Kippax Masters

Good game of masters yesterday at Kippax vs Moorends celebrating Gavin Adkin 40th birthday

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

With the 2024 season complete now for our most senior RL side at the club, we caught up with the driving force behind the side, Dave Cassidy to get his thoughts about the season, Masters Rugby and a look ahead to next season.

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 18𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 24𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.
𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘟𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳.
𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘵 28 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥.

𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘹 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.
𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘹 𝘢 𝘨𝘰.
𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘓𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘙𝘰𝘣 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘍𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘋𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 64 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘹. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘥𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘓𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢, 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘓𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰.
𝘈𝘴 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘣𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 - (𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 35𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.)
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩.
𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥.

𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘒𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘹 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩."

We think the long rest may do some of our more mature players the world of good and we cant wait to see them back next season, and hopefully, as Dave says, maybe a few more new faces. Its a long time being retired so if anyone still thinks they can have a go, then get up training on Monday evenings and have a go next season.

𝙄𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙣 07770742935 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨.