GOOSEBUMPS. Some 144 years after formation, the Jersey Reds can call themselves RFU Championship winners.A dream 11 years in the making, since the Islanders ascended to the dizzying heights of the second-tier of English rugby. A club from a nine by f.
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PLAYERS and staff from Jersey Reds are due to get on their bikes next week to raise money on behalf of a team-mate who has been battling cancer.
Jersey Reds professionals wore Leeming 10 shirts while warming up for last Saturday s Championship game against Nottingham at St Peter Picture: DAVID FERGUSON
The fundraising efforts by the rugby club will centre on a double lap of the Island, which they will carry out in virtual form on exercise bikes at Stade Santander.
Fly-half Sam Leeming was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma last September, within a few weeks of having joined up with the Reds and starting pre-season training.
It s been nearly 12 months since the Cornish Pirates last played a game at the Mennaye Field, but the wait is nearly over. On Saturday, Pirates will line up against Jersey Reds in a warm-up friendly fixture in preparation of the upcoming Championship season. In an interview on Facebook, joint head coach, Gavin Cattle, said: We expect it to be a bit disjointed, but for us it’s about getting that contact level up. It will be a big test in term of new combinations and stuff like that but the result is not something we’re really focussed on, we’re trying a few things and a few combinations.