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covered. It will certainly be exciting
to see how their juniors can progress
in the coming years.
In order to help ensure that their
youngsters enjoy a smooth transition
into the senior game they also
run a number of additional sides.
This allows them to give players
experience of adult level rugby even
if they are not yet considered ready
for first team action which can be an
important step in the development
process.
Another benefit of having so many
sides is that it allows the first XV to
benefit from far greater strength in
depth. If they are ever left short on
numbers through injury or work
commitments they have the option
of calling replacements up with a
limited amount of disruption.
There is much to admire about
the set-up that Bournemouth RFC
currently has in place and this is
thanks to the hard work that their
Committee has put into making them
a success. Hopefully they will be able
to continue in the same manner for
many years to come and everyone
at Rugby Cub Magazine would like to
wish them the best of luck.
20 Issue 52
There is evidence that the
club first played in 1888 when
one of their main fixtures
was against Downton. The
journey to the game was
made by horses and traps
and on one occasion half the
side arrived ahead of the
rest of the team due to a
breakdown. Whilst waiting
for the rest of the team to
arrive the Bournemouth and
Downton players took on
some liquid refreshment at the
Bull Inn. When the rest of the
Bournemouth team arrived
many of the players had got
to the point where they were
unable to take to the field!