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Northampton Saints U18s vs Exeter Chiefs U18s

PREM Next Gen Academy League, Round 1
Friday 15 August, 2025
Kick-off: 1:30pm

15 Harvey Linell
14 Woody Hamilton-Hurst
13 Will Howes
12 Cal Tarry
11 George Cooper
10 Kai Fisher
9 Jack Woods

1 Lucas Veeres
2 Ferdi Barnett-Vincent
3 Noah Buxton
4 Rafferty Hewitt
5 George Tonga’uiha
6 Will Hepher (c)
7 Reuben Williams
8 Charlie Hammick

Replacements
16 Kingsley Gallimore
17 Louie Dufty
18 Ted Warner
19 Connor Wright
20 Ronan Perkins
21 Caelin Chin
22 Elijah Jeyes
23 Matthieu Gegui

Immediately following the U18s fixture, the U17s will play in a friendly against Exeter Chiefs with a 3pm kick-off.

Northampton Saints U17s vs Exeter Chiefs U17s

Friendly
Friday 15 August, 2025
Kick-off: 3pm

15 Kai Manson, 14 Finn Westley, 13 Joshua Miller, 12 Will Tierney, 11 Jeremiah German, 10 Giovanni Panariello, 9 Riley Curtin; 1 Dylan Hooper, 2 Charlie Utting (C), 3 Ben Jones, 4 William Higgins, 5 Oscar Wells, 6 Harry Nath, 7 Charlie King; 8 Toby Seaman

Replacements: 16 George Simmonds, 17 Charlie Grimsey, 18 Eddy Burton, 19 Toby Price, 20 Jordan Johnson, 21 Ike Ihenacho, 22 Bailey McNess, 23 Harry Carter, 24 James Egan, 25 James Ralston-Brown.

Do Will Hepher and George Tonga’uiha have the famous fathers I assume they do?

George certainly does. Let me check on Hepher

Epaminondas Pules wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 5:21 pm George certainly does. Let me check on Hepher

Will Hepher is the son of ex Saints backrow Simon Hepher

So Will does have a famous father just not the one I was assuming.

FKAS wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 7:21 pm So Will does have a famous father just not the one I was assuming.

Just did a google, as Hepher's not that common a name and rugby does tend to go in families, and apparently Simon is Ali's brother. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/story ... 25,00.html

So the link was there, just one chain further apart.

Puja

Puja wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 8:06 pm

FKAS wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 7:21 pm So Will does have a famous father just not the one I was assuming.

Just did a google, as Hepher's not that common a name and rugby does tend to go in families, and apparently Simon is Ali's brother. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/story ... 25,00.html

So the link was there, just one chain further apart.

Puja

As both Hephers played for Saints makes sense.

Exeter Chiefs

15 Noah Driesen, 14 Archie Guyver, 13 Marley Johns, 12 Will PIdwell, 11 Troy Jackson, 10 Will Lane, 9 Ben Whysall, 1 Mawgan Talling (c), 2 Diego Lerro, 3 Josh Bratt, 4 Harry Friggens, 5 Hudson Edkins, 6 Harry Westlake, 7 Tyler Knightley, 8 Alfie Johns.
Replacements: 16 Theo McKay, 17 Louis Tout, 18 N/A, 19 Solomon Plowman, 20 Harrison Riley, 21 Olly Bertie, 22 Ruben Chugg.

Saracens

15 Charlie Morgan, 14 Barney Hooks, 13 Dan Lake, 12 Zac Jones, 11 Freddie Stewart, 10 Henry Hodgson, 9 Charlie Heard, 1 Ben Beadle, 2 Charles Rotimi, 3 Tom Dargan, 4 Gus Cukwumaka, 5 Aidan Enskat, 6 PJ Ludlow, 7 Max Worsley, 8 Ediz Karsak.

Replacements: 16 Tiane Elone, 17 Dylan Jenkins, 18 Cameron Blanche, 19 Abdoul Bantango, 20 Olly Barriball, 21 Will Birkbeck, 22 Ore Adebayo.

