Match Reports

A Nick Elliott penalty ten minutes from time clinched a match for AEI that for long periods had been in the balance. Despite widespread flooding around Leamington, the pitch was in excellent condition and the main factor affecting play was the strong wind into which AEI played during the first […]

A Milton Keynes try in the last minute put pay to a brave AEI effort on a day when many would have preferred to stay in the bar. With a contingent of AEI players on duty at Twickenham, the selection committee again had a difficult mix and match task, and […]

Cov Tech didn’t bother to turn up.

An excellent performance in the circumstances with AEI fielding an ‘experimental’ back line (to say the least) which was not helped by the late arrival of scum-half Stack Stephens. Nick Elliott was first on the scoresheet for AEI following a typically strong run. AEI went further ahead after Mark McDonough […]

14 March 1998; Boots Athletic III 7, AEI 12 A trip up the motorway to Nottingham saw AEI continue a worrying trend by winning on tour for the second successive season. Despite an unscheduled tour of Nottingham trying to find the ground, AEI arrived in plenty of time for their […]

This match was closer than the score suggests but in the end was won by the side making fewer defensive mistakes and fewer missed tackles. AEI started brightly and went ahead from the first scrum of the match, the ball being spun out down the line for Rich Pinks to […]

This match, which marked the retirement of Newbold player Brian Humphries on his 50th birthday, was played throughoutin the games best traditions: hard and generally fair. The Newbold game plan to keep the ball in the forwards and away from the AEI backs brought early dividends as the pack rumbled […]

Three tries apiece by Rich Pinks and Paul Thompson were the highlight of this game which was largely dominated by the AEI backs. Indeed, in a game of hatricks, hooker Rich Stephens also took at least three strikes against the head as the AEI pack showed their strength at the […]

AEI only had 11 players so to avoid a Valentines Day massacre the game was cancelled.

On paper this was a good result for AEI, although the post-match feeling in the changing room was that they had had enough chances to win the game. Playing against the wind in the first half AEI were first to go ahead when, following a well won ruck by the […]