I was a player for over 20 years with the club before it closed in 2003 and a member of the team responsible for its reformation, I believe rugby is special and can help change the course of people lives for the better! And this is the reason that Changing Lives Through Rugby was formed.…
Thought someone might be interested in this photograph of a commemorative stone at Twickenham. If anyone is interested it’s on the Richard J Hill section. It was put there by my family to celebrate my long connection with the club starting in 1957 and ending with my last game as skipper of Bernard McGinnity’s team…
Erdington Rugby Club is officially the inaugural winner of the Gallagher’s Grassroots Rugby Club of the Season 2019 – 2020. The Club can justifiably be extremely proud of winning this very prestigious award and all the publicity gained through all the different media channels has got everybody in rugby circles talking about our remarkable renaissance…
Just photographed a few mementos of previous day’s gone by. I don’t know if the quality is any good. One a picture of my Dad, Bernard Faulkner (playing for Erdington against a touring Wasps side), who sadly passed away this February aged 86. He started playing for Erdington in about 1966, us having moved from…
It’s been an incredible week, since we had a surprise visit from Ex Harlequins and England international Ugo Monye, who brought with him the Gallagher Rugby Club of the Season award. It’s slowly starting to sink in and we think we have finally got around the whole club to thank everyone whose hard work and…
I have been asked to write a few words about my memories of Erdington Ruby Club and initially, I thought this would be quite easy. However, having thought a bit about it, I now realise that this is not going to be an easy task. The reason for this is simply my belief that rugby…
The September 2020 100 Club draw was done in front of the committee on Wednesday 9th September 2020. Much needed funds were raised for the club. The first number out was Number 28 and earned the winner £90. And second number out was 24 which earned the winner £20. We still have numbers available,…
