups with the Tigers up against Sparta, Tilburg A…

Two weeks until the District tournament and Tigers and T-Rex were at DIOK for games against HRC, Bassets and the home A and B teams. DIOK’s first team continue to be the biggest challenge and are expected to be the main threat at the Districts. The Tigers edged a close contest 2-1 with a last…

The ground was frozen hard in Hoek van Holland. Winter had finally made an appearance. The coaches instructions were to, “stay on your feet” and not to commit to diving tackles. There were three games against the Hookers, HRC and DIOK; three games won by BSN. William and Rory scored seven tries each, but there…

The Benjis brought two teams to HRC in Wassenaar, where they won three games and lost one. In the first game, BSN1 took on the home team. After conceding an earlier try with one loose pass, BSN increased the pressure on HRC and played some great attacking rugby in the first half, passing freely from…

After a week of fog and frost, there was sunshine in Leiden for a morning of matches against DIOK A & B and HRC. Tackling was the word of the day with the BSN teams winning four and losing one. The man of the match performers, Cammy and Duncan, put in the biggest and most…

In cycling circles, if you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are hardcore. This is known as the ninth rule of cycling. So when the rugby is cancelled because the pitches are water logged, but you get up on a Saturday morning to play friendly training games on Scheveningen beach in the…

One week into the New Year and everyone was still carrying the holiday’s excesses in body, mind and spirit. There is some suggestion that a Christmas break helps to keep the players fresh, but not on this evidence. HRC turned up at Sparta. Pity that they’d missed the message that the games had been changed…