Derby welcomed Simon Moon back to the starting XV, after a long injury absence. The rest of the side had a familiar look, with the only newcomer, making his debut from the bench, Kristian Powell. Derby kicked off, as summer finally arrived! It only took 3 minutes for Derby to take the lead. Josh Bingham kicked through and Lewis Hancock
Derby made 3 changes in the forwards for the visit of Stoke. Mike Johns, Josh Harvey and Tom Antrobus returned to the starting XV. Derby kicked off, on a lovely day, with the breeze at their backs. Derby immediately swept forward and Patrick Burke touched down after only 2 minutes. Josh Bingham added the conversion. 6 minutes later, Callum Jones
Derby made 3 changes to the starting XV for the difficult trip to Oundle. Sam Tebbs returned to the forwards while Jack Partington and Jack Dawson formed a new centre partnership. Derby kicked off on a glorious, sunny day and Oundle immediately knocked on. From the scrum Derby moved the ball and Jack Dawson burst through, to mark his return
Derby were led out by Josh Tizard, to mark his 150th appearance for the club. Before the start of the game a minute’s silence was impeccably observed out of respect for The Queen. Derby made 2 changes to last week’s starting XV. Jeri Oldfield and Patrick Burke came into the team, while Sam Tebbs and Judah Simpson returned to the
Derby ran out at Cooke Fields to start the new league season in a new league – Regional 1 Midlands. They handed debuts to 3 players, prop Guy Bowley, Rhys Colrein and Khias Webb. Derby kicked off, on a hard, dry surface; unsurprisingly considering the hot summer we have had! Derby were quickly into their stride and an attack led
This was a second victory in the preseason warm up games. Having beaten England Fire Service 41 – 0, it was a long journey to face a strong Regional 1 North, side Driffield. It started in a similar way to the first game, with the opposition dominating possession and testing Derby’s defence for the first twenty minutes. This is one
It was the last game of the season, a 9-try thriller, and it produced festival rugby on the AGP. In front of the biggest crowd swelled by employees of AMS Hayley Group, our match day sponsors, Derby produced a great display of teamwork in the rugby “fast lane”. It was also the 150th appearance for Martin Kent, who came on in
With promotion already guaranteed, this was a game of little league importance. However, with a growing list of injuries, this was just as well. With no props available Martin Kent was persuaded to return from retirement for his 149th appearance. Derby started with the slope and gusty wind in their favour, but it was ‘Boro ‘s Stand-off, Uden, who kicked
The latest RFU information on the league structure next year indicates that there are 3 promotion places available this season. With Derby in 2nd place before the game, they knew that if they could extend their winning run to 6, they would be very close to securing promotion. Jack Bates led the team out, in honour of his 50th appearance,
Derby travelled to Wigston Road, looking to make it 5 wins in a row and keep up their promotion chase. For the first time in a number of weeks, the players were greeted by pleasant conditions, as they ran out to start the match. Derby kicked off and started well. An early Lewis Hancock run led to Ethan Pearson being
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