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| 1st xv result – Caldy 27 – 21 Richmond |
| Champ Rugby – Round 2 Saturday 11th October 2025 Gallagher hat-trick topples Richmond The Rugby Paper match report by Luke Jarmyn Caldy …………. 27 pts Tries: Gallagher 11, 38, 45; Thomas 27, Hearn 65 Conversion: K Wilkinson 46 Richmond …………. 21 pts Tries: Schwarz 29, Nugent 33, Case 47 Conversions: Grieve 30, 34, 48 Matt Gallagher shot to the top of the Champ’s try scoring standings with a hat-trick of tries as Caldy continued their best ever start to a season in tier two. The Ravers scored five tries in their first home fixture of the campaign to demolish Richmond, with scrum-half Aneurin Thomas and hooker Ollie Hearn also dotting down. Gallagher, Caldy’s hat-trick hero, said: “It was tough, we knew it was going to be. Richmond are a young newly promoted team coming off a win last week. We made hard work of it, but as a team we dug in as they came back in the second half, and it shows the fight we’ve got this year, and how settled we are after a good pre-season. The conditions allowed us to fire more shots, better set-piece, lineouts were easier, kicking options were better and it allowed us to express ourselves in attack.” Despite a patchy sky, the weather was kinder than Storm Amy last week for Caldy’s Ladies Day fixture, and the pink flares amid a bumper crowd didn’t have to wait long for something to celebrate when Gallagher sprinted down the right from more than 40 metres out to open the scoring. The pink-shirted Ravers doubled their lead on the cusp of half-hour; fly-half Kieran Wilkinson nicked the ball from a Richmond ruck before gathering after a fumble to free Will Robinson and a two-on-one saw the winger offload to scrum-half Aneurin Thomas who dotted down. The Surrey side got a purple patch, full-back Greg Kitson ran from deep, shimmying past several defenders to make 50 metres before scrum-half Alex Schwarz got the better of Caldy’s last man and dashed over by the right post. Four minutes later it was the turn of Richmond’s forwards with several pick-and-goes before George Nugent scurried over the whitewash. Callum Grieve’s conversion put the visitors ahead, but Gallagher splintered off two driving mauls either side of half-time to earn his hat-trick and re-assert Caldy’s lead. Outside centre Paddy Case chip-and-chased from halfway to score and keep Richmond in it, until Ravers’ replacement Hearn scored from a lineout drive to complete Caldy’s victory. Richmond coach Nic Rouse said: “We did well to get ourselves back in the game and we had opportunities to win with five minutes to go, but unfortunately our discipline went against us, so it didn’t go our way.”    Images thanks to Barry MacDonald Caldy : Kilcourse, Tudor, C Wilkinson, Barlow, Robinson, K Wilkinson, Thomas, Weatherby (Higginson 64), Gallagher (Hearn 52), Sproston (Rushton 52), Olyott (Gerrard 55), Sanders, Ridgway, Owen (J Jones 64), JJ Dickinson (c) Not used: Loboda, Akehurst, Mitchell Richmond : Kitson (Baggott 61), Obonna, Case, Randt, Addams (Brosch 75), Grieve, Schwarz (c) (L Jones 59), Freeman (Vaughan 70), Goffey (Hocking 61), Spring (Litchfield 70), Monson, Nugent, Wakeling (Byrne 59), Cardew (Wills 70), Pim Referee : Jamie Parr Attendance : 1,834 The Rugby Paper Star player – Tom Sanders, Caldy  Image courtesy of Dan at OneBall Creative – Other results last weekend u18s Senior Colts – walkover win ( Stockport conceded ) u17s Junior Colts – Stockport 17 – 36 Caldy – Rugby coming up Friday 17 October – Champ Rugby round 3 Nottingham v Caldy kick off 7.45pm at The Bay, Holme Rd, Nottingham NG2 5AA Saturday 18 October – rest weekend for Caldy 2nd xv & Caldy Rav3rs Sunday 19th October Junior Colts u17s home Caldy v Widnes kick off 12.30pm Senior Colts u18s away Whitchurch v Caldy kick off 2.00pm Saturday 25th October Champ Rugby round 4 – Caldy v Cambridge kick off 3.00pm Match Tickets are available to buy via our club website go to : https://caldyrugbyclub.com/buy-tickets-membership/ plus NOWIRUL Premier League – Caldy 2nd xv v Fylde Hawks 2nd xv |
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