RFU Injured Players Foundation Quiz

That's right!

Its time to test your rugby knowledge and possibly your Sunday rugby club stalwart credentials at this year's RFU Injured Players Foundation Quiz.

There will be thrills, spills (but not too many otherwise you might piss the DM off) and no frills hardcore quiz action. 

I couldn't possibly divulge the nature of the questions but i am guessing they may have one or two rugby related ones....

Have a chance at getting your hands on JASON LEONARD'S INFLATABLE BALL at Millwall rugby club by winning.... the RFU Injured Players Foundation Quiz.

Location: Millwall Rugby Club

Tickets on the door - £5 per person

Sunday the 8th of March 16:00hrs Start

Physio on Monday Night

Subject to demand, Laura will be in the clubhouse on Monday night 7.30-8.30pm, £20

Email physio@millwallrugby.com or laura@fusionphysiotherapy.com to book.

Training Topics Tomorrow Night

• Warmup - Musical balls, chaos touch
• Focus 1 - Play from Scrum, backs come short, forwards go with the flow
• Focus 2 - Play from restart, receiving a short kick, long kick
• Principle of Play - Contest Possession
• Technical Skill -  Attacking and Defending mauls

Full program each week, see here

http://millwallrugby.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/wednesday-training-next-7-weeks-topics.html

Millwall RFC 2015 Clubhouse Bierfest

To celebrate our 20th Anniversary year we are looking to have our first annual Bierfest in the clubhouse. The date is currently the week after the end of the season so everyone can enjoy the Bierfest to the full.

•    Celebrate the end of the season in style
•    Feel like you missed out on Oktoberfest?
•    Like the slap of leather on skin (like Boris)?
•    Do you love Oompah music/Europop?
•    Well get yourself down to Millwalls very first ‘AprilFest’ in the clubhouse.
•    We’ll have German bier on tap and German shots
•    As well as commemorative glasses & polo shirts for sale.

Event details are still being finalised, but as a rough idea we are looking to offer the following options:

Option 1: £20 all-in package price (includes entry cost, Millwall 2015 Bierfest polo shirt and tankard, 1 pint of beer and a German shot)

Option 2: £5 entry only cost.

Option 3: We will also be selling the polo-shirts and tankards separately at £10 and £7.50 respectively (for our expats and those that can't make the event)

ACTION: If you are interested, please accept the invite on facebook HERE & indicate which option you want.

ACTION: If applicable, please indicate which size polo-shirt you would like (so we can gauge order numbers).

A further blog will go out outlining how/when you can pay for these.

All proceeds from this will go towards keeping annual dinner costs to a minimum as well as going back into the club for development needs.

For further details please email gareth@millwallrugby.com

Clubhouse openings, training & games (w/c 23/2)

Games: 
Here are the games scheduled for this coming weekend (as at time of writing).  

• Millwall 1st XV - Away @ Bancroft
• Millwall Llamas - Wanstead @ Home
• Millwall 3rd XV - Bye week
• Millwall Venus - Blackheath @ Home (Sunday)

Please ensure you let us know your availability ASAP so it makes our selection meeting on Wednesday easier. Please email selection@millwallrugby.com with your availability.

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Club Openings/Meetings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm    Fisher will be opening the club on Monday at 7pm. Please remember there is training as usual for Venus and a Players meeting for the men at 7.30pm in the clubhouse.
 
Hargreaves 'HumpDay' (aka Wednesday) - Open from 7pm    Gareth will be looking after you this week. So make sure you come down to the clubhouse and celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week and refreshing yourselves after the contact training session.

Friday - Open from 7.30pm  Karen will be looking after you for our monthly Friday night opening. So make sure you come down to the clubhouse and keep her company.
 
Saturday - Open from 2.15pm
With the 6n games returning after a break week, Brigitte/Paul will be opening the club at 2.15pm in time for the Scotland v Italy game at 2.30pm, followed by the France v Wales game at 5pm. They will also be welcoming the 2 mens teams back

Sunday - Open from 2.30pm
Flex/Fisher will be opening the club at 2.30pm just in time for the Ireland v England game at 3pm, and will be welcoming the Venus players back in after their match on Millwall Park.
 
Coming Soon:
We will soon be sending out a blog of how to get your tickets for the following upcoming club events, so keep your dates free in your diaries;

Millwall Inaugural Bierfest - Sat 18th April in the Clubhouse

20th Anniversary End of Season Dinner - Sat 6th June at VIA, Canary Wharf

URGENT - Players Meeting - This Monday - 23rd Feb @ 7.30pm

Players Meeting

Monday 23^rd February

(This coming Monday)

7.30pm Start

All 1^st XV, 2^nd XV & 3^rd XV players are asked to attend an important meeting to discuss plans for the rest of the season and the 2015/16 Season (Venus players are also more than welcome to attend).

