We are delighted to announce that Kieran Power & John Mills will lead the group as DOR & Head coach respectively for the 2020/21 season.
Andy Houston will sadly not be with us this season due to a combination of his new role as Director of sport at Cranleigh School and the desire to spend more time with his young family. We would like to thank Andy for his enormous contribution to the club over the last three seasons.
Alex Davies will take over the attack coaching duties alongside as a playing role for the 2020/21 season. Alex joins us from Bath Rugby and some of you might remember him from his time at London Welsh in the Premiership and with Ealing Trailfinders in the Championship.
Steve Walsh, Ryan Keates and Leigh Groombridge will all be returning to continue their very successful S&C program which has been a cornerstone for the 1st XV success over the last 2 years.
Joe Cokely & Sam Nash continue as lead physios for the 1st team with Pippa Rollet continuing as the head of medical for the club.
The legendary Kojo Jecty and Fergus Farrel will return as our team managers.
New Players
Austin Hay – Prop signed from Old Elthamians and previously Jersey Reds in the Championship.
Seb Stegman – Wing/Fullback signed from Ealing Trailfinders –Seb has previously played for London Welsh in the Premiership and most recently with Ealing in the Championship
Alex Davies (Player/Coach) – Fly Half/Scrum Half signed from Bath – Alex has 35+ Premiership appearances for London Welsh and Bath.
Lewis Jones – Centre signed from Ealing Trailfinders – Lewis has made 50+ appearances for Ealing in Championship.
Tom Stephenson – Centre signed from London Irish – Previously at Northampton, Tom has Made 30+ appearances in the Premiership.
Charlie Piper – Hooker. Ex-England schoolboy signed from Harlequins – Some of you will remember this very popular young man from when he was on loan to us from Harlequins. Charlie returns to Park after a recent spell in New Zealand.
Dylan Flashman – 2nd Row signed from Old Elthamians
Owen Waters – Fly Half from Loughborough students who was one of the stand out performers in National 2 last season.
Josh Poole – Back row from Blackheath
It is always sad to say goodbye but we would like to thank all of our departing players for their wonderful service to the club and we hope to see you all pitch side.
Oli Grove – Retiring
Rusty Weir – Retiring
Joe Munro – Retiring due to work Commitments
Owen Hughes – Retiring due to work Commitments
Neville Edwards – Re-locating to Manchester for work (fortunately for Sale FC)
We are delighted to announce that all other current squad members have re-signed and will be returning for the 2020/21 season. We’d like to thank all the players and coaches from last season for their continued support into the new season.