Old Rutlishians RFC of Surrey Two have appointed Gary Douch as head coach.

He will be assisted by former players Darren Ramen and Sam Keohane as backs and forwards coach respectively.

On August 17, Old Ruts took a senior squad to the SW pre-season cup tournament at Grasshoppers RFC, and ran out victors of the Plate competition following win over a well-supported Saracen Amateurs in the final.

Old Ruts then traveled to Folkestone over the bank holiday weekend for the Spitfire tournament on on Monday, where they continued their county conquering run in Kent, by winning their second plate competition in as many weeks.