Prem Rugby Next Gen Round 1 Fixtures:

Friday 15th August

Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks – 12pm, Loughborough University

Northampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs – 1.30pm, Cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens

Yorkshire Academy v Gloucester – 2pm, Yarnbury RFC

Saturday 16th August

Bristol Bears v Harlequins – 6.30pm, Shaftesbury Park

Saracens v Bath – 2pm, StoneX

Sale Sharks

15 Austin Keogh, 14 Alex Wood, 13 Christian Smith, 12 Arthur Scrase, 11 Charlie Fletcher, 10 Cieran Milligan (c), 9 Anton Gildea, 1 Will Midgley, 2 Tom Cross, 3 Hendro Hattingh, 4 George Shelton, 5 Ollie Jolliffe, 6 Lewis Simpson, 7 Isaac Whalley, 8 Archie Blackburn.

Replacements: 16 Olly McCall, 17 Morgan Simmonds, 18 George Kirkham, 19 Chris Kirkby, 20 Ed Millachip, 21 Tom Jacques, 22 Adam Jacques.

Saints beat Exeter 64 v 51!!!

Bath Rugby U18 Starting XV versus Saracens U18 (School | Club where stated):
16/08/25; 1.00pm

1 Henry Veale (Beechen Cliff School | Lytchett Minster Rugby Club)
2 Freddie Beasley (Millfield School)
3 Charlie Dawe (Beechen Cliff School | Corsham RFC)
4 Ben Allen (Crofton School | Havant RFC)
5 Henry Ball (Beechen Cliff School | Oldfield Old Boys RFC)
6 Alex Yeabsley (Millfield School)
7 Teddy Skinner (Bishop Wand Church of England | Portsmouth RFC)
8 Georgia Faosiliva (Clarendon Academy)

09 Ollie Lewis (Beechen Cliff School | Keynsham RFC)
10 Max Hooper (c) (Beechen Cliff School | Oldfield Old Boys RFC)
11 Ryan Carr (The Forest School | Rams RFC)
12 Will Kemp (Beechen Cliff School | Chippenham RFC)
13 Aston Barrington-Hibbert (Millfield School)
14 Harry Jones (Beechen Cliff School | Lytchett Minster RFC)
15 Sam Bunch (Beechen Cliff School | Chippenham RFC)


16 Malachi Randolph (The Royal Grammar School | Maidenhead RFC)
17 Theo Lewis-Zdybel (Beechen Cliff School | St. Mary's Old Boys RFC)
18 Ned Cartwright (Beechen Cliff School | Dorchester RFC)
19 Ali Aljawabra (King Edward’s School)
20 Henry Sui (Beechen Cliff School)
21 Oscar Harrison (Marlborough College | Marlborough Rugby Club)
22 Cade Comer (King Edward's School | Bath RFC)
23 Tom Meredith (Embley School | Winchester RFC)


Bolded are names I recognise from last year
Italliced are names with famous fathers
I know there's a lot of excitement about Henry Sui (backrow) - played last year, still has another year at this level

ETA:
Saracens U18 team to face Bath Rugby U18:

1 Ben Beadle (Sedbergh)
2 Charles Rotimi (Campion)
3 Tom Dargan (Harrow)
4 Gus Chukwumaka (Harrow)
5 Aidan Enskat (Oaklands College, Old Elthamians)
6 PJ Ludlow (Berkhamsted, Old Albanians)
7 Max Worsley (Mill Hill, Harpenden)
8 Ediz Karsak (The Judd, Sevenoaks)

09 Charlie Heard (Berkhamstead, London Irish Amateurs)
10 Henry Hodgson (Mill Hill, Harpenden)
11 Freddie Stewart (Berkhamsted, Old Verulamians)
12 Zac Jones (Mill Hill, Westcombe Park)
13 Dan Lake (St Benedict's School, Grasshoppers)
14 Barney Hooks (Oaklands College, Harpenden)
15 Charlie Morgan (Mill Hill, Aylesford Bulls)


16 Taine Elone (Mill Hill, Westcombe Park)
17 Dylan Jenkins (Campion)
18 Cameron Blanche (Alec Hunter, Bishop Stortford)
19 Abdoul Bantango (Oaklands College, Old Colfeians)
20 Olly Barriball (Mill Hill, Saracens Amateurs)
21 Will Birbeck (Harrow, Farnham)
22 Ore Adebayo (Habberdasher's Boys' School)

Charlie Dawe’s dad was one of the original Top Gear presenters with Clarkson and Hammond, before James May replaced him. Useless fact of the day.

