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Amps Dominate Sale Outscoring The Visitors 9 tries to 2 Sale arrived at Dillingham Park on a dry, sunny day with a moderate easterly breeze and the chance of isolated showers. After going behind to an early try Ampthill dominated the game scoring 9 tries and leaving several more on the park. From the kick off Sale retained the ball well showing good structure to move the ball deep into Amps territory. A sweeping move through the hands from left to right saw a fine unconverted try scored in the right corner on 5 minutes by centre Moorhouse. A's took the game … [Read more...] about 1st XV 57 Sale 12, Sat 13th Apr 2019, National 1

James (Skippy) Pritchard Confirms He Will Hang Up His Boots At The End Of The Season James Pritchard {39, 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 85 kg (187 lb)} has confirmed he will retire from playing at the end of this season. James began playing Rugby Union for Randwick in 1999 after playing Rugby League in his youth. In 2000 Randwick won the Citibank/MasterCard cup and he was named player of the year. Skippy joined Bedford Blues in 2001 left in 2004 only to return in 2006 and stay until 2016 where he became a fan favourite. In between he played for Plymouth Albion, Perpignan and … [Read more...] about James Pritchard Announces His Retirement

1stXV Welcome Sale For Their First Ever Visit To Dillingham Park Sale Football Club was founded in 1861 by a team of enthusiastic sportsmen drawn mainly from Sale Cricket Club. The fifth oldest surviving rugby club and the most prominent in the history of the North West. Sale FC first played games on either a rented portion of Sale Cricket Club or on fields owned by local farmers. Although the club didn’t have a home to call our own, this setup did mean that Sale FC became a very real part of the community and a strong bond was formed with local people, something … [Read more...] about 1stXV v Sale, 15:00, Sat Apr 13th, 2019, National 1, Match Preview

Tongan Paino Hehea Confirms He Will Retire At The End Of This Season Paino {40, 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 114 kg (251 lb)} joined Ampthill in 2014 and has made 83 appearances in National 1 & National 2 scoring 14 tries. Before Ampthill he played in Italy for Calivisano in European competitions and in France for Racing Metro and also had a spell at Mowden Park in the North of England. He represented Tonga in the Rugby World Cup in 2007 & 2011 and in the Pacific Nations Cup in 2006, 2008 and 2011. This season he has been regularly turning out for Ampthill 1881's (2ndXV) … [Read more...] about Paino Hehea Announces His Retirement

Tight Head Prop Karl Garside Joins Saints  Karl Garside has signed for Northampton Saints for 2019-20. Karl (22), 1.88m (6ft2in) 130kg (20st7ib), joined Ampthill for season 2017-18 from Old Albanians making 45 appearances for Ampthill in National 1 scoring 1 try. Capped for England Counties U20 and Hertfordshire in both 2016, where he toured Russia and in 2017 (Netherlands) . In 2018 he toured with England Counties to Romania. Karl comments "I’ve really enjoyed my time at Ampthill and am thankful for the opportunity at Northampton which might never have happened … [Read more...] about Karl Garside Signs For Northampton Saints

1stXV Secure Bonus Win Against Tough Moseley Firstly your reporter must start by stating that he can’t for the life of him understand why a team as talented as Birmingham Moseley are in a relegation dog fight. They caused the A's defence all sorts of problems and scored four well deserved tries against our much vaunted defence in a fire cracker of a game. A's started well with a Lutui try after a stock catch and drive on the seven metre line and converted by Pritchard to lead seven nil after six minutes. Birmingham Moseley responded well with a … [Read more...] about Birmingham Moseley 26 v 40 1st XV, Sat 6th Apr 2019

Ampthill Triumph Despite Last Kick-Of-The-Game Drama Rosslyn Park arrived at Dillingham Park on a dry, sunny day with a gentle northerly breeze to find a dusty pitch, let's hope it rains soon. The top of the table clash resulted in Ampthill's biggest crowd of the season just beating that against Old Elthamians. Amps, 5 points clear of OEs in 2nd and 6pts clear of Park in 3rd going in to the game knew that promotion to the championship would be assured if they won their remaining 4 fixtures but were taking nothing for granted expecting a very tough examination from … [Read more...] about 1stXV 21 Rosslyn Park 20, Sat March 30, 2019, National 1