Burton 39 Derby 17 Simon Moon, on his one-hundredth appearance, led Derby out in front of a large crowd but without several key players against an inform Burton. Derby had a first half that gave hope, tackling well and testing the Burton defence by running hard and fast. Burton’s Player Coach, Javiah Pohe, earned his money by scoring three
Derby 15 Anselmians 38 Derby returned to Haslams to play unbeaten Anselmians. Josh Sheppard made his debut on the wing and became the 38th player to appear this season. The problems with injuries and unavailabilities show no signs of abating ! Anselmians kicked off on the newly repaired AGP and were quickly into their stride. They were held up over the
Bowden 22 Derby 12 29/11/25 Derby travelled to Clay Lane, to play Bowden for their first ever meeting. A wet pitch greeted them, but the rain held off for the game. Yet again injury problems dogged Derby. Sam Tebbs failed a late fitness test ; Jake Roome took his place in the back row, with Sam Pittman moving to Number 8. Ollie Horton moved from the bench into the
Derby 24 Manchester 24 If ever there was a game of two halves, this was it. Manchester scored 24 points to Derby’s 3 penalty points in the first half and an inspiring Derby’s 21 points to Manchester’s zero in the second half. All of this was on a pitch that was slippery underfoot due to the very recent flooding. Overall,
Leek 25 Derby 19 Charlie Barker ran out for his first appearance after a long lay off when he suffered a leg break against Long Eaton last season. He also recovered from a ligament strain recently. Congratulations to him and his resilience. However, In front of a large home support, Leek, won more possession in the first half and managed to
Derby 12 Huddersfield 33 25/10/25 Derby returned to Haslams, after 2 tough away defeats, to face a strong Huddersfield side, who had won their previous 4 matches. An indication of their strength was the presence of Gareth Widdop, a Great Britain international at rugby league, in the centre. Fred Johnson made his debut on the wing. It is a mark of the injury problems that Derby are having,
Blackburn 63 Derby 28 18/10/25 A cool, dry day saw Derby run out at Ramsgreave Drive. Head Coach Liam Slatem made his debut from the bench. He probably wasn’t expecting to play 75 minutes, but Russell Carmichael departed early so he had to ! The game split neatly into 4 quarters. Quarter 1. Blackburn kicked off and Derby dominated the opening 10 minutes, but just like last week at
Stockport 53 Derby 14 11/10/25 Derby travelled to Stockport and gave a debut on the wing to Ollie Horton. Angus Wallis also made his 1st appearance, from the bench. The teams ran out on a beautiful October day, with Joe Acton running out for the 50th time. Derby kicked off and started the game in confident style. It was all Derby for the opening
Derby 28 Wirral 31 Both sides had won one and lost two games prior to Saturday. There was an air of expectancy as the sun came out to shine. Player coach, Ben Betts, made his debut for Derby after several months out following a shoulder injury. At second row, fitness coach, Luke Ellis, slotted in after his injury and on
It was the worst of days, with the coach taking 3 hours to get there only to find a very wet pitch and heavy rainfall. Not the best preparation. Thanks is due to the retired players, Jake Roome, Jack Partington and McGrath Van Wyk, who rallied to help. This surely reflects the parlous state of our pool of 1st XV
