Ormskirk RUFC

The senior section of the Club have organised a ‘200 Club’ prize draw for over 20 years. For just £5 a month, members receive a number which is entered into a draw 3 times per year for cash prizes.
The membership of the 200 Club stands at approximately 100 people, and the current prize money […]

1st XV v Liverpool Collegiate (Home)
Meet @ 12.45pm
1.V Gately
2.D Salisbury
3.H Hirsimaki
4.D Hitchlock
5.P Davis
6.G Roberts
7.M Rothwell
8.K Mahood
9.G Prytherch
10.J Illingworth
11.J Hodson
12.M Johnson
13.J Curley
14.A Wilson
15.A Healey
Reserves: G Bowling, A Wroe, M Webster
2nd XV v Upper Eden (Away)
Meet @ 12pm
KO 2.15pm
1.D MacCready
2.C Parlour
3.S Foggarty
4.S Clarke
5.J Bennett
6.C Mitchell
7.R Williams
8.G Dawson
9.A Kirk
10.P Armstrong
11.S Lambie
12.A Croft
13.J Thomas
14.A Frost
15.A Lambie
Reserves: A Glover,N Gordon, […]

Ormskirk travelled to the Wirral hoping to put and end to their recent poor run of results but once again came up short in a tight affair after they failed to take the chances they created. ‘Kirk started the game well and took the game to their hosts, trying to move around Hoylake’s bigger pack […]

Smile like you mean it
Sometimes I find I drift away
Behind a distant smile……
Ultravox!, Distant Smile, from the album, Ha! Ha! Ha! 1977
No, not the Midge Ure entity from the 80s, but the original John Foxx line up of the mid to late 70s, though both good bands in my eyes. And a distant smile can […]

Next Saturday (4th February) we’re holding a ‘Past, Present & Future Players Day’ at Green Lane. The committee extends an invite to all those who have represented the club in the past to be our guests of honour!
We’re hoping to see as many of our alumni as possible on the day to be part of […]

1st XV v Hoylake (Away)
Meet @ 12pm
1.V Gately
2.D Salisbury
3.H Hirsimaki
4.D Hitchlock
5.I Merrill
6.G Roberts
7.M Rothwell
8.B Davis
9.G Prytherch
10.J Illingworth
11.J Hodson
12.M Johnson
13.J Curley
14.A Lambie
15.A Healey
Reserves: G Bowling, A Croft, P Davis
2nd XV v Upper Eden (Home)
Meet @ 1.15pm
1.D MacCready
2.C Parlour
3.S Foggarty
4.S Clarke
5.T Harper
6.S Tasker
7.R Williams
8.G Dawson
9.A Kirk
10.P Armstrong
11.S Lambie
12.J Thomas
13.A Glover
14.A Frost
15.Joe Hodson
Reserves: R Pope, R Gregg, J […]

Ormskirk RUFC is very proud to announce that another of their players has received an international call up. 18 year old Eddie Webster from Halsall has been selected for the England Colleges squad to play matches against Portugal u18, Irish Exiles and Welsh Colleges. The squad’s first game is a daunting warm-up against Leicester Tigers […]

And if they stare
Just let them burn their eyes on you moving
And if they shout
Don’t let them change a thing what you’re doing
Hold your head up, hold your head up
Hold your head up, hold your head high
Argent, Hold your head up, from the album, All together now, 1972.
Cast your minds back to Sept 17th 2011, […]

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.
Joseph Conrad, English Novelist.
Not strictly true, as I sing whatever the occasion, and I think you will find the Lions are of […]

Ormskirk 1st XV 15 – 28 Glossop 1st XV
Ormskirk lost out to mid-table Glossop in a real game of two halves at Green Lane that keeps them bottom of South Lancs and Cheshire 1. The match, sponsored by local business Newlands, started at a frantic pace with the visiting Derbyshire side piling on the pressure […]

ORUFC 2nd XV 17 - 14 Oldham 2nd XV
Ormskirk’s 2nd XV (Raiders) kicked off the New Year with a hard fought, yet stylish victory over Oldham at Green Lane. Sean Fogerty’s men had to be at their best to hold off a late fightback from their high-flying opponents, who began the day in fourth place […]

Ormskirk Lions (4ths) 20-17 Parkonians 2nds
In the right light, study becomes insight
But the system that dissed us
Teaches us to read and write
Rage Against The Machine, Take The Power Back, 1992.
Guile and bravery are required in any sport, in rugby they are essential. No amount of skill or technique can withstand the onslaught of sheer determination […]

Bowdon 1st XV 27 – 5 Ormskirk 1st XV
Ormskirk lost out at high-flying Bowdon in their first game of 2012 after a disappointing 2nd half performance. Kirk started brightly and, playing into a strong wind, really took the game to Bowdon and the home side struggled to cope with number 8 Ben Davis who went […]

Last Man Standing
“Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit”.
Anton Chekhov
It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it, and that applies both to Saturday’s playing conditions and that of the tenure of captaincy. […]

Ormskirk Grammar School Old Boys - Tuesday 27th December 2011 - 1pm KO
The traditional Christmas Fixture is back at Green Lane as past students of Ormskirk Grammar School pit their wits against each other in the Over 35’s v Under 35’s game. Rugby, banter, beer and food with old mates!!!
Call Jamie Gregg for details of […]

Warrington 1st XV 10 – 6 Ormskirk 1st XV
Ormskirk travelled to fellow strugglers Warrington hopeful of ending their recent dismal run of results and moving off the bottom of the league table. Even with four 1st choice players unavailable they produced a good performance but, as has been the case for much of the season, […]

After the sad loss of Bruce McKinnie, Bruce’s widow has invited members of the club to attend the Bruce’s Cremation at Southport Road Crem at 14.40 on Monday 19th December and then afterward at the Hayfield.
She wants to people to wear bright colours and is happy if members wear club ties.
No flowers with donations to […]

West Park 1st XV 22 – 5 Ormskirk 1st XV
Ormskirk came away from St. Helens empty handed after a disappointing performance saw them slip to their 6th successive defeat that leaves them bottom of South Lancs and Cheshire 1. The game started brightly for ‘Kirk who appeared to have the upper hand and the forwards […]

Ormskirk Raiders 3-8 Ruskin Park 2
Ormskirk Lions W-L Prenton 2
The Art of War/The Game of Rugby
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Sun Tzu, Chinese Military General, Strategist and author of The Art Of War, 544BC-496BC.
All […]

Dear Members,
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of club member Bruce McKinnie who passed away on Sunday morning at Queenscourt Hospice in Southport.
Bruce was an active and popular member of Ormskirk RUFC. As well as a long playing career, Bruce also coached the Ormskirk Ladies team and was an active […]