The 2019-20 season brought some exciting changes for rugby in Ealing.
To ensure that we can continue to offer rugby in Ealing at an appropriate level for all players we decided to create a new club with RFU affiliation. The new Club, playing as Ealing Trailfinders 1871, is closely linked to the existing Ealing Trailfinders structure, shares the same facilities but operates independently within the RFU regulations and compete independently within the RFU league structure.
In the era of professional and amateur rugby it is important that clubs have the right structure to provide all rugby players with a pathway that suits their rugby ability and ambition. By having two clubs with strong links and co-operation this can be achieved and helps to develop rugby in Ealing and the surrounding area.
The new 1871 structure not only enables us to play RFU league rugby London and SE Division but also give players opportunities to play Middlesex Merit Table rugby as well as social and veterans’ rugby through the Exiles and Evergreens squads. This ensures we can offer rugby for players at all levels.
This also gives a strong development pathway for the very successful Ealing Trailfinders U18 Performance Programme.
The Ealing Trailfinders Professional structure is a separate entity but the strong links will enable players at the highest level to transition across either through the new Brunel University Scholarship Programme or through the Championship side’s own Academy structure.
The successful Minis and Youth sections will continue to be at the heart of Ealing Trailfinders with pathways in to Senior, and the Brunel University affiliated programme.
Ealing Evergreens went down to a heavy home loss on Saturday losing 51 points to nil against Richmond Heavies. The Ealing scrum was stuck in reverse gear all day, we won hardly any line out ball, conceded nine tries and scored none. But apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the show?
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The Exiles fail to organise effectively and Quintin level the score in the Exiles v Quintin 2009/2010 series: one game all! Nick Greenhalgh reports.
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The Ealing Exiles finally get a second win this season with a victory over SODAM. Nick Greenhalgh reports.
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The Ealing Exiles defend well but lose to a strong Belsize outfit. Nick Greenhalgh reports.
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Ealing Evergreens got back to winning ways on Saturday with a well deserved win away at Weybridge Vandals in the Surrey Vets League Division 1. The injured players list gets longer every week and on Friday I was concerned about how we would field a full XV but we managed to actually have two subs and everyone who played was in their chosen position which was a huge problem for us in our last two games.
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Saturday saw the Exiles travel to the pastures of Willesden to take on Kilburn Cosmos II. Nick Greenhalgh reports.
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The Evergreens suffered their first loss of the season and oh what a loss! I know many people would say why do a match report after a heavy loss? Who wants to read about it? What is there to say after shipping such a heavy defeat? Actually there is quite a lot that can be said. Mainly that rugby is a 15 man game and we cannot hope to be successful with so many of our regular backs missing and those remaining playing completely out of position.
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Despite scoring a converted try soon after the kick off, the Exiles went down heavily to Feltham Is.
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Nick Greenhalgh recalls a tough day for the Exiles.
Using several cars, some tubes, some trains, some buses and some feet, the Exiles managed to traverse London from various starting positions to the back and beyond of North East London (actually, Hackney Marshes) in order to take on the in-form Old Streetonians IIs.
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Ealing Evergreens kicked off their 2009/10 Surrey Vet League 1 campaign with a hard-fought win over newly promoted London Welsh Occies.
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