Saturday 4th October 2025
Littlemore RFC
Littlemore V Swindon College Old Boys 2’s
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With Storm Amy still loitering around on Saturday afternoon, we battened down the hatches, and headed down pitchside for a blustery afternoon of rugby.
A trip along the A420, Swindon COB arrived at back HQ for the first time since the mid 2000’s. Whilst much has changed, a few players can recall the last time they played each other. Despite players being slighty older, greyer and maybe a bit wiser, the game remains much the same.
Unfortunately for Swindon, they arrived low on numbers, but we thank them for arriving and fulfilling the fixture nonetheless. With the walkover win already secured, Littlemore offered up 4 players to Swindown, and the game got underway 14v14.
With debutant Dom Palmer almost certain to get his first ever game of rugby played in a Littlemore jersey, come kick off, never did he imagine his first game would be starting for the opposition, as he, Archie Keown (9), Rob Hilson (6) & Grant Wilson (
bolstered up the Swindon squad.
80 points scored – 12 tries, 10 conversions, there is plenty to write about, but on this occasion, the scoreline speaks for itself. A huge imporovement in gameplay and style for Littlemore since their last run out, and also 1st tries for the club for Dev Thomas, (late addition) George (Wing), and Jack Perry (13)
On a sad note, we bid farewell and good luck to Second row player Nick Stevenson, as he heads back North across the border back to his homeland. We thank you for the last few years, and we look forward to the possibility of a touring match in the near future.
Onto next week, we hit the road across to Buckinghamshire to face Aylesbury 2’s.
