Well, the 2009 netrugby season drew to a close last week. And what a great one it was. Seven teams competed in the league, playing each other twice each. It was as competetive as ever, with lots of close-run games, but eventually Taverners took the league title, with Battersea Ironsides getting the runners up spot. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rugby netball’
13 May
Glory days of four leagues of rugby netball (netrugby)
Those were the days…when rugby netball (now netrugby) had four leagues all competing. This 1985 clipping from the south london press shows the league positions. Nice to see there was a time when Taverners didn’t dominate the league. Also shows how little things have changed for my own team – the Battersea Ironsides. The reporter [...]
13 May
New Zealand to start International netrugby team?
New Zealand are considering starting a netrugby team. Or at least they were in 1936. Another really interesting press cutting from the vaults of history. You can read the full article here.
13 May
An introduction to netrugby
The Rugby Netball League was established in 1909 and is now played at Clapham Common during the summer mostly by rugby players, under the new name Netrugby. Being able to pass in any direction and no offside laws encourage fast movement of the ball around the pitch, but full contact tackling around the net can [...]
