Slough RFC

Now that the fixtures are out…time to show off what the lads will be playing in!

A massive thank you to our sponsors for making it possible for this years playing kit, we as a club are extremely grateful and we can’t wait to see the lads playing in it!

Verus Group
Perfect Gardens

🏉 Fixtures are out!

Lads - beach bodies at the ready… it’s time to get some fitness in 😅
Pre-season starts Tuesday at 7pm. No hiding, just turn up and get stuck in.

Supporters - the real business starts in September. Same club, same pride, same voices on the touchline all season long.

One Club. One Team. One Slough. 💚🤍💚🤍

🏉 Walking Rugby 🏉

Fingers crossed 🤞🏽 the weather will be less intense on Tuesday ☀️ 🪭

After nearly a week of melting 🫠, get yourself down to:
🗺️ Farnham Common Sports Club
📅 Tuesday
⏰ 6.45pm

Adults only session; all abilities welcome 🤗

‼️TRAINING POSTPONED‼️‼️

The Judge Who Arrived Late and Left Too Soon

Some men spend their whole careers chasing the thing they were born to do, only to find it waiting for them on the other side of thirty. Paul Rendall was one of those men. A loosehead prop for London Wasps, broad-shouldered and relentless, he had given everything to the game for years before England finally came calling — and when they did, he answered with everything he had left.

He was 30 years old when he earned his first England cap in 1984. Thirty. An age when many props are quietly winding down, calculating how many more scrums their body can take, thinking about what comes next. Rendall was just getting started. The rugby world had taken its time finding him, but it would not be forgetting him in a hurry.

Here is the number that stops people cold. Twenty-eight caps for England, six Five Nations campaigns, two Rugby World Cups. All of it earned after most men his age had already hung up their boots. He played in the Five Nations in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 — six seasons of cold afternoons and bone-jarring collisions, of scrums that test the very architecture of a man, of the kind of grinding, invisible work that only those who have played in the front row truly understand. He was there at the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, earning three caps on the other side of the world, and when the 1991 World Cup came around he answered the call again. By then he was 37 years old. He was still answering.

They called him "the Judge." The nickname suited him — there was a measured authority about him, a quiet gravity that belonged to a man who had seen enough of the game to know exactly what it demanded and had long since decided he was willing to pay. The front row is rugby's hardest school. There is no hiding there, no sprinting into space, no individual glory — only the brutal arithmetic of the set piece, where strength meets technique and technique meets will and will meets something that is very difficult to name. Rendall mastered that arithmetic. He mastered it late, and he mastered it completely.

If you grew up watching England in the late 1980s, you saw Rendall in the thick of it, one of those faces in the pack that you came to trust without even quite knowing why. He was the kind of player who made the men around him better by simply being there — solid as old oak, dependable in the way that only the most experienced front-rowers can be. His career at Wasps was the foundation beneath all of it, season after season in the white and black before the white of England.

And then, in 2022, came news of a different kind. Paul Rendall had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He died on 13 June 2023, at the age of 69. The rugby world felt the loss quietly and deeply, the way it always does when one of the real ones is gone — the men who were never quite loud enough for the back pages, who never courted the cameras, but whose presence made the game what it was.

The Judge. He came to international rugby late, he stayed as long as his country needed him, and he faced his final years with the same steadiness he had brought to every scrum. That is a life honourably lived, and a rugby career that deserves to be remembered in full.

At Slough RFC, rugby is for everyone. We are an inclusive and welcoming club. Whether you’re an experienced player, returning to the game, new to rugby, or looking for a more social way to stay active, there’s a place for you at our club 🏉

Come along, get involved, and see what Slough RFC is all about.

💚 Men’s Pre-Season Training
Starts Monday 23rd June
📅 Every Tuesday & Thursday
⏰ 7:15pm

🚶‍♂️ Walking Rugby
📅 Tuesdays
⏰ 6:45pm
(Subject to numbers attending)

Contact Matt Fenwick for more information ⭐

Slough Rugby Club and Reading RFC have joined together to create the Green and Whites Walking Rugby team. Playing today at Esher Rugby Clubs 10th Anniversary Walking Rugby Festival 🏉

📣 WARNING: Side effects of joining Slough RFC may include…

🏉 Muddy boots
😂 Terrible chat in the group WhatsApp
💪 Feeling fitter than you have in years
🤝 Friends for life
💚 Becoming part of the rugby family

The road to the 26/27 season starts here 👇

👥 TOUCH RUGBY NIGHTS
📅 11th June & 18th June
Bring a mate, family member, partner - anyone who fancies a run around and a laugh! No experience needed.

💪 PRE-SEASON STARTS
📅 23rd June

🔥 LEAGUE SEASON STARTS
📅 12th September

Whether you’re an experienced player, returning to rugby, or completely new to the game - there’s a place for you at Slough RFC.

Come down, get involved, and see what the club is all about 💚🏉

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of club legend Colin Williams.

Colin’s life spanned service in the Army, rugby, and boxing, and Slough Rugby Club was a place he held especially close to his heart.

From the women’s game through to 1st XV stalwarts, and even a number of international players, Colin’s influence across the club and wider rugby community is immeasurable. So many players, past and present, have benefited from his knowledge, guidance, and support over the years.

He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Full tributes and funeral arrangements will be shared in due course.

‼️‼️CLUB SHOP ANNOUNCEMENT‼️‼️

Due to a new range coming out over the summer, the current club shop items are now on sale!

Opus tee - 39% off!
Opus polo - 30% off!
Opus zoodie - 42% off!

Whether you’re a player, supporter or just like rugby stash, now is your chance!

Link down below:

Slough RFC VX3 stands for Veni Vidi Vici. Our purpose is to equip our athletes to conquer. Our aim is to help our athletes, regardless of level, conquer whatever challenge they face or have set themselves, through the provision of high quality, high performance athletic apparel.