Daylight Training tomorrow evening! 7pm

With the 2s great win, we'll continue training tomorrow night and next week. As the evenings are lighter now,  if we are down for 7pm, we can get daylight until about 7.45pm and finish a bit early. We might even play some rugby cricket!

We'll do some fun stuff and a small amount of things relevant to the 2s game last Saturday. There is also training on Saturday, see James\Mylo for details. Next week, we'll have an RFU trainer down to take part

• Rob the Den
• Circle Dodge Ball
• Wing scoring with Walking Mauls
• Focus - Defensive Alignment
• Rugby Cricket

Tomorrow night will be limited, to no, contact as the ground is hard and we want to avoid injuries

Thirst Thursday 9th of April

9 April at 17:30 Next Week

Hubbub Cafe Bar & Restaurant

269 Westferry Road, Isle of Dogs, E14 3RS London, United Kingdom

Due to General Easter Revelry and the long weekend this month's Thirst Thursday has been moved to the 9th of April.

For all you islanders its a welcome break as we plan to head to the famous sunday breakfast haunt of the Hubbub cafe, where hopefully it will be sunny and warm enough to use their outside facilities. If not we can just squeeze upstairs and converse with the clientele, which seems to consist of hipsters and arty types. 

Please therefore remember to bring a beret, skinny jeans, anything from the 1950s or your dads old work shirt to be worn backwards so you don't get paint on your clothes.

Facial hair can be sported but only "trendily" and if you can obtain it, the whole "Where's Wally" kit could be worn to take the piss.

N.B. Please refrain from balancing any bread related items on the clientele whilst they aren't looking or commenting on a ladies jewellery fashioned from rounded beads found inside certain shellfish. It has taken us months to drum up the courage to return after last time....

Clubhouse openings, training & games (w/c 30/3)

Training:
No Monday night training for remainder of the season (Male and Female). 
For the remainder of the season it has been agreed by the playing chairs to focus on Wednesday training sessions. So going forwards training will be on Wednesday nights only. We ask that all players make the effort to attend to maximise the impact towards the end of the season.

Games: 
Well done to the 2nds for a well deserved win in the Merit Semi-Final game this Saturday. 

There are no games this week as everyone is on Easter Break - but keep up the fitness and 'lay' off the Easter eggs as the 2nds have a Merit cup final to play on 11th April !!!!

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Club Openings/Meetings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm   
Even with the Monday rugby training hiatus, Fisher and Ed are keen to keep the momentum going (and increase the social training). We will have the club laptop at the end of the bar so you can buy your Bierfest, End of Season tickets or 'buy a brick'.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm      
Gareth will be looking after you this Wednesday. 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. We will have the club laptop at the end of the bar so you can buy your Bierfest, End of Season tickets or 'buy a brick'.

Friday - CLOSED
Saturday - Open from 5pm
Kate will be looking after you this Saturday and will be opening at 5pm to welcome anyone who fancies an Easter drink - Fisher may even create you a Creme Egg bomb if you ask nicely!!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links to event tickets/item purchases:
As we come to the end of another season at Millwall Rugby Club and start our 20th season we have a number of celebratory events/items it would be great to see you at/purchase. Please click on the event/purchase text to be taken through to the relevant purchase page.

• Buy a Brick
• Millwall Rugby 2015 Bierfest @ Clubhouse - 18th April, ticket only event (you can purchase the tankards/polo shirts separately if you can't make the event).
• Millwall End of Season Dinner @ Via (Canary Wharf) - 6th June, ticket only event (prices increase from 1st April).

All the proceeds from these items will be reinvested into the club to ensure we remain on a sound financial footing as well as enabling us to keep event prices, subs, membership, bar prices etc. as low as possible for everyone.

Sponsor search for 2015/16 season:
As an aside we would ask members to reach out to help us find sponsors for the 2015/16 season and anyone who has potential leads, please feel free to pass these on to your committee members so we can pursue with your help.

Potential Commemorative game on 6th June - pre-dinner fun...

We are considering organising a game of rugby for current Millwall Players vs former Millwall players to take place ahead of the Annual Dinner on Saturday 6th June

Are you interested in the prospect of pitting yourself against current/former colleagues?

We will be having a preliminary meeting next Wednesday evening (1st April) at 8pm in the clubhouse for anyone who feels like popping in to give their advice/input to the idea - and no that isn't an April Fool thing!!

Cormac and Larry will be there as a starter for ten....

All the best and see some of you there.

