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Nomads Rugby Football Club play in Hampshire 1 League, England.
History
Nomads RFC, now known as Southsea Nomads RFC, was formed in May 1978 by a group of players who had all been members of the now defunct Portsmouth Civil Service RFC. That club disbanded at the end of season ‘77-78 and some players not wishing to join other local clubs decided to form one of their own. So with a meeting held at the “Old House at Home” Paulsgrove, Nomads RFC was born.
The name was chosen because the team had no home and the logo of a Snail wearing a scrum cap soon followed, as a snail is a Nomad who carries its home on its back.
Some of the original members are still around the club (Barry Bridgman, Colin Few ~ President, Ken Walker, Garry Barter, Nicky Cadle, Terry Welsh).
The Nomads have had several temporary homes over the years; the “John Barleycorn”, Great Southsea St., which was its first home and now has been turned into a private dwelling, the Royal Sailors Home Club, Queen Street, from 1981, and Watersedge Park Community Centre which became its clubhouse from 1987.
It has also played at three different grounds, starting at Farlington, being moved by the council to Alexandra Park, then to the Eastern Road Sailing Centre Ground (the best), and then back to Farlington. Its home now is the Portsmouth University ground at the end of Locksway Road, with its Clubhouse being the "Old House at Home" pub not far from it.
They were founder members of the then Courage Leagues in 1989, forming part of the Hampshire league set up.
They were the first club in Hampshire to form and run a Women's team, though this team disbanded at the end of the 1999–2000 season.
They have run three sides for Men in the past (including a veterans team) but are reduced to two now as there seems to be a general reduction in the numbers of people playing Rugby.
Kevin Darnley of Portsmouth started with Nomads, as did Douggie Setchell of Gosport, Robbie Allsopp, Tony Armstrong of Havant, and most recently John Brothers of Trojans.
The side was (in 2011–2012) in Hampshire Division One, led by skipper Chris Groves.
Club Motto
Relinque numquam mulsum adiacentem, which, very roughly, translates to "never leave your beer loafing".
Club Honours
Hampshire 2 champions: 2010–11.
Notable former players
Tobias Cutler
See also
Marlborough Nomads
Nomads Rugby
Rugby Union
References
External links
Hampshire Rugby
Nomads RFC
Nomads R.F.C. are a Hong Kong rugby union club, who play in G4S League Divisions 2,5 and 7 and are based in the Tai Hang Tung area in New Kowloon. Between 2008/09 the club has won over 6 different league and 7's trophies.
History
Nomads was formed in 1989. They were set up as a local club to bring through local Chinese players, although the dynamic has changed in the last few years as westerners have become more involved. The previous chairman, Aric Kay-Russell (2005–2007), said "We like to think we are one of the most integrated clubs in Hong Kong and we have a broad catchment area from the northern New Territories all the way down to Hong Kong Island.
In 2008 the club took a significant leap by stepping into Division 2. To help ease this change, the club invested in two overseas imports- Craig Wilson (captain and asst. coach) and Steve Jones (head coach). After a difficult season, signs of improvement started to show. Nomads II won the league and the club regisitered the largest playing base to date. By the start of the 2009/10 season, Nomads now had 3 teams in the Hong Kong divisions.
The 2009/10 season was very successful. Nomads I finished 3rd in the league (only their second season), Nomads II were edged out in the D5 Grand Final and Nomads Development won the league. As well as this, Nomads II won the D5 Union 7's. Playing numbers were also at an all time high.
Youth rugby
Nomads do not have a mini or colts section, so they have forged links with the Flying Kukris RFC. In 2005 Kay-Russell said "we entered an agreement with the Kukris at the beginning of last season and it has gone from strength to strength, some of our players are going up to Sheung Shui to help coach the Kukris and, eventually, we aim to see Kukris players progress up the ladder and join us when they are old enough. The long-term plan is that we give them the opportunity to move seamlessly between the two clubs. The association with the Kukris will hopefully bring in new blood, along with other recruitment. There has been a lot of discussion at Nomads about how the club should grow but, essentially, we should be concentrating on bringing through players at the grassroots level, so we need to utilise the local talent that is available. We will also consider starting up an U18s team at some stage. If we can get the foundations right then we will look to develop upwards as well."
See also
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Hong Kong national rugby union team
Nomads Rugby:
England Nomads RFC
Toronto Nomads RFC
Isle of Man Nomads RFC
References
External links
Nomads R.F.C. – Official site
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union – Official site
G4S League Division 4 – Fixtures & Results
Flying Kukris RFC – Liaison youth club