Ormskirk RUFC

Sunday 24th February 2008
Fleetwood                    12
Ormskirk Ladies           22
Tries: A O’Malley, L Walker (2), J Leitch
Conversions: J Leitch
Close league rivals Ormskirk and Fleetwood met this week in the Lancashire 12-a-side Cup semi-final.  Ormskirk were without their regular centre partnership Louise Robinson and captain Emma Gander – so out stepped last week’s flankers Kate Traynor and Kayleigh McDonnell […]

Last weekend saw the under 13s play Collegiate at home as the sole guests of ORUFC mini/junior section. As an added bonus the lads played on the bigger 1st team pitch although there was some disappointment that the opposition turned up 3 players short so we had to ‘loan’ players to ensure a full […]

Darlington 17 Ormskirk 7
On the way back from Darlington the bus driver put on a video. It was “Volcano !”, a disaster movie in every sense. In it Tommy Lee Jones attempts to stop a lava flow which wells up in the centre of Los Angeles and save the lives of his daughter and […]

Yet another splendid morning at Green Lane saw the Under 7s play against not one, but two teams, with great success all round.

Formby Vikings had not arrived by kick off time. Luckily, Hoylake Under 8s had brought almost enough Under 7s players to put a team together and offered to play in their place. We […]

With a full squad, on a glorious spring morning, the Under 7s were hoping to notch up yet another victory against local side Tarleton. Alas this was not to be. From the start, a vastly improved Tarleton were on the ball and at times left us standing. Ormskirk players seemed half asleep and just did […]

2nd XV Match Report – 16.02.08
Bolton 7 Ormskirk 8
With Ormskirk’s 2nd XV now closing in on promotion, early season flair and panache has, on occasions, made way for some good old-fashioned grit and determination as they strive to hold on to second place in the league.

Yesterday’s encounter at Bolton was a case in point, […]

First XV Match report – 16.02.08
Ormskirk 31 Liverpool Collegiate 12
After two drawn games on the road in recent weeks, Ormskirk finally returned to winning ways at home in front of a large crowd basking in the spring sunshine. On a day that saw the famous Green Lane clubhouse receiving a lick of (very appropriate) Kirk […]

First XV match report – 09.02.08
WALLASEY 20-20 ORMSKIRK
It seems unlikely but Ormskirk’s First team recorded their second draw in as many weeks when a tense battle against Wallasey ended honours-evens on Saturday. In the closest battle this season Kirk kept hold of the lead until the dying minutes, but a conversion kick from the touch […]

After last week’s disappointing defeat by Aldwinians in The Lancashire Cup the under 13s could not have faced a tougher fixture than Sandbach who recently defeated the same team by over 50 points! However the coaches were in a bullish mood believing that the lads in the squad could give a good account of themselves if […]

The day of reckoning finally arrived with this last group game of the Lancashire Cup with both Ormskirk and Aldwinians needing to win to progress to the quarter final stage. Ormskirk suffered an early season defeat away at Aldwinians but played with a weakened team and so not a lot could be read into that game.

Ormskirk […]

Match Summary – 2nd February 2008
Ruskin Park 2nds 0 Ormskirk 2nds 31
First half was a dull affair, The Raiders not dominating up front like they’ve become accustomed to this season
Very few clear-cut chances for either team

After some sterling work by the forwards, stand-off Alex Lambie saw a big over-lap on the left, fed Montrose […]

First XV Match Report – 2nd February 2008
Crewe & Nantwich 0 Ormskirk 0
Rugby really is a funny old game. Few have played in a 0-0 draw, but history was made on Saturday on a pitch that can best be described as a farmer’s slurry pitl! This game was cancelled two weeks ago due […]

The under 7s travelled to Lymm with determination and courage despite memories of last year’s thrashing. Lymm are an incredibly strong, competitive and driven side, however Ormskirk’s mighty gang of boys and girls were ready for the challenge. Congratulations to you all for your excellent performance thoughout the morning (Nadia, Alex L, Alex G, Paul, Jack, […]

First XV Match Report – 26.01.08
Ormskirk 48 Oswestry 7
For the second successive league game of 2008 Ormskirk put on a textbook display, to give the large crowd a treat of running barbarians-style rugby. They’ve now racked up 107 points in their last 2 league outings, and most importantly they’ve learnt how to keep possession, wait […]

Ormskirk Ladies          26
Blaydon 2nds               0
Tries: C Rylance, E Gander, J Leitch, ?
Conversions: J Leitch (2)
Sam’s promised to write a match report this week… so in brief, it was muddy, not very pretty, and Claire’s bonus point 5th try was disallowed due to a wobbly flag!
Next game : Friendly away at Fylde, Sunday 27th January, meet […]

Prior to the Under 13s Lancashire Cup defeat at Broughton Park they took on local rivals Tarleton in a New Year’s friendly.The lads were keen for action after being warmed up by the Sale Sharks and an agreement was made to play 3 twenty minute sessions.

The game kicked off with Ormskirk almost immediately in the […]

We were delighted to play against local Liverpool side Collegiate. Well done to both sides for their fair play and sportsmanship.
Ormskirk are still poor at tagging (please attend this Wednesday’s training session if possible, as tagging will be the focus). Attacking remains our stongest skill, however we are conceding far too many tries.

Man of […]

2nd XV Match Summary – 19th January 2008
Ormskirk 17 Leigh 7
Green Lane remained one of the few venues in the Millers Home leagues to survive the appalling weather conditions this weekend. Thanks to some sterling early-morning remedial pitch maintenance by the 2nd XV’s hooker – Dave Jonsson – and the captain Ged Dawson, […]

Sunday 13th January 2008
Ormskirk Ladies                       10
Blaydon 2nds                          10
Tries:
C Rylance, J Leitch
Girl of the Game: Jenny Leitch
On a stodgy Green Lane pitch Blaydon scored their first try quickly, leaving Ormskirk players wondering what had just happened.  The Ladies spent most of the first half in their own 22, and before the half time whistle blew they’d conceded […]

Sunday 6th January 2008 – Lancashire Cup 1st Round
Eccles                          0
Ormskirk Ladies           72
Tries:
E Gander (5), C Rylance (2), S Hunter (2), L Robinson, C Doyle, K McDonnell
Conversions:
J Leitch (6)
Girl of the Game:
Sammy Hunter
Ormskirk Ladies began 2008 in style, with a resounding win away at Eccles in the first round of the cup. The Lancashire […]