Morganians
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We also supplement our league
calendar with club matches which allows
us to rotate the starting XV and give our
developing players more game time.” club and lots of private functions. Our
minis are regularly out in the community,
fundraising and developing the profile of
the club.”
Community Challenges/Ambitions
“I would say we are a community
club. We don’t just host rugby. Like many
others, we open our facilities to other
community groups like a carnival club, a
pre-school, a football team, a vintage car “The first challenge for us will be to
cement our place in a higher division
while we develop and prepare for
an assault on another league title or
promotion. As a small club, we’ll have the
challenge of retaining our best players as
bigger clubs around us will no doubt be
looking to recruit one or two, while the
additional travelling requirements of a
higher league may make availability for
away games more difficult for those that
work on a weekend.
In terms of our infrastructure, we
seriously need to look at the installation
of better floodlights and the development
of our match-day offer for spectators.”
Royston Grimstead has had a long and positive association with Morganians RFC as a player,
chairman, captain and sponsor with his business HEAAL. He recently told Rugby Club magazine,
“I am a local lad and it was through my brother Paul that I first became involved at Morganians.
Paul played front row rugby for the club up until a few years back and although he no longer
plays I have continued on.
My main position is no.8 however I have played 2nd row this season. Our team changed drastically
around three years ago when three quarters of our team were replaced by our youth players. It
was only going to be a matter of time before our younger players developed and this has really
paid off now.
Somerset 1 is naturally going to be a tougher challenge than this season so realistically I feel a
good result would be mid table but who knows what will happen. The main thing is that the
team remain positive and if and when things don’t go our way we pick ourselves up and play to
the final whistle. Congratulations to everyone at Morganians on a brilliant season!“
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