Welcome to the OA's Saints Homepage
Saints are the women’s section of Old Albanian RFC.
Our Vision
To become a hub of women’s rugby in Hertfordshire and the UK – setting the standard of how to run an inclusive, friendly, hard-working club which positively impacts the local community and beyond.
Our Mission
To grow and develop healthy and happy players who have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
To build relationships within OA Rugby – particularly OGs, Mens and Juniors.
To build strong and lasting connections with the local community.
Saints Update
Following the heights of the play-off semi final and 2XV promotion at the end of the 22/23 season, the Saints have spent pre-season focussing on building on the momentum of last season.
We have welcomed two new coaches in Phil Walker and Alex Mcall who join us with a view to working with our newly promoted 2XV as they embark on their maiden Championship 2 campaign.
A strong pre-season performance against perennial Champ 2 (SE) side, Hackney Gladies, saw Saints 2XV triumph 51-0. Led by Saints veteran Nadia Brannon-Dickinson, in her 20th season, the match saw several former Juniors make their senior debuts in Saints colours, a promising sign for the season to come.
Elsewhere, Saints 1XV will look to maximise on the benefits of an intense pre-season with early fixtures against Beckenham, London Irish & long-standing rivals, Bath who we will be welcoming to Woollams on Saturday 14th October prior to the Men’s RWC Qtr Finals.
Saints would like to thank Kim Watson Photo for donating his time and considerable talents behind the camera to one of our favourite evenings of the season: headshots. Highlights of the session are visible across Saints social channels: oasaints.
A limited number of opportunities to sponsor Saints players (£400) or Saints matches (from £50) are still available- contact [email protected] for details.
Management
Sarah Mckenna
Head Coach
Squad
Hannah Stobbs
Back Row
Louisa Gallimore
Scrum Half
Talyena Brown
Front Row
Jade Clark
Front Row
Victoria Kiff
Front Row
Megan Murphy
Front Row
Laura Carruthers
Second Row
Mica Gooding
Back Row
Laura Gott
Back Row
Georgina Kreysa
Back Row
Harri Chambers
Wing
Claire McKenna
Wing
Katie Ives
Front Row
Bethany Saunders
Wing
Siobhan Drummond
Wing
Emma Cooke
Scrum Half
Steph Plunkett
Full Back
There are no fixtures currently available for this team.
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01 Sep 2023
Saints 2023/24 Update
Following the heights of the play-off semi final and 2XV promotion at the end of the 22/23 season, the Saints have spent pre-season
09 Feb 2023
Saints Update
Our Saints continue their progress in the Women’s championship South. As was reported in our last newsletter they enjoyed a
23 Nov 2021
Saints Double Header
Sunday at Woollams was certainly a day to remember. A day to both make and celebrate history, as OA Saints new and old came togethe
22 Sep 2020
22/09/2020 - Saints Update
While we’ve not been playing, there has been plenty of things going on within the Saints during these difficult and unusual t
17 Apr 2020
THANK YOU!
At this testing time we’d just like to add a THANK YOU from all of us at Old Albanian RFC to all
16 Mar 2020
16/03/2020 - CORONAVIRUS STATMENT
With the situation relating to Coronavirus worsening by the day, we wanted to make sure everyone was aware of the situation at OAs.
02 Aug 2018
2018/19 Saints Preview
So near yet so far was probably the best way to sum up our third place in the table last season, for a second year running. After c
09 Apr 2018
Solid Performance Rounds off Saint's Season
Saints last game of the 2017-18 season was a solid and spectacular finale, witnessed by our largest number of supporters so far pus
