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Streatham-Croydon RFC
The Streatham-Croydon Rugby Football Club, is a rugby union club, founded in 1871, based at Frant Road, Thornton Heath, in the London Borough of Croydon, south London. Streatham-Croydon currently play in Surrey 4, Counties Surrey 3. The club's teams play in cardinal shirts, white shorts and cardinal and white hooped socks. History Streatham's heyday was arguably during the late 1960s, and 70s, when 9 senior teams and 4 colts teams were active, combined with an extensive fixture list against top clubs such as Richmond F.C., Richmond, Bath Rugby, Bath, Sale Sharks, Sale, Saracen F.C., Saracens, London Welsh, London Irish and others. The professional era and the impact of the new RFU Courage League structure through the late 1980s, and 90s led to a decline in the size of the club as greater attention was paid to the needs of the 1st XV, and Streatham's membership struggle coincided with its drop down the National Division Three South, National and then London leagues. Streatham run t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrey 4
Counties 4 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the 10th tier of the English rugby union system. The teams play home and away matches from September through to April. Promoted teams move up to Surrey 3 and relegated teams move down to Counties 5 Surrey. At the end of the 1999–2000 season, Surrey 4 was cancelled with teams automatically going up to Surrey 3 or dropping out of the league. After a hiatus of four seasons the division was reinstated. Each year some of the clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase – a level 9–11 national competition. Teams for 2025-26 Departing were Haslemere and Old Glynonians both promoted to Counties 3 Surrey whilst Old Paulines (10th) were relegated to Counties 5 Surrey. Teams for 2024–25 Departing were Old Hamptonians and Streatham-Croydon_RFC, Streatham-Croydon both promoted to Counties 3 Surrey whilst Staines RFC, Staine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornton Heath
Thornton Heath is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is around north of the town of Croydon, and south of Charing Cross. Prior to the creation of Greater London in 1965, Thornton Heath was in the County Borough of Croydon. History Until the arrival of the railway in 1862, Thornton Heath was focused on an area southwest of the Whitehorse manor house (now a school), at the locality on the main London–Sussex road known as Thornton Heath Pond in the parish of Croydon (parish), Croydon St John the Baptist. Between the manor house and pond was an isolated farmhouse. Eventually, it became the site for the railway station and the main expansion hub. In the 50-year period from 1861 to 1911, Thornton Heath saw a complete transformation from an isolated rural outpost to an integrated metropolitan suburb. In its infancy, a new railway station in the eastern farmlands enabled the immediate area to evolve around a central point. In the late 19t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South London Storm
South London Storm was a rugby league club who played and trained at Archbishop Lanfranc School in the London Borough of Croydon. They competed in the London and South East Merit League. Founded in 1997, Storm were voted Rugby League Conference "Club of the Year" three times, in 2002, 2005 and 2006. In 2013, South London Storm merged with West London Sharks to form South West London Chargers. Club Details & Personnel Club honours *Harry Jepson Trophy (RLC National Champions): Winners 2006 *RLC Club Of The Year: 2002, 2005, 2006 *RLC Shield: Winners 2002 *Active Sports Club Of The Year Award: 2004 *BBC London Amateur Sports Club of the Year: 2006 *RLC Premier South Division Winners: 2005, 2006, 2009 *RLC Premier South Division Runners Up: 2007, 2008 *RLC Premier South Grand Final Winners: 2005, 2006 *RLC Premier South Grand Final Runners Up: 2007, 2008, 2009 *London Academy Final: Winners 2009 *London Amateur Rugby League (2nd XIII): Winners 2006 *Gordon Anderton Memorial Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Moore (rugby Union)
Grace Moore (born 21 May 1996) is an Irish rugby player from London, England. She plays for Railway Union and the Ireland women's national rugby union team. Club career London-born Moore's first club was Streatham-Croydon R.F.C. and she concentrated on rugby with them in 2018, her last year in university. She joined Premier 15s side Richmond Women a year later. She was a winger when she started but finished the season in their back row. She joined All-Ireland League side Railway Union in Dublin in 2020. Moore signed with Saracens ahead of the 2022–23 Premier 15s season. She later joined Ealing Trailfinders for the 2024–25 Premiership Women's Rugby season. International career Moore’s potential to play for Ireland was identified by Steven McGinnis through Irish Rugby Union's IQ (Irish Qualified) Programme. Her talent was developed through the Ireland women's national rugby sevens programme and she made her debut in the Dubai Sevens in December 2019. With internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamont Bryan
Lamont Bryan (born ) is a Jamaica international rugby league footballer who plays for the London Skolars in League 1. Lamont Bryan's usual position is . He can also operate at , or . Background Bryan was born in Germany to an African-American father, and a Jamaican mother. He was brought up in Croydon, and played his junior rugby league with the South London Storm. Bryan also plays rugby union for Streatham-Croydon RFC. Featherstone Rovers In January 2013 Lamont was signed by Featherstone Rovers. Where he made a total of 24 appearances, scoring 6 tries in just one season for the club. London Skolars Lamont signed a deal to play for the London Skolars The London Skolars are a rugby league club based at the White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre, New River Stadium in Wood Green, London Borough of Haringey, Haringey, North London. Founded in 1995, the club operated as a semi-professional team ... in 2014. In 2015, Bryan played for Jamaica in their 2017 Rugby League W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff ( ; 27 March 191226 March 2005) was a British statesman and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is the only person to have held all four Great Offices of State, having also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967, Home Secretary from 1967 to 1970 and Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom), Foreign Secretary from 1974 to 1976. He was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1987. Born into a working-class family in Portsmouth, Callaghan left school early and began his career as a tax inspector, before becoming a trade union official in the 1930s. He served as a Lieutenant (navy), lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He was elected to Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament at the 1945 U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Worrall Thompson
