Ealing Trailfinders 1871 Podcast

Akeem Eubank Anderson, an Ealing lad and a product of the club. He's been and gone to see the rugby world but is now back to share his experiences at Vallis Way. A prop forward who loves his role so much that he wears his scrum cap after training, someone who has trained with a World Cup winner, and someone who starred down Welsh Valley rugby and gave as good as he gets. He tells us about his rugby story (so far), what Ealing Trailfinders means to him, and what the next few months could mean for the club. Saturday 23 MarchEaling 1871 1sts v Old StreetoniansEaling 1871 2nds v QuintinEaling 1871 3rds v IckenhamSunday 24 MarchEaling 1871 Women v Staines (A) 14.00#BleedGreen

It's back! Tinged golden from the sun of south and south-east Asia, and still flowing in the wind as its owner charges around the paddock. The mullet has returned. Harry Reed touched down two weeks ago after five and a half months exploring the world, and within a fortnight he was back in the 1st XV and helping the team to victory over Hitchin. We talk about his return and performance, wandering the highways and byways of Thailand, and most importantly what he has on his pancakes. Saturday 8 MarchEaling Trailfinders 1871 1st XV v Fullerians (H) 15.00Ealing Trailfinders 1871 2nd XV v Grasshoppers (H) 15.00Ealing Trailfinders 1871 3rd XV v Thamesians (H) 14.00 Sunday 9 March Ealing Trailfinders 1871 Women v Tabard 15.00 (H)#BleedGreen

Harrison Slater, joined the club as a boy and now he's a 100-cap man, and didn't he do it in style!Having first worn the green and white at five years of age in the rugby rats section, and passed through the minis, youth and academy, he has now racked up 100 appearances for the men's section and has the tie to prove it. Harrison's 100th (officially) match ended perfectly with him kicking the winning penalty four minutes from time to give the second XV another win as they moved up the table. He tells us about the match, what the club means to him, and what we can expect as the season comes to a close.Saturday 1 MarchEaling Trailfinders 1871 1st XV v Hitchin (A) 15.00Ealing Trailfinders 1871 2nd XV v Twickenham (A) 15.00Ealing Trailfinders 1871 3rd XV v UCS (A) 15.00#BleedGreen

Danny Ford, third team captain and long-time club servant, joins us to look at how the team has been going this season.We talk results, playing in the mud, the new wave of players, and how this season has become very much a family affair. #BleedgreenSaturday 22 FebruaryEaling Trailfinders 2nd XV v Finchley (H) 14.30 Sunday 23 February Ealing Trailfinders 1871 Women v Barnes (A) 14.00

Luke Beasley has one of the most important roles at the club. As second XV captain, he is responsible for ensuring his players keep the first XV on their toes, making sure they are ready to step up, and bringing up players who have impressed for the third XV.It is onerous, but he's loving it, especially as the team are beginning to fulfil their potential after a slow start to the season. More recently they had the only win of the past weekend, and Luke looks back on that win, his anointment as second XV captain, his move to hooker, and forward to a weekend when all three teams head east.#BleedGreenSaturday 25 January1st XV v Old Streetonians (A) - 14.002nd XV v Hackney (A) - 14.003rd XV v Old Streetonians (A) - 14.00

Will Day has been with the club since he was eight years of age, and he is now a huge part of the 1871 men's squad, and aiming to help the team to new heights. Not only is the number 8 chasing folk down on the pitch, but he does all that while juggling his job as a construction manager while gaining his degree. He came through the Academy with a few other familiar names, and while he usually wears eight, find out why he'd prefer to wear seven, where else he's played, and how much his involvement with the Academy continues to help him today. #BleedGreenSaturday 18 January1st XV v Brunel (A) 14.002nd XV v London Japanese (H) 12.003rd XV v OAs (H) 14.00Sunday 19 January Ealing 1871 Women v Oxford Harlequins (H) 14.00

Keir Gordon is loving life in London. The Liverpool native is down in London for work, and his short time with Ealing 1871 is going swimmingly. He has settled into life at Vallis Way, and put in some impressive performances at centre and fullback.We look back on the big win before Christmas, the three home matches coming this weekend, and what his specialist subject will be at the club quiz night. #BleedGreenSaturday 11 January1st XV v Hackney (15.00)2nd XV v Finchley (14.00)3rd XV v Belsize Park (14.00)

He's back...Harry Vidler, a friend of the pod and match winner in the latest 1st XV victory, away to Finchley.The fly-half, and sometimes team captain, reflects on what he claims is "the best team performance since I've been at Ealing," and describes how the team fought back in heavy conditions.Harry also looks forward to the final match of the season, which will be played at home to Chiswick under the lights at Vallis Way on Friday.#BleedGreenFriday 20 DecemberEaling 1871 1t XV v Chiswick (H) 19.45