Ormskirk RUFC

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Ormskirk made the short trip to Wigan missing many first choice players, the poor availability resulted in them not being able to name a back amongst the substitutes. Kirk once again battled hard throughout the game against their mid-table hosts and in a highly competitive 80 minutes the lead changed hands six times. Ormskirk’s first […]

As well as the 1st XV recording an impressive victory this weekend our 3 other teams were also in action…
The 2nds recorded a much needed victory at home to Sedgley Park 3rds 55-12. Andy Montrose scored a hat trick, with Ben Mcarthy, Adam Glover, Alex Jones and Nick Merrit getting one each and Merrit […]

A determined Ormskirk travelled to Aigburth to take on Liverpool Collegiate desperate to get back to winning ways after a 9-game losing streak that has left them in the depths of South Lancs and Cheshire 1. Collegiate, who have surprised many teams this season after gaining promotion last year, found themselves 5th in the league […]

Ormskirk kicked off and Ashton straight away moved the ball right until a forward pass resulted in a scrum. The Ormskirk scrum was much more solid than last week and they gained a penalty from the resultant passage of play from which they found touch. There followed a good period of play by Ormskirk which […]

Ormskirk secured their fourth win of the season by beating a struggling Oswestry side 10-5 in a scrappy encounter away on Saturday.
A first half try from full-back James Illingworth and five points from the boot of fly-half Barry Whalley were enough to seal victory.
The result means Ormskirk remain in sixth position in South Lancs/Cheshire One […]

Three second half tries secured a vital bonus point victory for Ormskirk against a determined Bowdon side on Saturday.
The 27-10 victory was the first time the Green Lane men have beaten the south Manchester side in their three years in South Lancs/Cheshire One.
Tries from Andy Wilson, John Curley, Jake Hodson and James Illingworth provided an […]

ORMSKIRK 7 ANSELMIANS 61
On the back of two league wins on the run (at home to Wigan and away at Sale), Ormskirk entertained league leaders Anselmians at Green Lane on Saturday and the visitors showed why they are unbeaten this season with a nine try blitz of the home side.
The early exchanges […]

After a highly succesful awards evening the weekend before the under 14’s took to the field for one last time this season against Northampton Boy’s Brigade Old Boys RFC who were on tour in Lancashire.With Dave Jones hard at work on the internet it was obvious from their website that this team would provide stern […]

With a slightly disappointing season behind them, the Under 14s attended the Aldwinians Tournament boasting the best teams in Lancashire bar Aldwinians themselves and Preston who were competing for The Lancashire Cup today.To make matters more difficult, five regulars were absent due to injury and other commitments and even on the day another player cried […]

Thanks to a lot of hard work behind the scenes the under 14s were lucky enough to go on tour a couple of weeks ago to the beautiful surroundings of the Independent School, Worksop College.

On the Friday night two mini-buses set off from Green Lane waved off by parents no doubt planning a quiet, restful […]

Ormskirk came to the business end of the season in a confident mood and were looking to beat Rochdale after an easy win over them earlier in the season.
Rochdale kicked off and were soon deep in the Rochdale half and were soon awarded an attacking scrum. From this ‘Kirk drove forward but a misunderstanding […]

Ormskirk u15s  26pts - Warrington u15s  7pts
This was a repeat of last year’s semi-final, but that’s where any similarity finished. It was a great game with both sides giving their all, no quarter asked or given, but still played in a very sporting fashion. Warrington arrived with confidence and this season have made a number […]

Ormskirk u15  37*pts  -  Southport u15  7pts
Ormskirk had to travel to Waterloo Road, Southport for this home quarter final match due to the Southport side having to kick off earlier than had been planned. It didn’t make any difference as the “home” side had an enjoyable morning at the seaside in a very one-sided match. […]

Ormskirk u15s  33pts - Altrincham u15s   26pts
Ormskirk came out of a dark period on Sunday, with a performance that was absolutely top class - they played some of the best rugby for the past two seasons as they built up a good lead, lost it and then won the game with a piece of magic.

The […]

Ormskirk travelled to West Lancashire’s Northern parishes this weekend to assist Tarleton with hosting Hemel Hempstead(Camelot)RFC who had travelled to the region to get away from the snow and to understandably get the chance to play some quality rugby! Hemel had played Tarleton on Saturday and a close game had shown that the visitors had […]

After all the freezing weather of late it was good to see an overnight rise in temperatures which meant that the local derby against Tarleton could go ahead. Ormskirk travelled with an almost full squad  keen to get back to winning ways after a disappointing end to 2008. After some recent excellent victories, including Widnes, […]

With the under 14s’ chances of qualifying for the later stages of the Lancashire Cup hanging by a thread it was vital to make use of home advantage against last year’s finalists West Park. Unfortunately late in the day the lads were told that the match would now be away and so making a tough […]

On Remembrance Sunday, the Under 14s travelled down to Stockport for a late re-arranged match against their A team known locally as Stockport Storm. Owing to their B team playing first and a respectful minute’s silence the kick-off was delayed to 11.30. Due to various parades and injury/sickness Ormskirk travelled with a much reduced […]

West Park welcomed us to their Annual Tournament last Sunday and having been squeezed out of the semi finals by one try at the last tournament, we were determined to improve on our performance.

Unfortunately some of the children seemed to be half asleep for the first game against Macclesfield (who beat us in the semis […]