Main items to be discussed are:

• Subs. Reduction.
• Memberships.
• Training/Games commitment.
•  Succession planning for next season.
• Volunteering.
• Any other business people want to raise.

The outcomes from this meeting will help to inform the committee as to where YOU want the club to go in this and the coming seasons, so please make the effort to come.

For more information, please speak to Shaun Cook or your Team Manager.

*The bar will be open to help the words flow ;-)

Rugby Basics\Beginners Rugby Resumes Tomorrow

Rugby basics is back on tomorrow Saturday Feb 21 for everyone interested in getting into rugby or getting back after a break. Open to all, free.

Meet 9.45am at Clubhouse for 10-11.30

Tim

Tomorrow Night's Training Topics

Tomorrow night, we'll look at a 3 phase attack and defence from two plays - one from scrum and one from lineout, using a mix of backs and forwards. Obviously the more numbers we have, the better it will be. See you there


Warmup - End Ball, Aussie Rules

Focus 1 - Play from Scrum, using switches, Rangi

Focus 2 - Play from Lineout - Quick ball 9-12, 10 loops 12, backline alignment (steep, wide gaps etc)

Principle of Play - Continuity

Technical Skill - spin in tackle, pop from tackle etc



Tim

Physio tomorrow night

Laura will be in the clubhouse tomorrow night (Monday) 7.30-8.30pm

Email physio@millwallrugby.com to book.

Tim

Clubhouse openings, training & games (w/c 15/2)

Games:   
Here are the games scheduled for this coming weekend (as at time of writing). 

• Millwall 1st XV - Pegasus @ Home (venue TBC)
• Millwall Llamas -Away @ Basildon
• Millwall 3rd XV - Burnham @ Home (venue TBC)
• Millwall Venus - Haringay @ Home (Hackney Marshes, Sat 11am kick off)

Please ensure you let us know your availability ASAP so it makes our selection meeting on Wednesday easier. Please email selection@millwallrugby.com with your availability.

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Club Openings/Meetings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm    Fisher will be opening the club on Monday before training starts at 7pm so you can use the club to change etc. and Ed will be there to serve you after the training session as well.

Hargreaves 'HumpDay' (aka Wednesday) - Open from 7pm    Gareth will be looking after you this week. So make sure you come down to the clubhouse and celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week and refreshing yourselves after the contact training session.

Friday - CLOSED

Saturday - Open from 12.30pm
With the early Venus game at Hackney marshes, Gareth will be opening the club at 12.30pm and Karen will be taking over the reins at 5pm to entertain the 3 mens teams.

Sunday - CLOSED

Chance to own a piece of Millwall Memorabilia:

We have a number of old Millwall Rugby game shirts for sale at the great price of just £15 each. We will be selling these at the club when it is open (various sizes available). Please ask the duty manager or Paul Fisher for more information.

Wednesday Training - Next 7 Weeks Topics

Here are the things we'll be concentrating leading up to the last league game (yes, the end of the scheduled league games is that close!). Please below for some more details*.

The sessions will have  two-three focus themes and plays that could be used to achieve that outcome, with three phases and using backs and forwards. We'll use lessons learned from Saturday's games and have a focus on the rugby principles of play and develop technical skills relevant to the focus. All sessions will finish with a game, there will be a mix of skills, game development and fitness.

Wednesday, 11 February  

Warmup - 5 Pass game, overload touch

Focus 1 - Attacking wide from scrum e.g. Openside wing creating an extra man, penetrator, box kick
Focus 2 - Defensive Alignment from Scrum
Principle of Play - Support
Technical Skill - Passing: pop, loop, switch, short, long, speed of pass

Wednesday, 18 February  

Warmup - End Ball, Aussie Rules
Focus 1 - Play from Scrum, using switches, Rangi
Focus 2 - Play from Lineout - Quick ball 9-12, 10 loops 12, backline alignment (steep, wide gaps etc)
Principle of Play - Continuity
Technical Skill - spin in tackle, pop from tackle etc

Wednesday, 25 February  

Warmup - Musical balls, chaos touch
Focus 1 - Play from Scrum, backs come short, forwards go with the flow
Focus 2 - Play from restart, receiving a short kick, long kick
Principle of Play - Contest Possession
Technical Skill -  Attacking and Defending mauls

Wednesday, 04 March  

Warmup - Tig, continuous rugby
Focus 1 - Play from Lineout - front peel, cut out pass to blindside winger, catch and drive.
Focus 2 - Utilise a large powerful wing in an attacking strike play
Principle of Play - Pressure
Technical Skill - Continuity in Attack, Rucking