Robin

1st XV Team Sheet

Afternoon All,

The First XV has been published in the usual place. Meet time is at 12.30pm and the dress code is below:

Acceptable attire- socks with sandals and a string vest are permitted (handkerchief tied around the head even better)- mankinis are encouraged- buckets and spades are beneficial- inflatable armbands or rubber rings get bonus points- if you can find a mini paddling pool/inflatable crocodile then you are automatically afforded immunity from dick of the day.

Fines- just wearing sunglasses in a shit attempt to blag it- wearing flip flops without any other supporting beach garments/accessories (Turi)- forgetting/being too cool to wear beach attire in late march.- other infractions as brought to my/team managers' attention.

See everyone tomorrow

Cookie

Sarries e-magazine

Saracens latest e-magazine is available here.

Chairmans Newsletter March 2015

So here we are entering our 20th year as a rugby club!

Click here for the newsletter

Looking at rugby; we are decently placed in the top half of the three men’s leagues after some serious wobbles and with Venus showing positive signs of life and ambition, registering their first win. Touch and youth continue to grow.

I am immensely proud of the on-pitch performances and off-pitch enthusiasm from all members. What a great club. Big welcome to the new committee members, Kirstie, Paul, Andy and James/Myles!

Lets get as many former and current members to the Annual Dinner, ROW games and 20th anniversary celebrations around RWC. New faces – old faces: get the word out …All Millwall

Saturday the 28th of March 2015

Right you 'orrible lot, its the last league game for the Firsts and the semi final for the Seconds on Saturday and as such is a themed night.

As we are looking forward to our summer holidays it makes sense to be prepared. Therefore an inspection shall be made post game in the club house (and on the bus for the firsts) this Saturday of your beachwear and accessories. this will apply equally to all persons in the club house and fines dishe out accordingly to aid you in your preparations.

A rough rules guide below:

Acceptable attire

- socks with sandals and a string vest are permitted (handkerchief tied around the head even better)
- mankinis are encouraged
- buckets and spades are beneficial
- inflatable armbands or rubber rings get bonus points
- if you can find a mini paddling pool/inflatable crocodile then you are automatically afforded immunity from dick of the day.


Fines

- just wearing sunglasses in a shit attempt to blag it
- wearing flip flops without any other supporting beach garments/accessories (Turi)
- forgetting/being too cool to wear beach attire in late march.
- other infractions as brought to my/team managers' attention.


All absentees will be noted and fines carried over to their next appearance in the clubhouse.

yours truly

Rt. Hon. Baron von Socialeventen

Wednesday - Video Analysis in Training

Wednesday is the chance for all of you budding 6 Nations players to see what you look like on TV!

We'll do some video analysis of two things during training and play them back (conditions permitting) in the clubhouse afterwards so don't rush away.

1. Attacking mid field from scrum on halfway (multiple phases backs\forwards)
2. Individual Tackling

The Evening's Entertaintment

The full program for the night is

• Warmup - Overload touch, colours touch, King of the castle
• Focus 1 - Attacking mid field from scrum on halfway plus video
• Video Tackling (option for non-contact)
• Focus 2 - Identifying Space to attack (15) - the two pitches, Defenders choose, attackers have backs and turn to attack,Choice of where to attack, where is the space, 
• Pressure - drift or blitz defense

We'll also have some help on the coaching side as David, who you may have met on Saturday, is coming down

Clubhouse openings, training & games (w/c 23/3)

Training:
No Monday night training for remainder of the season (Male and Female). 
For the remainder of the season it has been agreed by the playing chairs to focus on Wednesday training sessions. So going forwards training will be on Wednesday nights only. We ask that all players make the effort to attend to maximise the impact towards the end of the season.

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

• Millwall 1st XV - Away @ Maldon - 3pm KO
• Millwall Llamas - Home (Millwall Park) to Maldon 2s (Plate Semi-Final) 2pm KO
• Millwall 3rd XV - Away @ Kings Cross Steelers (Plate Semi-Final) 3pm KO
• Millwall Venus - No game

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  Even with the Monday rugby training hiatus, Fisher and Ed are keen to keep the momentum going (and increase the social training). We will have the club laptop at the end of the bar so you can buy your Bierfest, End of Season tickets or 'buy a brick'.
Wednesday - Open from 7pm     Fisher will be looking after you again for the 2nd time 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. We will have the club laptop at the end of the bar so you can buy your Bierfest, End of Season tickets or 'buy a brick'.

Friday - Open from 7pm (Late Licence)
Robin is opening the club this Friday for the monthly Friday opening. Only this time we have a late licence (due to a members relatives birthday party in the club). The club is open to members as well and you are welcome to come down.