Henry Antony Cardew Worrall Thompson (born 1 May 1951) is an English restaurateur and celebrity chef, television presenter and radio broadcaster. Early life Worrall Thompson was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. His parents, Michael Ingham (real name Peter Michael Worrall Thompson) and Joanna Duncan, were both actors. He was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, where he sustained facial injuries while playing rugby. He had to wait until he was twenty-one years old before he could have plastic surgery to correct the disfigurement. As a child he suffered from rickets. Early career After he left school, he studied hotel management at Westminster Kingsway College. Taking his first catering job in Essex, it is rumoured that his grandmother refused to write to him because she could not bring herself to write "Essex" on the envelope. In 1978, he moved to London and became sous-chef at Brinkley's Restaurant at Fulham Road, becoming head chef one year later. The fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Sharp
William Sharp (born 13 May 1986) is a Nigerian rugby league footballer who played as a or on the for the York City Knights in the Championship. He has previously played for Harlequins RL and Hull F.C. in the Super League, and Featherstone Rovers and Halifax in the Championship. Background Sharp was born in Zaria, Nigeria. Early career He originally signed for London Broncos from South London Storm RLFC. He also played rugby union for Streatham-Croydon RFC. Quins RL (now London Broncos) Sharp had a contract with Harlequins RL that saw the dynamic youngster join the first grade squad on a permanent basis. Will Sharp was named as the Harlequins Senior Academy Player of the Year in 2007. Hull FC On 11 August 2010 it was announced that Will has signed a 2-year contract with Super League side Hull F.C. Upon signing Sharp was quoted as saying "I didn't want the opportunity to pass and wonder what if and I really want to test myself at Hull. When a club like Hull come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Colclough
Maurice John Colclough (2 September 1953 – 27 January 2006) was an international rugby union player. He was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa and the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand, playing in all four internationals each tour. He was a member of the England team that won the Grand Slam in 1980. At the time he played club rugby for Angoulême; he also played for Wasps RFC and Swansea RFC. Early life Maurice Colclough was born on 2 September 1953 in Oxford. He attended the Duke of York's Royal Military School and was its 1st XV Rugby captain in 1971, then England Schools Senior Shot Put champion in 1972. He is regarded as one of the most famous alumni of the school. He later attended the University of Liverpool and also went on to play for Liverpool St Helens. Rugby union career Having played for Liverpool RFC, Colclough went on to become one of the first Englishmen to play in France; he ended up captaining Angoulême, and also later played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Probyn
Jeff Probyn (born 27 April 1956 in Bethnal Green, London) is an English former Rugby Union player. The Old Albanian, Streatham and Wasps prop was selected in England's squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, but Probyn did not make his international debut until 1988, at the age of 31, against France. Probyn played in the 1991 Rugby World Cup where along with Brian Moore and Jason Leonard he was part of a destructive English front row as they reached the final, losing a tight match 12–6 to Australia at Twickenham. Along with Stuart Barnes, Wade Dooley, Mike Teague, Peter Winterbottom and Jon Webb, Probyn wore the England shirt for the last time in a 17–3 defeat by Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1993. In total, he won 37 caps for England and scored 3 tries. In addition, Probyn toured South Africa with a World XV in 1989, played for the Lions against France in 1989 and was a member of the Wasps FC side that won the English Courage league in 1990. Probyn was fairly slight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Horton (rugby Union)
Peter Alan Horton (born 20 July 1945) is an English-born Australian former rugby union international. Born and raised in England, Horton was educated at Tulse Hill School and St Luke's College, Exeter. He was a hooker and played for London club Streatham-Croydon, representing Surrey at county level. Horton moved to Australia at the age of 24 and worked as the Sportsmaster at Gateshead High School in Newcastle, New South Wales, where he played rugby with the Waratahs club. Capped 19 times for the Wallabies from 1974 to 1979, Horton debuted against the All Blacks in Sydney and won a Bledisloe Cup title in his final year. See also *List of Australia national rugby union players List of Australia national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Australia national rugby union team. Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the posit ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Horton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlequins Rugby League
The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club based in Wimbledon, England. They play their home games at Plough Lane and currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Whilst the club has never won a major trophy, they have finished second in the League Championship once and have been Challenge Cup runners-up once. They have also won the Championship Grand Final, to gain promotion to the Super League, on two occasions. Originally formed as Fulham Rugby League Club in 1980, they have also previously been known as London Crusaders and Harlequins Rugby League. London's home colours are black, red and white. History Origins Professional rugby league was briefly represented in London during the 1930s by London Highfield (1933), Acton and Willesden (1935–36) and Streatham and Mitcham (1935–36). All these were speculative clubs set up by local businessmen specifically as money making exercises, and were ultimately driven out of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