Wednesday, 11 March  

Warmup - 5 pass, Numbers touch
Focus 1 - Play from scrum 5 metres out, no8 pick and go, forwards drive
Focus 2 - Play from a restart, short 22m drop out
Principle of Play - Go Forward
Technical Skill - Kicking, catching

Wednesday, 18 March  

Warmup - Rugby netball, Identifying Space to attack (15)

Focus 1 - Play from Lineout, 13. Using 15 on the narrow side , 20m space.
Focus 2 - Receiving a long kick off
Principle of Play - Contest Possession
Technical Skill - Lineout game, lose your marker

Wednesday, 25 March  

Warmup - 5 pass game, mismatch touch (20)
Focus 1 - Attacking mid field from scrum on halfway
Focus 2 - Play from Lineout - off top, front ball, miss pass 10 to 13, 15 hits line
Principle of Play - Support
Technical Skill - Tackling


* We'll adjust the exact contents on the night to how many we have and who is there, weather etc. Obviously, the more we have and the wider the playing positions, the more we can do.

General Information on the Sessions

The training sessions will be
• Active and games related - we'll play games, touch, scenarios etc and stay active in the current weather
• Purposeful - Drills will be a small part of the night and any will be directly related to games and their benefit explained
• Enjoyable - we'll focus on playing with a focus on fun and improvement individually and as units\teams
• Safe - we want people to be ready to play on Saturdays and not get injured in training. We'll do some contact in controlled situations using relevant equipment e.g. tackle suits, bags etc

The Committee are in search of a new coach and so training will be led by Tim McDonagh with Shaun Cook. RFU Coaches, Dean Cutting and Neil Sweeney will also attend on certain nights as Tim is finishing off his Level 2 Coaching license.

Clubhouse openings, training & games (w/c 9/2)

Games:   
Here are the games scheduled for this coming weekend (as at time of writing). 

Millwall 1st XV - no game planned
Millwall Llamas - 1/4 finals of JAT cup away @ Epping Upper Clapton
Millwall 3rd XV -  no game planned
Millwall Venus - no game planned

Please ensure you let us know your availability ASAP so it makes our selection meeting on Wednesday easier. Please email selection@millwallrugby.com with your availability.

 
Club Openings/Meetings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm   
Fisher will be opening the club on Monday before training starts at 7pm so you can use the club to change etc. and Ed will be there to serve you after the training session as well.

Hargreaves 'HumpDay' (aka Wednesday) - Open from 7pm    Gareth will be looking after you this week. So make sure you come down to the clubhouse and celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week and refreshing yourselves after the contact training session.
 
Friday - Clubhouse CLOSED

Saturday - Open from 2.15pm
Ryan will opening up the clubhouse from 2.15pm to show the 2 six nations fixtures - England v Italy (k.o. 14.30) and Ireland v France (k.o. 17.00). Guinness will be at £3 per pint from 14.30 to final whistle of the Ireland v France game.

Bring your wife, girlfriend, husband, boyfriend, partner down to the rugby club and celebrate Valentine's day with a (glass of) rose and a bag of pork scratchings!!

Sunday - Open from 2.45pm
Robin will opening up the clubhouse from 2.45pm to show the final six nations fixture for the weekend - Scotland v Wales (k.o. 15.00). Guinness will be at £3 per pint during this game.

As with all clubhouse openings we will stay open after the games, subject to demand and duty managers discretion.

Physio Clinic - Monday Feb 16th

The next Physiotherapy clinic is on Monday week, February 16th - 7.30-8.30pm

£20 for a 20 minute diagnosis\treatment session

Email laura@fusionphysiotherapy.com or physio@millwallrugby.com to book a slot

Wednesday Training - Using Width, Offensive Tacking

For  Wednesday's mens training, we'll have a look at

• Using width in a game situation, heads up rugby
• Tackling tactics - offensive, choke etc
• Another topic based on Saturday's game

7.15pm to get the lights out, 7.30pm start

All three teams are in action at the weekend, we'll use the coming Feb Wednesdays to get more momentum.

Physio Clinic Monday Night (Feb 2nd)

Laura from Fusion Physiotherapy will be in the clubhouse tomorrow night from 7.30pm to 8.30pm (subject to demand)

£20 for a 20 minute diagnosis\treatment session

Email laura@fusionphysiotherapy.com or physio@millwallrugby.com to book a slot

Regular Evenings

Laura will be here on the first and third Mondays of the year

• Feb 2nd
• Feb 16
• March 2
• March 16

etc

Thanks

Tim