Esher RFC

Esher RFC

Full name	Esher Rugby Football Club
Founded	1923
Location	Hersham, England
Ground(s)	Molesey Road
Chairman	Bob Stratton
Coach(es)	Mike Schmid
Captain(s)	Tom Cheeseman
League(s)	RFU Championship
2010–11	9th
Team kit
Official website
www.esherrugby.com/

Esher Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Surrey, England. Esher RFC are currently playing in the second division of the English league system, The Championship. The club was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club.

Esher were first promoted to the National Leagues system for the 1997-98 season, finishing fourth. They led for most of the season the following year but finished second, but won promotion in 1999-2000. The club set a new points record when winning National League Two in 2006-07 and were thus promoted.

During their first game of the 2009-2010 National League 1 season, Esher broke countless records in their 148-0 mauling of Manchester, including scoring most points in a game and their fly-half, Sam Ulph, scoring 51 points from 3 tries and 18 conversions. They also equalled the number of tries (22) scored in a Rugby World Cup match from 2003, when Australia beat Namibia 142-0.

Current Standings

2011-12 RFU Championship Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Bonus Points	Points
1	Bristol	22	17	0	5	615	386	229	13	81
2	Bedford Blues	22	14	1	7	640	476	164	16	74
3	Cornish Pirates	22	14	3	5	606	464	142	12	74
4	London Welsh	22	13	2	7	528	432	96	11	67
5	Nottingham	22	12	2	8	599	465	134	10	62
6	Leeds Carnegie	22	13	1	8	470	505	-35	6	60
7	Rotherham Titans	22	11	1	10	469	431	38	11	57
8	Doncaster Knights	22	9	2	11	467	524	-57	10	50
9	London Scottish	22	6	0	16	422	543	-121	10	34
10	Moseley	22	6	1	15	445	634	-189	7	33
11	Plymouth Albion	22	6	0	16	362	528	-166	6	30
12	Esher	22	4	1	17	376	611	-235	5	23
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background are promotion play-off places. Pink background are relegation play-off places.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union James Campbell Hooker Wales Kevin Corrigan Hooker Ireland Stuart Mackie Hooker England Robin Boot Prop England Ignacio Elosu Prop Argentina James Gethings Prop Ireland David Millard Prop Ireland Ollie Mines Prop England Ricky Nebbett Prop England Paul Barker Lock South Africa Mike Blakeburn Lock Scotland James Inglis Lock England Ian Kench Lock England Perry Parker Lock England Matt Symons Lock England James Doherty Flanker Nigeria John Downey Flanker Ireland Sam Stitcher Flanker England Peter Synnott Flanker England Chris Goodman Number 8 England Mike MacFarlane Number 8 England Shaun Renwick Number 8 South Africa

Player Position Union Andy Garner Scrum-half England Jamie Mackenzie Scrum-half Canada Clive Stuart-Smith Scrum-half England Mark Atkinson Fly-half England Nicky Little Fly-half Fiji Richard Mill Fly-half Scotland Tom Cheeseman (c) Centre Wales Aaron Cruickshanks Centre Scotland Geoff Griffiths Centre England Phil Mackenzie Centre Canada Sam Edgerley Wing England Jonny Hylton Wing England Tom Loizides Wing England Andy Wright Wing England Luke Daniels Fullback England Rob Kirby Fullback New Zealand

On loan players

• The following players have featured for Esher on loan this season:

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union Rob Buchanan (Harlequins) Hooker England Will Collier (Harlequins) Prop England Nic Mayhew (Harlequins) Prop New Zealand Cameron Zeiss (Leeds Carnegie) Prop South Africa Charlie Matthews (Harlequins) Lock England Tom Alexander (London Irish) Flanker Australia Luke Wallace (Harlequins) Flanker England

Player Position Union Chris Cook (Bath) Scrum-half England Tom Casson (Harlequins) Centre England Charlie Ingall (London Wasps) Wing Ireland Seb Stegmann (Harlequins) Wing England Charlie Walker (Harlequins) Wing England Ross Chisholm (Harlequins) Fullback England Ollie Lindsay-Hague (Harlequins) Fullback England

See also

• English Rugby Union Leagues
• Rugby union in England

External links

• Esher Rugby.com