NURL 1sts – 40
Northumbria 1sts – 6
Following an unprecedented number of canceled varsity fixtures the responsibility of bearing the University standard was left to NURL in the showcase Stan Calvert match-up.
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Feb 282010
Nov 252009
NURL 1sts – 36
Liverpool John Moores – 14
With NURL only playing once over the last month, the team went in to this fixture low in fitness but high in confidence. After winning the corresponding away tie with a near identical line-up only tragedy could derail the Death Machine.
Nov 112009
Dan Caparros-Midwood
A.K.A. – Julio Iglesias
Position – Prop
Activities outside Rugby – Sinners
Most like to meet – Sinners
Favourite food – Sinners
Vice – Ostrich Eggs
Rob Corner
A.K.A. – Handsome Rob??
Position – Loose
Activities outside Rugby – Facebook stalking, baking, waterparks
Most like to meet – Kimbo slice, John Cena
Favourite food – Fajitas
Vice – Pillaging
Gareth Herbert
A.K.A. – Bear Hug
Position – Prop
Activities outside Rugby –
Most like to meet –
Favourite food –
Vice –
Dave Knox
A.K.A. – Fort Knox, The King of Kings
Position – Back Row
Activities outside Rugby – The sea, straight arm drinking, not talking to birds
Most like to meet – Mae Young, Jim Carrey, Paul Flynn
Favourite food – Midget Gems
Vice – Bistro slop
Ian McPherson
A.K.A. – Massive Ian
Position – Prop
Activities outside Rugby – Football (mainly headers), gym, drinking
Most like to meet – Marlon King, Jeff Stelling
Favourite food – Steak and Chips, Roast dinner
Vice – Nik Naks
David Parker
A.K.A. – Parker
Position – Loose Forward
Activities outside Rugby – Attempting other sports
Most like to meet – Jason Robinson
Favourite food – Meat
Vice – Maths
Mikey Ward
A.K.A. – The Cumbrian Bad Boy, Wardrobe
Position – Centre, second row, loose forward.
Activities outside Rugby – Gym, drinking
Most like to meet – Stone Cold Steve Austin
Favourite food – Tuna straight from the can with raw sweet potatoe – Get massive
Vice – Inbread cumbrian women with minmal teeth.
Nov 112009
NURL 1sts – 56
Bangor – 0
NURL faced international opposition on Wednesday when Last-season’s Welsh champions Bangor were welcomed to fortress Cochrane Park. After twice defeating Scotland’s finest in Napier in 08/09 the Newcastle Death Machine was highly confident going in to another home-nations encounter.
With Bangor travelling from the far west of the Britain after a 7 a.m. departure the odds were firmly in favour of the undefeated Newcastle cabal. Still NURL were keen to establish themselves at home after a frustrating draw with Leeds Met and in spite of the absences of Sam Boyd, Mike Bean and Ian McFearson.
Oct 282009
NURL 1sts – 20
Leeds Met 2nds – 20
Cochrane Park
Rugby League giants New Zealand and Australia were recently left deadlocked on 20 points after a spectacular opening to the Gillette Four Nations. In a slightly more attritional affair SRL Northern Premier heavyweights Newcastle and Leeds Met shared the spoils with an identical score-line last Wednesday .
The crowds were out in force to watch NURL’s first home outing and numbers were bolstered when the 2nd team’s fixture was cancelled due to Sunderland’s understandable cowardice in taking on Daves Parker, Kernohan, Mathew and Chatterton. The fans were in a joyous, expectant mood and renditions of classic NURL songs ”Sammy Boyd has magic spectacles” and ”Moorcrofts gonna mulch ya” were echoing round the Owl’s Nest as the teams entered the fray.
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Oct 272009
NURL cemented its well established place as trend-setters of both Team Newcastle and the SRL following this Friday’s session at the University Gym.
Oct 222009
John Kingswood
NURL 1sts – 26
John Moores 1sts – 16
The mighty NURL machine was on the road again in their search for Premier North domination. This time their destination was the European capital of grit; Liverpool.
NURL were slow out of the blocks, giving away possession deep in their own half due to offensive handling errors courtesy of Jimmy ‘Doyle’ Phillips. John Moore’s were quick to react crashing over the try line minutes later to put NURL behind.
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Oct 142009
NURL 1sts – 26
Leeds University 1sts – 6
The mighty NURL Death Machine relentlessly clicked into gear last Wednesday with an emphatic win away at Leeds.
The University’s most cherished club has had to deal with the departure of a golden generation of players including burly Mikey Bryan, Surly Ed Ainscoe and the ever imperious Liam Gasior but newly appointed skipper Michael Ward has an exiting attack-minded squad at his disposal.
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Sep 102009
On the 21st and 22nd September NURL will have a stall at the annual Freshers Fair.
The fair is taking place throughout the day and new students are invited to come and sign up for the club and ask the current players any questions.
If you are unable to make the fair then simply email rugby.league@ncl.ac.uk or attend the first training session that will take place on the 28th September at Gateshead Stadium.
We especially encourage any players that are new to the game to come and try league for the first time, much of our squad is made up of ex-union or football players.
Sep 102009
For the start of the 10/11 season NURL is pleased to offer its supporters a chance to patronise a player of their choice.
In response to a glut of corporate and social interest each superstar is now available for a personal sponsorship package.
In exchange for a small contribution of 35 Pounds the benefactor will receive the following;
* Signed photo and letter of thanks from their chosen athlete
* Two complimentary tickets to the annual Stan Calvert Varsity match
* An invite to one of NURL’s prestige social events
* Space on the players website profile for a corporate logo or message of support and a link to your choice of website.
If you are interested then please email rugby.league@ncl.ac.uk or call John Kingswood on 07894 955 227.
Previous years have seen generous donations received from;
The Carlyle Group: Sam Jacques
Blaire Temple: Jack Webb