Avonmouth Old Boys
Avonmouth
Old Boys
RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
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vonmouth Old Boys RFC has introduced a new culture at the club this
season with a view to improving the set up they have in place. We recently
caught up with Club Representative Grant Britton to find out more about how
they have been getting along.
Atmosphere
“The mood in the camp at present
is very positive. Everyone from 3rd XV
up to 1st XV have bought into the new
culture that’s been instated by the new
coaching staff and that’s reflected at
training with numbers consistently in
the 30’s. This season has been about
rebuilding the squad, changing mind-
sets and the club socially.
Having retained many players
over the past four seasons who have
experienced life at Nat 3 (level 5)
following a brief two year spell there we
were conscious that the drop in league
status/standard has been somewhat
frustrating for some. So a key focus was
to retrain the mind-set and adapt to the
level we are now at.
Socially we’ve took quite a hit over
those successful seasons as a more
professional outlook was adopted to
represent the standard we were competing
at. This was great to experience and to be
a part of at a completely amateur club
but it took a lot away from us also and
naturally our 2nd and 3rd XV sides felt
this strain more than ever, so this year it’s
been an important aspect to improve and
build on.”
This Season
“At Christmas we would of said we
were exactly where we wanted to be
but unfortunately a dip in form and a
period of ill-discipline in early February
saw us lose three fixtures on the bounce
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