We are delighted to announce our squad for the forthcoming 16/17 National 1 season. The boys have been working hard in pre-season over the last 2 weeks and the coaches have been very pleased with the effort and attitude on display.

Looking around at the signings across the league and judging by the quality on display last season we expect another tough National One 30-game season as the squad look to improve on their 5th place 15/16 finish.

As you can see from the below detail, we are delighted that the majority of last year’s squad have remained at Rosslyn Park. Unfortunately, as always, we say goodbye to some good men and thank them for everything they have done for the club in recent years, they know they are always welcome back at the Rock!

We welcome all the new players and trialists (not mentioned in this release) and wish them all the best for the season ahead. We hope they remain at Rosslyn Park for many more seasons.

Players leaving:
LJ Chawatama- to London Welsh, full time rugby opportunity
Sam Shires- moved to Australia, work opportunity.
Mike Macfarlane- to Ealing Trailfinders, full time rugby opportunity
Tom Whiteley- Saracens/Bedford Blues (dual reg last season, remains at Saracens and will now be involved with Bedford on dual reg basis)
Paul Mackey- retired.
Matt Hawke- to Australia, returning home.
Tom Whelan- to Devon, returning home.
Stephen Hihetah - unknown.

Players Retained (dual registered / loan players marked with asterisk).

Harry Elrington*
Mark Lilley
Maurice Nwakor
Adam Bellamy
Todd Gleave
Charlie Piper*
Tom Vaughan Edwards
Jack Edmondson*
Nick Lovell
Alex Mackenzie
Richard Boyle
Will Bowley
Adam Frampton
James Inglis
Harry Broadbent
Hugo Ellis
Ed Milne
Harry Rowland
Nathan Thomas
Will Crow
Jack Gash
Alex Gallagher
Scott Sneddon
Adam Field
Andrew Henderson
Mark Kohler
David Vincent
Henry Robinson

New Players Joining - Position - Previous Club(s)
Stewart Maguire TH Prop East Grinstead, London Scottish, Esher.
Suvwe Obano TH Prop Dorking
Paul Spivey Second Row Ealing Trailfinders, London Scottish.
Rory Martyn Smith Back Row, Sabre Kowloon Hong Kong.
Jamie Harries Back Row (returning to club).
Harry Hudson Back Row Southend
Russell Weir Scrum Half London Scottish
Harry Leonard Fly Half/Centre, Leeds Carnegie
Ollie Grove Centre/Fly-Half, London Scottish.
Toby Howley Berridge Centre/Winger, Ealing Trailfinders, Doncaster Knights.
Huw Morgan Centre Wharfedale
Andy Reay Centre Ealing Trailfinders (Andy will also take charge of our Strength and Conditioning programme)

There are other new players training at the moment who are on trial but impressing the coaches more with every session. We hope to add a few more names to the new player list by the start of the season.

Shaun Justice
Rosslyn Park Managing Director

(The above does not include any new Dual Registration England Academy Players and they will be announced once they are training with the squad).

July 21, 2016