Saturday - Open from 3.30pm
Karen will be looking after you this Saturday and will be opening at 3.30pm to welcome all the teams back to the clubouse (1s from Maldon, 2s from the park, 3s from East London). Join her in welcoming all the teams back.
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Links to event tickets/item purchases:

As we come to the end of another season at Millwall Rugby Club and start our 20th season we have a number of celebratory events/items it would be great to see you at/purchase. Please click on the event/purchase text to be taken through to the relevant purchase page.

• Buy a Brick
• Millwall Rugby 2015 Bierfest @ Clubhouse - 18th April, ticket only event (you can purchase the tankards/polo shirts separately if you can't make the event).
• Millwall End of Season Dinner @ Via (Canary Wharf) - 6th June, ticket only event (prices increase from 1st April).

All the proceeds from these items will be reinvested into the club to ensure we remain on a sound financial footing as well as enabling us to keep event prices, subs, membership, bar prices etc. as low as possible for everyone.

Sponsor search for 2015/16 season:
As an aside we would ask members to reach out to help us find sponsors for the 2015/16 season and anyone who has potential leads, please feel free to pass these on to your committee members so we can pursue with your help.

6 Nations Saturday the 21st of March 2015

Just to let you all know, those people in the clubhouse tomorrow who are deemed by courts martial not to have made enough of an effort with 6 nations related attire may be required to complete a punishment of some sort.......or in Boris' case 6 of the best (trousers down).

signed

Chief Justice of Social Eventing

Llamas team tomorrow

The Llamas are still looking for a couple of players for tomorrow against East London, email selection@millwallrugby.com if you're available to play.

Cookie

BUY A BRICK is here

Are you looking to do a little more for the Club?

If you would like to 'buy a brick' you will make a meaningful difference to our funding, at the same time as getting your name recognised!

As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations the 'BUY A BRICK' initiative is here...

You can now 'buy' a brick in the clubhouse - OK you aren't legally owning anything, but to the membership you will be one of the members/supporters who has stumped up when asked to.

Each brick costs £100 and to recognise your generous donation to the Millwall Rugby Club we will be putting up a shiny brass plaque on your very own brick.

You will be able to point to your named brass plaque with pride and know that you have helped out.

Simply fill out the below PayPal details with your name and a title to go with it - e.g. 'supporter' or perhaps 'first team player' .... (we will vet the titles as normal however humour is allowed...)

Item

Brass Plaque £100.00 GBP

Name on Plaque

Many thanks!
best regards

Robin Poynder
Chairman

Training tomorrow night Wednesday March 18

Warmup - "1 Touch" Touch, Lineout game, lose your marker

American Football

Focus 1 - Identifying Space to attack (15)

Part - Diamond Formation Attacking & 1 x v Channel attack

Focus 2 - Play from Lineout, 13. Using 15 on the narrow side , 20m space.

Principle of Play - Support

Technical Skill - Lineout games depending on numbers, skills

Clubhouse openings, training & games (w/c 16/3)

Training:
No Monday night training for remainder of the season (Male and Female). 
For the remainder of the season it has been agreed by the playing chairs to focus on Wednesday training sessions. So going forwards training will be on Wednesday nights only. We ask that all players make the effort to attend to maximise the impact towards the end of the season.  

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

• Millwall 1st XV - @ home to Writtle (Millwall or Hackney TBC)
• Millwall Llamas - @ home to East London (Millwall or Hackney TBC)
• Millwall 3rd XV - Bye week
• Millwall Venus - Away to Beccehamians (Sunday KO)

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 
Even with the Monday rugby training hiatus, Fisher and Ed are keen to keep the momentum going (and increase the social training). We will have the club laptop at the end of the bar so you can buy your Bierfest and End of Season tickets.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm    
Fisher & 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. We will have the club laptop at the end of the bar so you can buy your Bierfest and End of Season tickets.

Friday - Clubhouse CLOSED 

Saturday - 6n Super Saturday - Open from 12noon
We have a number of duty managers and bar staff (including Boris) lined up to look after you on this key day. We will be opening the club at 12noon in time for the first of the three 6n games of the day. Guinness will be £3 a pint from 12.30pm until 6.30pm as well and it is still all to play for in the tournament....

Sunday - Clubhouse CLOSED

Online payments now been take for Millwall Bierfest - 18th April

The tankards and polo shirts have been ordered for the above event - Link to original blog HERE

You can now reserve your items and secure entry to this event (you can pay entry only on the night as well)

Please note there are limited stocks of the polo shirts and the tankards - so make sure you get your order in to secure the size you want.

ACTION: Pay via paypal asap before your polo shirt size runs out.

