1st XV

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1st XV

Back in the National Leagues in 2008/2009!

Chinnor Rugby Club remains a strong and well respected club with great success at Mini and Junior level and good quality rugby played at every senior level.

Last season after a brief sojourn in National League Division 3, the 1st XV had to strive for promotion from South West Division 1; which we achieved with a brand of flowing and powerful rugby that the rest of SW Division 1 couldn't compete against.

In the 2007/2008 season we placed great emphasis on developing local players and creating a financial platform that would allow us to compete back in the National leagues. Our 2nd XV generates much needed talent for the 1st's and provides a great breeding ground for future 1st Xv players.

Our taste of life at National 3 convinced us that we should always aim for the standard of play at this level. We are convinced that, unless we strive to improve, we will start to go backwards. Complacency is the first step towards failure - something that this well supported club will not contemplate.

We base our 1^st team squad as much as possible on locally produced talent. We will develop a better local scouting scheme so that players at other local clubs are attracted to play at a higher level with us.

Where the first team squad are deficient in a particular position, we may need to consider foreign players. However, this time around we did not trust to well written CVs that promise perhaps more than is possible. We used trusted former player's knowledge to guide us. We also set up a player exchange scheme so that some of our promising players enjoyed the experience of playing abroad in return for players useful to us.

These initiatives have obviously been successful and now we look forward to returning to the National leagues stronger and wiser.

And we should never forget that even Homer Simpson agrees that Chinnor RFC will continue to be a force to reckoned with.