Men’s 1sts

Ealing Men’s 1sts climbed to 8th in Zoo Shield Division 2 by completing the double over London Irish in driving rain. Just three weeks after a narrow but deserved win in Sunbury, a fixture rearrangement meant another game against the same opposition.

Last weekend Ealing Men’s 1st XV slipped to their fourth defeat in Zoo Shield Division 2, a league largely containing the second strings of National 2 and 3 clubs, but put in a promising performance […]

Promotion to Zoo Shield Division 2 has meant a significant step up for Ealing’s senior amateur team, with fixtures against the second strings of several successful National 2 and 3 clubs, and the home fixture against Hertford 2nds proved to be another tough encounter, against a team unbeaten so far this season.

Clinical finishing from turnover ball proved the difference as reigning Zoo Shield Division 2 champions Richmond Saxons accumulated six converted tries, despite having less of the possession and territory than Ealing.

If there were any doubts about the stern test awaiting the Men’s 1sts following promotion to Zoo Shield Division 2 they were quickly dispelled in the first league game of the season at the well-appointed […]

The Men’s 1sts finished off their league campaign with a resounding win over Esher, their fourth win on the bounce and largest margin of victory for the season. Although they lost a prop to injury […]

After agonisingly falling two points short after a stirring comeback in the away fixture at the Athletic Ground just a few weeks ago, the Men’s 1sts had a chance for revenge against a team tucked just above them in Zoo Shield Division 3, and in a tough physical encounter eventually came out on top in one of their best performances of the season.

Ealing Men welcomed Old Redingensians to Vallis Way on Saturday having lost heavily in the away fixture early in December.

On a bitterly cold and breezy day the Men’s 1sts faced a well-drilled Chinnor 2nd XV, which, along with Redingensians, have set the pace in Zoo Shield Division 3.