On a good day for rugby, Bridgwater extended their winning streak to seven matches as they completed the double over a spirited Thornbury side writes Tony Pomeroy. Two tries for Rob Allen and one a piece for James Martin & Chris Ashwin ensured that there would also be a four try bonus point. With Taylor […]
At the end of the 2013/4 season, league officials decreed that Bridgwater had used an unregistered player in a match against Wadebridge Camels in March. Despite a club appeal – the player was a paid up club member but was on the inactive player list – we were deducted five match points. As a deduction […]
A big thank you to the B&A RFC Supporters Club for providing new squad tops for our 1st, 2nd & 3rd XV players!!! That’s lots of raffles and bingo!!!!
Match report by Tony Pomeroy This was a scintillating game of rugby – a ten try fiesta – with Bridgwater taking the spoils and leap-frogging Camborne into third place in the league. This was Bridgwater’s sixth consecutive league victory and the ninth in total in the first half of the season. Bridgwater made only one […]
Club rugby lies at the heart of rugby in England. It is where the game is played in huge numbers and it is the environment that the RFU Development Department is committed to supporting by ‘strengthening clubs and growing the game in the communities around them’. Part of the commitment is the RFU Club Accreditation […]
Match report by Tony Pomeroy Bridgwater kept up the pressure on the league leaders with this their fifth consecutive league victory. The visiting spectators – who outnumbered the home supporters – described the win as ‘not pretty but we’ll take it’ and this just about summed up the game. Bridgwater were still missing Nick Spellissy […]
Weston Super Mare 43 – BARFC 20 (29/11/14) League status eventually held sway as the seasiders achieved bragging rights with this win over their neighbours. Bridgwater fielded a somewhat experimental side, giving debuts to winger Drew Shaw and second row Tom Lewis. They also welcomed back Rob (Dolphin) Thompson for his first 1st XV […]
This was a superb game of rugby that kept the crowd on its toes throughout. Bridgwater had to make a last minute change when former skipper, Dan Kemmish, was injured at the end of the warm up. George Sluman replaced him with Dave Norman being drafted onto the bench from the 3rd XV match on […]
Report by George Sluman For those who can’t be bothered to read this short novel of Saturday’s game between Bridgwater and Albion second team and their counterparts from Midsomer Norton, the shortened report is… VENI, VIDI, VICI The translation, for those who aren’t fluent in the Latin language or familiar with the exchange of literature […]
Match report by Tony Pomeroy This was the first ever match at any level between these two clubs and the honour of the first victory went to the visitors. As an exhibition of rugby, this was not a good advertisement and much of the play matched the drab mistiness of the afternoon. The game only […]
Who are we? Bridgwater and Albion Rugby Football Club Youth Section is an open club for anyone aged 5 to 17 wishing to play Rugby Union in the Bridgwater area.
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