Invitational childrens charity rugby team, The Pigbarians RFC are honoured to have been invited to play against Preston Lodge RFC on Saturday 13th July at the Pennypit to celebrate the career of one of the clubs most famous sons, Allan ‘Chunk’ Jacobsen and also mark the official opening of their new Prestonlodge Clubhouse.

The Pigs connection with Preston Lodge RFC and Allan Jacobsen go back a long way. Pigbarians founded and Honourary Chairman, Jimmy ‘The Pig’ Michie is a former player of the Prestonpans outfit and formed the Pigbarians during his time at the club. Chunk is also a huge supporter of both The Pigbarians RFC and the charity it represents, Dreamz4U and has served as an Hounourary President of the club for a number of years now.

The Pigs squad has been especially chosen to include as many of Chunk’s former teammates and friends and is guest coached by recently appointed SRU Vice-President Ian Rankin, who was the first coach to sign Chunk as a professional player. Another couple of notable selections are that of Cameron Leigh and Joshua Christie both from the London Scottish Academy. Their inclusion marks the beginning of a ‘community partnership’ between the Pigbarians RFC and London Scottish. The squad in full is as follows:

Squad: Conan Sharman, Stuart Moffat , Geoff Caldwell, Craig Joiner , David Officer, Sean Lineen, Calum Mark, Tom Philips, Joshua Christie, Derrick Lee, Stewart McAllister, David Blair, David Adamson , Chris Black, Sam Johnston, Graeme Burns, Ross Goodfellow, Stuart Thom, Dave McMillan, John Petrie, Alan Auld, George Oommenn, Mark Cairns, Sky Laurie, Matt Stevens, Aaron Iddins, Wullie Blacklock, Barry Stewart, Garry Douglas, Brodie Smithers, Darrell Lindsay, Cameron Leigh, Freddie Main, Mark Howie, Dave Smith, Chris Sutherland

Coaches: Ian Rankin & Bruce Aitchison



About the Pigbarians RFC:

The Pigbarians RFC are an invitational charity rugby side whose sole purpose is to raise funds and awareness for the children’s charity Dreamz4U, which makes the dreams of terminally sick children across Scotland come true. Formed in 2007 (the Chinese Year of the Pig!) by Jimmy ‘The Pig’ Michie, ‘The Pigs’ have competed successfully in many tournaments and charity games across Scotland have seen the likes of Scott Hastings (ex-Scotland and British& Irish Lion), Darren Burns (ex-Boroughmuir & Scotland B) Max Learmonth & Jason Hill (both Heriots & Scotland Club International caps) Richie Maxton (Hamilton), Graham Frisken (West of Scotland & Scotland Sevens) and Mark Lee (British Army & Scotland Sevens) representing the infamous pink, white and black colours.

This article was posted on 10-Jul-2013, 12:52 by Hugh Barrow.