I can confirm that the sizes below are a bit under-generous (e.g. an XL fits a 46" chest comfortably)

 Polo Size Chart:

S M L XL XXL Chest To Fit (Inches) 35-37 38-40 41-43 44-46 47-49 Actual Chest (CM) 97 107 112 122 132 Actual Length (CM) 69.5 72 74.5 77 78.5

Your options are as follows:

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 (especially for our expats and those that can't make the event) - Postage costs TBC


All proceeds from this will go towards keeping the 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

If you want to pick up your items/attend the event - buy from here... 

Options

Bierfest Package (Entry, Tankard, Shirt, 1 Pt. Beer & 1 Shot) - £20.00 GBP Bierfest Entry Only - £5.00 GBP Tankard Only- £7.50 GBP Polo Shirt Only - £10.00 GBP

Polo Shirt Size

Not applicable S M L XL XXL

Additional comments

If you want to have your items posted out to you - buy from here...  (Remember to add the relevant postage category as well)  Options

Tankard £7.50 GBP Polo Shirt £10.00 GBP Tankard & Polo Shirt £17.50 GBP UK Postage £5.00 GBP EU Postage £15.00 GBP ROW Postage £22.50 GBP

Polo Shirt Size

Not applicable S M L XL XXL

Additional comments

Countdown to Rugby World Cup - Open Day at Millwall Rugby Club - WE NEED HELPERS NEXT TUESDAY

Date: Tues 17th March (Next Tues)

Time: 11am to 3pm

Venue: Millwall Park & Rugby Clubhouse

As you may or may not know our youth team have been working hard behind the scenes to set up the RWC Countdown to Rugby Open Day at Millwall Rugby Club which will take place on the 17^th of March (next Tuesday).

So successful has the feedback been that there will be around 500 children attending. This will work out to be a great promotion for both Millwall Rugby Club, and Rugby Union in the Tower Hamlets area.

As you can imagine, 500 children will no doubt be a handful and as such any help you could provide on this day will be greatly appreciated. 

We have a few volunteers, but WE NEED MORE. 

Remember, a great deal of Canary Wharf and City employers allow their employees to take a day a year to help with community events.

The kids will be arriving from around 11.45am and will be running through the various training stations until 3.00pm so you will be required during this time. Ideally, we would like coaches to arrive around 45 minutes ahead of time to assist with the set up.

Volunteers would be leading or supporting taster sessions, helping organise kids and supporting the taster session rotations. 

Should you be available on this day, please let us know.

If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Scott Vinnicombe
youthchair@millwallrugby.com

Aussie Rules, Surf or Turf - Training on Wednesday March 11th

Training Menu - Wednesday March 11th

7.15pm meet

Aussie Rules makes a comeback by popular demand! The focus will be on kicking as well as multi-phase play from 5m scrums and 22  drop outs so something for backs and forwards and we will be mixing both up so people can understand a bit more about the positions

The more players we have, the  more we can do so encourage the rest of the lads to come down. Flex will have lights out.

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Starter

Warm-up - Corner Ball & then Aussie Rules

Technical Focus - Kicking

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Main Courses

Focus 1 - Play from scrum 5 metres out, no8 pick and go.

What happens in 2nd phase, 3rd phase? What is attack doing, what is defence? Players - No 8. Flankers, 9, 10, 12, 13, 11, 14

Principle of Play - Go Forward

Channel Attack, 1v1 and 1v4 (Diamond Formation)

Fiji Touch

Focus 2 - Play from a restart, short 22m drop out

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Desert

Touch

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Carriages 9pm and refreshments afterwards in the clubhouse.

Clubhouse openings, training & games (w/c 9/3)

Training (new Monday night structure):
Andy and Randall have kindly offered to conduct the fitness/conditioning and rugby training sessions until the end of the season on Monday nights.  This will be a mixture of fitness training using the gym equipment and tyres as well as rugby specific conditioning.  Please ensure you are all set up and ready to go at 7 30pm and are well fed before the session. No excuses!

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

• Millwall 1st XV - No Game - Cup Week
• Millwall Llamas - No Game - Cup Week
• Millwall 3rd XV - No Game - Reserve Week
• Millwall Venus - No Game

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.

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 2pm
Although there are no games for Millwall planned at the time of writing, Ryan will be opening the club at 2pm in time for the Wales v Ireland game at 2.30pm followed by the England v Scotland game at 5pm.

Sunday - Open from 2.30pm
Robin will be opening the club at 2.30pm in time for the Italy v France game at 3pm.
 

Pub Quiz Today for Injured Players Charity - 4pm

Pub Quiz for RFU Injured Players Foundation

Today: 4pm Clubhouse

That's right! 

Today, 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.

Tickets on the door - £5 per person


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