Greene King announced as Moseley Main Shirt Sponsor

Moseley Rugby Club has pleasure in announcing Greene King as the club’s main shirt sponsor.

The Suffolk based brewing and pub company became the sole supplier to the club with their award winning ales last season. This partnership strengthens the relationship with the household name being on the front of the famous red and black hooped shirts  next season.

The two organisations share a long heritage and similar values. Both place great emphasis on their respective roles in local communities and their reputations as good corporate citizens.

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Mike Penn Joins Moseley

The club is pleased to confirm the signing of Mike Penn from Edinburgh.

Mike a winger / fullback featured prominently last season for Heriots on loan. Prior to his move to Scotland Mike was contracted to Worcester Warriors and made 14 Championship appearances for Nottingham.

In addition there is further good news in the retention of Caolan Ryan & Dave Brazier for next season.

Caolan & Dave are both products of Moseley's youth setup carrying on a proud tradition of home grown talent progressing to the 1st XV. While both Dave & Caolan saw limited opportunities to press for 1st team rugby last season a season on loan at Bromsgrove and Stourbridge respectively has let them gain vital experience and convince the Moseley coaching team that they can become an integral part of the squad.

A further testament to Moseley's youth development policy comes with the promotion of Colts Prop Lewis Woodfield to the 1st XV squad. Lewis played two games for the 1st's last season in the B&I cup games against Gala

We wish all four players the best for the coming season

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Moseley appoint a new Commercial Manager

Moseley has underlined its off-field developments further with the appointment of Lara Hunter as Commercial Manager. She will focus on attracting sponsorship and partnerships primarily within the Birmingham business community but also with national and international organisations.

Lara Hunter said: “I am looking forward to working with Moseley – a club with an outstanding history and pedigree.   The RFU Championship is a tough division whose profile has been raised in recent seasons and I look forward to raising the profile of both this league and the club within the Business and Community  networks in Birmingham and beyond”.

Adam Warren. CEO Moseley Rugby Club said: “Lara’s appointment is one of a number of initiatives that have been planned over recent months and further developments will be announced over the summer that will directly feed into team strengthening and facilities improvements. We hope supporters and potential sponsors will welcome the changes the club is making.

Sponsorship Enquiries     larahunter@moseleyrugby.co.uk

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Congratulations to Ollie Thomas who has been appointed captain of the North Midlands for their Bill Beaumont Cup Second Division final at Twickenham

The North Midlands will take on Northumberland at 9.30am

We wish Ollie and all the North Midlands team good luck.

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Moseley Ladies Win Rugby4Heroes 10s

Congratulations to Moseley's Ladies Team who sucessfully defended their Rugby4Heroes title at the weekend

For the record their results were:

Pool games:Moseley Ladies 14 - 10 Camp Hill Ladies, Moseley Ladies 21- 0 Tena Ladies, Moseley Ladies 21- 5 Bridgnorth Ladies

Semi-final: Moseley Ladies 36 – 0 Old Leamingtonians

Final: Moseley Ladies 12 - 10 Camp Hill

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2013 Club Annual Awards

For all the winners click here

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Moseley’s Record Points Scorer Back For Another Shot At Goal

Moseley are pleased to confirm that Ollie Thomas will be pulling on a red and black shirt for his 10^th season at the club in September.

The clubs record point scorer, Ollie again topped the table last season with 180 points in 22 appearances putting him 10^th in the leagues list of top kickers.

We hope Ollie will be able to balance his rugby with his love of sketching and be able to draw the ball through the posts a few more times.

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Two Key Backs Commit for next season

The club is very pleased to confirm that both Greg King & Sam Brown have signed contracts for a further season of Rugby at Moseley

For both players this will represent their third season of Rugby at Billesley Common and will prove to be a further opportunity to demonstrate why they have become an integral part of Kevin Maggs' backline.

Last season Greg made 18 appearances, a number which would have been higher had he not suffered from injury. In the latter part of the campaign Greg formed a formidable defensive centre partnership with Antony Carter.

Sam’s second season with the club has seen his all round game develop significantly, with trademark hard work and enthusiasm always to the fore of his 22 appearances. Nicknamed the 82kg Cannonball Sam will be looking to fire a broadside or two at the opposition again.

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Moseley sign new hooker

Moseley are pleased to confirm the first new signing for 2013/14 with the addition of Hooker Rhys Buckley

Rhys joins us from Doncaster Knights where he was one of the stand out performers of the season. Prior to playing for Doncaster Rhys was part of the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team making 18 appearances in 2011/12.

With Adam Caves out injured for the start of the season Rhys will have an excellent opportunity to stake an early claim to the starting No2 jersey.

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Moseley Blend Experience with Youth