BTW you missed a famous son. The lad playing 10 for Saracens….

Leicester Tigers kicked off the 25/26 PREM Next Gen academy U18 league with a 38-31 win over Sale Sharks.

A dominant first-half display, including four tries to the Tigers, saw them lead by 17 points at halftime before having to hold on against a fast-finishing Sharks side to register the Round 1 victory.

It took just two minutes for the first points of the season to be registered when wing Christian Gordon-Astbury crossed for the opener. Fly-half Matthew Clatworthy converted the try to make it 7-0.

Two more tries for ‘The Cubs’ in quick succession, the first to blindside flanker Fin Charles and the second to scrum-half James Alcock, extend the lead out to 17-0 after only 14 minutes at Loughborough University.

Sale got on the board, through Cieran Milligan, on the 20-minute mark, and the fly-half converted his own try to cut the deficit to 10 points, 17-7.

However, Tigers hit back almost immediately when wing Abdul Bah-Bah got over just two minutes later, and Clatworthy converted the try, to make it 24-7.

The scoreboard attendant had a busy finish to the first half with the Sharks getting a second, to outside centre Christian Smith, which was converted by my Milligan, to make it a ten-point game, 24-14.

But, Leicester struck again right before the break with a second for Alcock, and fullback Nathaniel Robinson added the extras to make it 31-14 at half-time.

Alcock had his hat-trick shortly after the teams returned to the field for the second half, crossing in the 44th minute and replacement back Will Loveday extended the lead to 24 points, 38-14, with a successful conversion attempt.

Sale added three tries in 15 minutes, and one successful conversion from Milligan, to make it a seven-point game, 38-31, and a nervous final ten minutes for the Tigers, who managed to hold on in a brave defensive effort and claim victory.

TIGERS XV: 15 NATHANIEL ROBINSON, 14 ABDUL BAH-BAH, 13 OLLIE MYALL (vc), 12 JOE HENSTOCK, 11 CHRISTIAN GORDON-ASTBURY, 10 MATTHEW CLATWORTHY, 9 JAMES ALCOCK; 1 KAJETAN LEWANDOWSKI, 2 ALEX CATCHESIDE, 3 JOE EDMUNDS, 4 MACKINLEY JONES, 5 ETHAN HARRISON, 6 FIN CHARLES, 7 DYLAN CHESSUM (c), 8 OLIVER ROBINSON

REPLACEMENTS: 16 TOM COURT, 17 ____, 18 CHARLES KINSON, 19 CHARILE LLYOD, 20 LWAZI NXARA, 21 MORGAN BEESE, 22 WILL LOVEDAY, 23 HARRISON BROOKS

UNDER-17s: LEICESTER TIGERS v SALE SHARKS
The clubs also met in a U17 fixture at Loughborough University, which the Sharks won 12-26.

Sale got across the chalk for their first try in the seventh minute and didn’t look back, leading for the rest of the game.

The first try, to Henry Bates, was converted by Tom Gaffey, to make it 0-7, before Leicester lock Otto Stone scored to make it 5-7 after ten minutes.

It was more than twenty minutes before the next points, when Sharks hooker Ben Rosenthal got over and Gaffey converted, to take a nine-point lead, 5-14, into the break.

Tigers centre Josh Ford scored soon after half-time, and fullback Pat McManus Shoebridge converted the try, to cut the deficit to two points, 12-14.

Two late tries to Sale replacement Tom Males, with one converted by Gaffey, meant the visitors came away from the Midlands with a 14-point, 12-26 win.

