Seniors

Fixtures

All matches have been played for this season. Please check back later in the year.

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First XV 2019/20

Second XV 2018/19

Third XV 2018/19

Fourth XV 2018/19

2020/21 season

Senior Coaching Team

Head Coach

James Croker

Assistant Coach

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First XV Captain

Matt Lovell

Manager

Caroline Clark

Second XV Captain

Adrian Payne

Manager

Lloyd Bennett

Third XV Captain

Tim Grant

Manager

Mitch Williams

Results

1st XV

29 Feb	Eastleigh	32	18	London Exiles
22 Feb	Battersea Ironsides	15	10	Eastleigh
15 Feb	Eastleigh	15	12	Old Reigatian
8 Feb	Eastleigh	HWO		Old Cranleighans
1 Feb	Farnham	3	6	Eastleigh
25 Jan	Eastleigh	HWO		Old Tonbridgians
11 Jan	Twickenham	5	27	Eastleigh
14 Dec	Eastleigh	22	27	Tottonians
7 Dec	Winchester	38	30	Eastleigh
30 Nov	Eastleigh	30	22	Battersea Ironsides
23 Nov	Eastleigh	15	6	Chobham
16 Nov	London Exiles	29	48	Eastleigh
26 Oct	Old Reigatian	19	19	Eastleigh
19 Oct	Eastleigh	22	26	Farnham
5 Oct	Old Tonbridgians	22	24	Eastleigh
28 Sep	Old Cranleighans	24	33	Eastleigh
21 Sep	Eastleigh	35	36	Twickenham
14 Sep	Old Emanuel	27	29	Eastleigh

2nd XV

14 Mar	Bognor	24	12	Eastleigh
7 Mar	Ellingham and Ringwood	15	26	Eastleigh
8 Feb	Eastleigh	29	20	Fordingbridge
1 Feb	Eastleigh	50	47	Sandown and Shanklin
25 Jan	Havant	37	34	Eastleigh
4 Jan	Eastleigh	7	34	Petersfield
21 Dec	Fareham Heathens	22	10	Eastleigh
14 Dec	Farnborough	24	24	Eastleigh
7 Dec	Eastleigh	5	36	Alresford
23 Nov	New Milton and District	37	17	Eastleigh
16 Nov	Eastleigh	8	39	Bognor
26 Oct	Eastleigh	16	5	Ellingham and Ringwood
19 Oct	Sandown and Shanklin	91	0	Eastleigh
12 Oct	Eastleigh	10	31	Havant
5 Oct	Fordingbridge	43	6	Eastleigh
28 Sep	Eastleigh	22	29	Alton
21 Sep	Petersfield	124	0	Eastleigh
14 Sep	Eastleigh	19	18	Fareham Heathens
7 Sep	Eastleigh	8	38	Millbrook

3rd XV

7 Mar	Eastleigh	17	17	Trojans
1 Feb	Eastleigh	12	32	Tottonians
25 Jan	Alton	5	34	Eastleigh
23 Nov	Winchester	61	0	Eastleigh
9 Nov	Eastleigh	31	24	New Milton and District

	Played	Won	Lost	P.For	P.Ag
1st XV	21	12	9	590	426
2nd XV	20	8	12	365	519
3rd XV	15	13	2	496	145
Social XV	2	1	1	52	57

Match Report

29th February: London Exiles RFC at home

Eastleigh hoped for a quick and dominant start however this was quite different to what happened; straight from the kickoff, the London Exiles second row broke through the home side’s defence and as the ball was shipped wide, the visitors scored in the corner. This was shortly followed up by a penalty to give the visiting side an early 0-8 lead.

From this point onwards, Eastleigh began to dominate the rest of the half; James Mitchell and Ryan Kelly both bulldozed over for a try each and these were followed up by a brilliant solo effort from Adam Gallagher who raced down the right flank for the score.

The home side’s superb discipline began to pay off as Eastleigh were the ones who were rewarded with a penalty in which Matt Lovell converted to take a 22-8 lead into half time.

Eastleigh’s defence was tested in the second half but they were able to turn defence into attack very quickly; Will Rigglesford cleared the ball long and Adam Gallagher managed to gather, kick ahead and dot down for another fantastic individual effort.

Panos Logothetis and Dan Henry continued to break the gain line when in attack and as James Mitchell floated the ball out wide to Matt Lovell, he was able to beat the covering defence to score in the corner.

These scores extended the home side’s advantage to 32-8 before the travelling side fought back with two tries of the own to reduce the deficit to a final score of 32-18.

Man of the match: Panos Logothetis

Match Report by Joshua Devereux

Match Report

22nd February: Battersea Ironsides RFC away

After recent impressive away form, Eastleigh were back on the road as they travelled to Battersea Ironsides to play in another top of the table clash. After a disappointing first half for the visitors, the home side were able to dominate proceedings and took a well deserved 10-0 lead going into half time. Eastleigh came out of the blocks fighting in the second half but it was Battersea who recorded their try third try of the match. The visiting side began to start maintaining possession and strong carries from Jack Berry and Will Rigglesford enabled them to edge towards the try line. After a number of phases, the ball was recycled out wide where Adam Gallagher dotted down in the corner. Matt Lovell converted from out wide to reduce the deficit to 15-7. Richie O’Donnell and James Mitchell continued to put their body on the line for their team as Eastleigh looked for a further score. It appeared that Will Rigglesford had grounded the ball for a try but the referee deemed it as a knock on so we went back to the original penalty in which Matt Lovell slotted home, 15-10. As minutes remained, the visitors continued to search for the winning score but they left it too late as Battersea regained possession and kicked it into touch.

Man of the match: Richie O’Donnell

Match Report by Joshua Devereux