Throwback Thursday

At the end of the 1987 season, coach Paddy Smith launched an appeal to raise £3,000 for a Power Master scrummage machine.

By the start of 1988 pre-season training, not only was sufficient money raised to purchase the equipment, but a surplus of over £300 was donated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society and Lexden Special School (pictured above).

Recognise yourself or someone else? Let us know! We would love to know who is in the photo.

You can see how much technology has advanced by watching our 1st XV try out their new scrum machine Ngage at the beginning of the season on our YouTube channel.