Abbey’s traditional intra-club fun game on Boxing Day morning to run off the excesses of Christmas Day will kick off at 10.30am. Bring your boots.

All are welcome, whatever standard, rolling substitutes allowed. Bring your boots and join in.

Reading Abbey RFC.

What better way to top off the festive season than coming to see London Irish v Exeter Chiefs at Madejski Stadium on the 27th December? The London Irish Christmas party will include fun for all the family. Family tickets are available from just £40 click here for details.

Shebeen will be playing in ‘The Craic’ before and after the game. Digger’s Christmas Party – Come along to Digger’s Pound at midday for Digger’s Christmas Party …

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Keith Wilkinson takes the captaincy for the difficult trip to Cheltenham in the absence of Tom Waterhouse, who has a pulled hamstring. The pack will be further strengthened by Steve Willis coming back to bolster the pack.
Abbey have traditionally found Gloucester rugby a tricky place to win, but if the pack can face down the Tiger’s pack, the Abbey backs are more than capable of scoring the tries. Ben Johnson, the talented young hooker, has …

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Reporter Mark Hoskins

Abbey survived a late scare to claim a well-deserved share of the spoils in a low-scoring but absorbing local derby at Rosehill. The home side was in front for much of the game, but Abbey were relieved when Reading centre Clinton Gibson missed the relatively straightforward conversion of skipper Andy Grierson’s late try. 

Abbey made the better start with centre Arron Ross looking particularly dangerous as the backs sought …

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Barry Weston was born in Reading and played youth rugby at Abbey RFC during the decade of 1981- 1991, when he left to become a marine. His death in Helmand Province  on Tuesday 30 August whilst on active duty will be grieved by all those who knew him and his family.

He played in one of the most successful youth teams Abbey produced, playing predominately at no.10. Youth leagues and national competitions did not exist …

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Abbey RFC has a Colts team, 4 seniors teams and is know to occasionally field a veterans team, so there is a team for every level. New players are always welcome.

From 7 July training will be every Tuesday and Thursday, starting at 7.30pm prompt. Players can arrive earlier to warm up or play some touch rugby.

This season for the 3rd and 4th teams will also feature a structured training programme which will cater for fitness, …

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Glorious sunshine on Good Friday set the scene for the visit of RC Eemland from the Netherlands to play a combined U15/U14 Abbey team.

With a combined coaching team … Wayne took to the helm, organising the boys and setting up “calls” from the sidelines. With so many boys available to play the Abbey team had an added luxury of substitutes…and lots of them, which meant everyone played at least half the match. Abbey started …

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The AGM is to be held at the club house on Monday 16th May 7pm – 9pm.

All matters relating the the club will be discussed from minis up to the seniors teams.

If you are currently involved with the club, as a player, parent or volunteer, or if you have some skills or ideas that you think could benefit the club, please come along.

Current vacant poisitions that need to be filled include Director of Rugby, Director …

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Wimborne 10  -  Reading Abbey 26

Reading Abbey travelled to Wimborne for the final game of the season knowing that they had to secure 4 tries and the win to have any chance of retaining their place in the South West one East League.

Wimborne kicked off, caught the ball which the forwards secured.  Wimborne were penalised for coming round offside and a good kick from Jim Dye gave Abbey an attacking lineout 15 metres from the …

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Reading Abbey 24 Maidenhead 29
 

A superb first half performance, coupled with a stirring late rally, gave Abbey a deserved losing bonus point against high-flying Maidenhead in an entertaining game at sunny Rosehill.

The home side led 17-0 in first half stoppage time and battered the visitors’ line in the dying minutes of the game, but ultimately they were made to pay for a largely disappointing second half performance, during which Maidenhead scored four tries.

Abbey were without star …

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