TIGERS XV: 15 PAT MCMANUS SHOEBRIDGE, 14 OLIVER HUTCHINSON, 13 GEORGE ALCOCK, 12 JOSH FORD, 11 SAM MCGUFFIN, 10 RAHM BUTTERWORTH, 9 MORGAN BEESE; 1 JOE WOOD 2 OLIVER BLINKHORN, 3 BAILEY SAUNDERS, 4 TOM STUART JONES, 5 OTTO STONE, 6 IVAN BOYD, 7 LWAZI NXARA, 8 ETHAN RIX

REPLACEMENTS: 16 IVAN KRUTKOV, 17 WILL COEN, 18 HARIZ NJIE, 19 DOMINIC CHANDLER, 20 TOM MAHONY, 21 TOM RATLEDGE, 22 GEORGE DAVIS, 23 BEN MCMAHON, 24 ZANE NEOL, 25 SAM WOOD

Epaminondas Pules wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 4:17 pm BTW you missed a famous son. The lad playing 10 for Saracens….

If he's as good as his dad then Sarries will be very happy. A Bracken and Hodgson half back pairing in the future?

Not from a famous father (though out in Norfolk his dad's trailers are apparently popular with farmers) Dylan Chessum at openside for Tigers under 18s. He was a flyhalf a couple of years back, I presume the family genes are kicking in but he's kept the handling skills.

Epaminondas Pules wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 4:17 pm BTW you missed a famous son. The lad playing 10 for Saracens….

To be fair, I was only doing it for Bath.

45 - 45 at full time!

Talking of famous parents…

Tom Azam, son of Olivier, was playing 10 for Glaws U17’s this past weekend.

We also currently have Peter Paramore, son of Junior, training with the first team squad.

Both dads are absolute legends at Glaws….big shoes to fill!

ilovelamp wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 4:03 pm Talking of famous parents…

Tom Azam, son of Olivier, was playing 10 for Glaws U17’s this past weekend.

We also currently have Juniest Paramore, son of Junier, training with the first team squad.

Both dads are absolute legends at Glaws….big shoes to fill!

FTFY

Glos U18 beat Northampton 33-7 this afternoon. Two wins on the bounce for our youngsters.

Leicester Tigers were defeated by Newcastle Red Bulls 22-29 in Round 2 of the 25/26 PREM Next Gen academy U18 league.

After a Round 1 victory over Sale Sharks, Tigers travelled north to take on Newcastle and, thanks to a double for Marcus Southwell in the first half, took a 17-10 lead into the break.

But, a dominant second half from the home team - including three successive tries - saw the home team come from behind to register a seven-point win.

The Red Bulls crossed first, in the twelfth minute, before Southwell got over for his first in the 17th minute to cut the deficit to two points, 5-7.

A Newcastle penalty extended their lead to five points, 5-10, in the 20th minute before Abdul Bah-Bah got Leicester’s second to level it up at 10-10.

On the half-hour mark, Southwell had his second, and Nathaniel Robinson converted the try to extend the lead to 17-10, which is where it remained until the half time break.

Shortly after the sides returned to the field, Newcastle got their second and converted to tie it up again at 17-17.

The Red Bulls then added two tries in eight minutes to take their lead out to twelve points, 17-29, before a late try for Leicester replacement Seva Batikora cut the difference to seven, 22-29.

TIGERS XV: 15 NATHANIEL ROBINSON, 14 ABDUL BAH-BAH, 13 OLLIE MYALL (vc), 12 HARRISON BROOKS, 11 CHRISTIAN GORDON-ASTBURY, 10 MATTHEW CLATWORTHY, 9 JAMES ALCOCK; 1 KAJETAN LEWANDOWSKI, 2 ALEX CATCHESIDE, 3 JOE EDMUNDS, 4 MACKINLEY JONES, 5 DYLAN CHESSUM (c), 6 FIN CHARLES, 7 JOSH POYSER, 8 OLIVER ROBINSON

REPLACEMENTS: 16 MARCUS SOUTHWELL, 17 TOM COURT, 18 SEVA BATIKORA, 19 ETHAN HARRISON, 20 ____, 21 MORGAN BEESE, 22 WILL LOVEDAY, 23 WILL PAYTON