Biggleswade Rugby Club
# Biggleswade Rugby Club

Biggleswade Rugby Club is a rugby union team from Bedfordshire. They have been managed by Matthew Skirving since 2019. For the 2021/22 season the team will be managed by Teresa Taylor.

## History

Probably the first golden age for the club was in the late 1980s when along with other accolades they were winners of East Midlands One, then in 1989-90 winners of the East Midlands/Leicester League and the Beds County Cup in 1991 and finalists in the East Midlands Cup in 1991. The First XV was then a young team bolstered by a number of former top-flight players who turned out for Biggleswade The best known player to have pulled on the Biggleswade club shirt is John Orwin, captain of Gloucester, Bedford, and the Barbarians and also of England during their tour of Australia in 1988. A number of players have gone on to represent top flight clubs with the latest being Tom Litchfield (Northampton Saints, England U20's and DR with Bedford Blues) who played Minis U7 to U9 at Biggy before moving on the Bedford. The club run Minis U6 to U12, Girls, Youth, Colts and Men's First, Second and Third XV and Ladies XV. The club have a vast amount of pitch space with the 'club' side and Sheepwalk which provides ample playing space. Biggy also run an annual Summer Touch Rugby tournament in May and June which is open to allcomers.

## Club honours

* East Midlands 1 champions (3): 1988–89, 2000–01, 2003–04
* East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 champions: 1989–90
* Bedfordshire County Cup winners: 1991
* Midlands 4 East (S) champions: 2021-2022 (undefeated)
* Hertfordshire/Middlesex Merit 4 (NE) champions: 2021-2022

## Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

| Player | Position | Union |
| - | - | - |
| Matt Cowley | Hooker | England |
| Ben White | Hooker | England |
| Jack Unite | Hooker | England |
| Jimmy Caulfield | Prop | England |
| Brad Green | Prop | England |
| Andy Burke | Prop | England |
| Arran Pickering | Prop | England |
| Kyle Loan | Prop | England |
| Dom Nott | Prop | England |
| Oli Trudgill | Prop | England |
| Rod Bisset | Prop | Scotland |
| Jack Diemer | Lock | England |
| Jake Devereux | Lock | France |
| Gareth Edwards | Lock | England |
| Graham Williams | Lock | England |
| Trevor Garvey | Lock | England |
| Oli Lattimer | Lock | England |
| Harry Torne | Lock | England |
| Jack Torne | Lock | England |
| Tom Torne | Flanker | England |
| Ed Findlay | Flanker | England |
| James West | Flanker | England |
| Emre Can | Flanker | Germany |
| James Marsh | Flanker | England |
| Luke Dillinger | Flanker | England |
| Jamie Alford | Flanker | Ireland |
| Del Tribbeck | Flanker | Scotland |
| Del Starling | Flanker | England |
| Ed Rogers | Flanker | England |
| Ed West | Flanker | England |
| Jensen Beal | Flanker | England |
| Ben Yates | Number 8 | England |
| Dave Leslie | Number 8 | England |
| Player | Position | Union |
| Luke Gadsby | Scrum-half | England |
| Quinn Heath | Scrum-half | England |
| Jack Sharp | Scrum-half | England |
| Rhys Sargeant | Scrum-half | England |
| Dan Hatcher | Scrum-half | England |
| Ben Cowling | Fly-half | England |
| George Chapman | Fly-half | England |
| Alex Marshall | Fly-half | England |
| Dan "Plank" Rogers | Fly-half | England |
| Elliot Tunstall | Centre | England |
| Gavin Taylor | Centre | England |
| Ollie Vagg | Centre | England |
| Tom Richardson | Centre | England |
| Luke Haverly | Centre | England |
| Alex Borg | Centre | England |
| Ethan Sinclair | Wing | England |
| Johnny Richardson | Wing | England |
| Tom Joannou | Wing | England |
| Richard Sinclair | Wing | England |
| Tom Anderson | Wing | England |
| Kareem Davis | Wing | England |
| Luke Fye | Wing | England |
| Freddie Askham | Wing | England |
| Anthony "Socks" Overy | Wing | England |
| Tom Seabrook | Fullback | Wales |
| Kieran Brasier | Fullback | England |
| Jakub Grabowski | Fullback | Poland |
