Mids Academy

Andy Jupp

Position: Back Row
Description: Andy is a 2006 Trinity School leaver and follows both his brothers Tim and Nick along with his cousin Simon in progressing through the Mids Academy. Andy is currently in his final year at Leeds University.

Ashby Field

Position: Hooker
Description: Ashby is a 2007 Trinity School leaver who is currently at university in Leeds after having a gap year.

Charlie Foster

Position: Scrum Half or Fly Half
Description: Charlie is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who joined the club in the 2nd half of last season. He is currently at university in Manchester.

Ciaran Donnelly

Position: Wing
Description: Ciaran was one of a number of St Joseph's School pupils who joined the club last season. As well as playing rugby Ciaran is also a wrestler.

Cormac Mannion

Position: 2nd Row
Description: Cormac is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who joined the club in the 2nd half of last season.

David Spedding

Position: 2nd Row
Description: David is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who joined the club in the 2nd half of last season. He is currently at university in Exeter.

Eddie Turner

Position: Centre
Description: Eddie is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who joined the club towards the end of last season. He is currently at university in Nottingham.

Einstein Baah-Ntim

Position: Winger or Centre
Description: Einstein is one of 2008's Trinity school leavers who made his club debut last season playing for both the AXV and Mitres. In the off season Einstien also plays Rugby League for South London Storm. HE is currently at LSE.

Eliot Brooks

Position: Hooker or Flanker
Description: Eliot is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who joined the club in the 2nd half of last season. He is currently at university in Oxford.

Elliott Burnett

Position: 2nd Row, Back Row or Inside Centre
Description: Elliott is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who joined the club in the 2nd half of last season. He has been heavily involved in the clubs pre-season and despite being away at Kings College London University he is seen as being a key part of the club's future.

Faisal Hussin

Position: Wing
Description: Faisal joined the club at the start of last season. He is currently at Hull University.

Francis "Frankie" Kelleher

Position: Hooker
Description: Frankie is a 2007 Trinity School leaver who is currently at university in Glamorgan after having a gap year.

Gabriel Sekyere-Afriyie

Position: Wing
Description: Gabriel is a 2006 Trinity School leaver who made his first appearance for the club shortly after leaving school. He is currently at Loughborough University where he is playing club rugby for Stourbridge. Gabriel also plays Rugby League for Harlequins Rugby League Club.

Ian Horn

Position: Wing
Description: Ian is a 2006 Trinity School leaver who is currently at university in Oxford.

Jacob Bacon

Position: Scrum Half
Description: Jake is a 2006 Trinity School leaver and is current joint captain of the academy side. He follows in the footsteps of a long line of Mids players to go to Exeter University. Jake makes the long trip back from Exeter whenever possible to represent both the 1st and AXV teams.

James Higson

Position: Lock/Back Row
Description: James is a 2007 Trinity Sschool leaver who is currently at university in Leeds.

James Young

Position: Back Row
Description: James is still a student at Loughborough University but has been around the club for a number of season's now. He always plays as many games as possible when home from University although he is still to actually turn up on time for a game!

Joe Baulf

Position: Flanker, No.8, Centre
Description: Joe is a 2009 Trinity school leaver who has recently joined the club. He is looking forward to playing games during his university breaks at Southampton.

Jon Beaney

Position: Hooker
Description: Jonathan was the captain of the Trinity School team last year. He joined the club in the 2nd half of last season and made an instant impact which ended in him playing for the first team although he was only able to play in his preferred position of hooker for the last game of the season due to players not being allowed to play in the front row until they are 18. Jon is looking to join the army once he finishes Manchester University.

Jonathan Akinluyi

Position: Winger, Centre or Fullback
Description: Jonathan is a 2008 Trinity School leaver who got involved with the club at the start of last season. He is currently at university in Durham.

Josh Sanders

Position: 2nd Row or Flanker
Description: Josh is a 2006 Trinity School leaver who became a regular player for us during his gap year and even came on tour with us to Newcastle. After a couple of years out with the army he is now going back to University in Manchester but is keen to continue playing for The Mids during his holiday periods.

Keri-Luke Campbell

Position: Flanker
Description: Keri-Luke is a 2008 Trinity School leaver who is currently at university in Leicester.

Mark Bruggemann

Position: Flanker
Description: Mark is a 2007 Trinity School leaver who is currently at university in Imperial College. Before heading off to university Mark played a whole season for the club with most of his games being in the 1st team. During this season Mark was awarded Young Player of the year.

Mark Pepper

Position: Flanker
Description: Mark is a 2009 Trinity school leaver who joined the club during the 2nd half of last season. Mark is the son of former player and current committee member, Neil Pepper and older brother of Young Mids members, Matt and Luke. Mark is also a very able water polo player and has played for England at various age group levels. He is currently at university in Swansea.

Matt Perriam

Position: Hooker
Description: Originally a hockey player Matt has now declared his first sport is Rugby. He left Trinity back in 2006 but still has a couple of years left at Nottingham in his training to be a vet. However he still manages to find time for the odd game of rugby when back in the area.

Matt Shields

Position: Centre/Fly Half
Description: Matt is a 2008 school leaver who joined us during his final year at Trinity. He is one of the most regular members of the academy that turn out for the senior sides. He is currently at University in Nottingham.

Matt Small

Position: Winger or Scrum Half
Description: Matt is a 2008 Trinity School leaver who is currently at university in Leeds. He also plays U21 rugby for Rosslyn Park.

Michael Crombie

Position: Wing
Description: Michael is a 2006 Trinity School leaver who got involved with the club at the start of last season. He is currently at Nottingham Trent University.

Michael Payne

Position: Utility Forward
Description: Michael is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who joined the club in the 2nd half of last season. He is currently at university in Nottingham.

Ollie Woods

Position: Prop/Lock
Description: Ollie is a 2008 Trinity School leaver who registered for the club last season. He is currently at university in Southampton.

Robbie Davies

Position: Hooker or Flanker
Description: Robbie is a 2008 Trinity School leaver who got involved with the club at the start of last season. He is currently at university in Nottingham.

Sam House

Position: Prop
Description: Sam is a 2008 Trinity School leaver who got involved with the club at the start of last season. He has made the break through into the first team this season even though he is currently at university in Southampton.

Sandil Sanmugam

Position: Flanker
Description: Sandil is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who joined the club in the 2nd half of last season. Sandil is currently at university in Southampton.

Tomasz Townsend

Position: Back Row
Description: Tomasz is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who first came up to the club during the pre season of 2008. He is looking forward to playing his first game for the club this coming season although he is current away at the University of East Anglia.

Will Turvey

Position: Centre
Description: Will is a 2009 Trinity School leaver who joined the club in the 2nd half of last season and became a regular in the club's AXV. He broke into the club's 1st team at the start of the season although is currently away at Exeter University.