August 2018

The first home week of the new season is finally here as Bedford Blues host English Premiership Champions Saracens this Saturday (KO 3pm) in a pre-season double header.

After last Friday’s opening day defeat away at Plymouth, Mike Rayer’s men are determined to put in a strong performance in front of the Goldington Road faithful against one of Europe’s best.

The stiff challenge presented by Mark McCall’s troops will not be undermined in Saracens first hit out of the season as both new squads look to gel ahead of respective Championship and Premiership campaigns.

The Club are pleased to announce details of the Season Ticket holders ‘Meet the Players’ evening to be held on Thursday 16th August from 6:30pm for 7pm in the Scrum Hall at Goldington Road.

Exclusively for 2018/19 Season Ticket holders, the pre-season event was again included in the membership package for the fourth year running since inception with an early chance to hear the views of the Director of Rugby Mike Rayer, senior players and some of the new faces at the Blues.

A fans’ forum will follow the end of training with the chance to mingle with new recruits and existing Blues players following the Q&A as the club gear up for the upcoming Championship campaign.

Bedford Blues are delighted to announce the capture of two talented youngsters from Saracens for the 2018/19 Championship campaign.

The link between the Blues and the Premiership Champions has been a successful one over the years with the likes of George Kruis, Owen Farrell, Jackson Wray, James Short, Nic Auterac and Ben Ransom all benefitting from regular rugby at Bedford while Mouritz Botha, Aaron Morris and Mark Flanagan all earnt moves down the M1 to Allianz Park.