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Focus falls on 1923s after first-team gain walkover

Richard Rush — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:13:55 +0000

Spalding’s first-team opposition, Syston Seconds, conceded their Counties One Midlands East (North) match, resulting in the Elephants being awarded a five-point win. It meant attention was switched to Spalding 1923s, who beat Kesteven Seconds 46-12 in Counties Four Midlands East (North East).Despite taking to the field two players short, it was Kesteven who dominated the opening […]

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Elephants fail to hang on to lead

Rachel Mayfield — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:41:41 +0000

A passionate local derby against Bourne in Counties 1 Midlands East (North) saw the visitors adapt better to the windy conditions with strong ball carriers and work at the break down securing victory.Bourne opened the scoring after nine minutes when wing Jonathon Levett went in between the posts for a converted try.Spalding scored their opening […]

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A convincing win, despite comeback attempt

Richard Rush — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:59:25 +0000

Mansfield 19 Spalding 32 Spalding were away at old rivals Mansfield on Saturday, not having played them in the league since 2019. With their notorious sloping pitch, teams have to build a decent lead to stand any chance of coming out winners. With both Jack Lambe and Taylor Crowson out injured for six weeks, Lachlan […]

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Ingleby squeezes over for draw

Rachel Mayfield — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:46:14 +0000

Spalding 33Southwell 33 A strong finish saw Spalding open their Counties 1 Midlands East (North) campaign with a draw at home to Southwell.The Elephants were chasing the game from the fifth minute, when they conceded a converted try, and were behind until snatching a draw in the last minute to secure three league pointsNew signings […]

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Convincing friendly win for Spalding ahead of start of the new season

Richard Rush — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:14:51 +0000

This was the last warm up game for Spalding before the season starts on Saturday when Southwell travel to Centenary Park. Wisbech were the visitors, having been fierce rivals in the past, the clubs have not played each other for more than a decade, being in separate sections of the RFU league structure.Fielding a relatively […]

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Spalding go down heavily in a pre-season friendly at Kettering

Richard Rush — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:50:26 +0000

With the start of all community rugby leagues delayed by the RFU by two weeks, Spalding took 25 players, combination of Firsts and 1923s over to Kettering on Saturday to take on their first team squad. This was always going to be a tough pre-season game with Kettering playing one league above in Midlands Regional […]

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Friendships forged over 11,000 miles

Richard Rush — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:49:21 +0000

An ever burgeoning friendship between Spalding Rugby Club and Hamilton Hawks in Australia has been celebrated. In the past two seasons, several players have come over from the New South Wales side to play for Spalding. And their players Jack Patrick and Henry Duce are currently playing down under, both scoring tries in a 24-22 […]

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Fox and Fowler lift annual Saville Cup

Richard Rush — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:14:31 +0000

Spalding Rugby Club’s 10th annual golf day at Spalding Golf Club put 68 golfers through their paces, including 12 first-team squad members Continuous rain did not spoil the event with all but one team completing the full 18 holes. An outstanding score of 49 points earned victory for Stephan Fox and Ben Fowler who were […]

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Elephants seek new players

Richard Rush — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:10:19 +0000

The new rugby season is not going to wait… and neither should you. Spalding Rugby Club are encouraging potential players to pop down to pre-season training on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7pm. A spokesman said: “It is a chance to get fitter, stronger, and sharper alongside a great group of lads who are building […]

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In the running for new kit

Richard Rush — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:06:00 +0000

A Spalding RUFC coach is gearing up to go the extra miles for his team. Carl Townsend is head coach of the Elephants’ u14/15 team and is running 25K to raise money towards the cost of new kits for the team next season. So far he has raised £645 of his £2,500 target and said: “We have […]

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