Club History 1970s

Players who took part in a demonstration match in 1973

Players who took part in a demonstration match played before an end-of-season Chiefs' fixture in 1973

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The team included two pairs of brothers who went on to play 1st. team rugby with the Pirates:
Stuart and Ian Johns and Jonathan and Adam Ellery.

A trio from St. Paul's - Dave Bowden, Treve Stirling and Peter Lugg also came through as Pirates players.

Adults pictured L-R:
Phil Harvey, Ben Jelbert, Johnny Thomas, John Kendall-Carpenter (English Schools RFU)
Geoff Vingoe (CRFU), Don Rutherford (RFU Divisional Technical Officer) and Harvey Richards.