Hampshire County Rugby League

Hampshire Meerkats are made up of the best players selected from the leading clubs in Hampshire.

The squad competes yearly at the Southern Counties Championships against Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Devon and Somerset. Hampshire won the inaugural championships in 2011 and retained the trophy the following year, winning all their games in both tournaments.

The name Meerkats was chosen by the 2012 squad after retaining their title. When told that Meerkets don't come from Hampshire, one player remarked: "yes they do, there's loads at Marwell Zoo!".

...er, ...Meerkats it is then!

The Hampshire squad show off the 2012 Southern Counties Trophy

Player's who have reresented Hampshire Meerkats County RL

Hampshire 'Meerkats' County RLFC
Season	Name	Club	Position
2012	Glenn Tyreman	Southampton	Coach
	Paul Connor	Portsmouth	Prop
	Omeed MatiSi	Portsmouth	Prop
	Wes Dugan	Portsmouth	Loose
	Gareth Jones	Portsmouth	Wing
	Andrew Taylor	Southampton	Second Row
	Micheal Mcneish	Southampton	Prop
	Mark Amey	Southampton	Prop
	Steve Eaton	Southampton	Second Row
	Rich Hill	Southampton	Centre
	Oli Johnson	Southampton	Centre
	Phil Kingsman	Southampton
	Owain Baxter	Southampton	Second Row
	Dane Smallbone	Portsmouth	Stand off
	Lee Norman	Portsmouth	Full Back
	Jordan Humphries	Portsmouth	Wing
	Ryan Bateman	Portsmouth	Centre
	Alex Heron	Portsmouth	Wing
	Andy Hoggins	Southampton	Centre
	Laurence Warren	Southampton	Centre
	Mike Thomas	Southampton	Stand off

Season
2011	Glenn Tyreman	Southampton	Coach
	Tom Barnes	Southampton	Wing
	Marcus Coffin	Southampton	Prop
	Mike Cronin	Southampton	Centre
	Mark Amey	Southampton	Prop
	Dave Strange	Southampton	Centre
	Kevin Cant	Southampton	Hooker
	Tom Perrin	Southampton	Scrum Half
	Georges Barthonneau	Southampton	Wing
	Gavin Pollock	Southampton	Prop
	Laurence Warren-West	Southampton	Centre
	Micheal Mcneish	Southampton	Prop
	Steve Colley	Southampton	Centre
	Alex Cooke	Southampton	Prop
	George Thropy	Southampton	Wing
	Oli Johnson	Southampton	Centre
	James Harvie	Southampton	Hooker
	Rich O Donnel	Southampton	Full Back
	Will Fuller	Southampton	Centre
	Grant Morris	Southampton

2012 Table & Results

2012
Place	Team	Won	Loss	Points
1	Hampshire	4	0	8
2	Gloucestershire	3	1	6
3	Somerset	2	2	4
4	Devon	1	3	2
5	Wiltshire	0	4	0

Devon 6 - 0 Wiltshire
Hampshire 12 - 8 Somerset
Gloscestershire 10 - 4 Wiltshire
Hampshire 12 - 4 Devon
Gloscestershire 12 - 10 Somerset
Hampshire 32 - 4 Wiltshire
Gloscestershire 20 - 4 Devon
Somerset 28 - 4 Wiltshire
Hampshire 14 - 0 Gloscestershire
Somerset 12 - 0 Devon

The 'Meerkats' show their delight at retaining the trophy!

2011 Table & Results

2011
Place	Team	Won	Loss	Drawn	Points
1	Hampshire	4	0	0	8
2	Devon	3	1	0	6
3	Somerset	1	2	1	3
4	Gloucestershire	0	2	2	2
5	Wiltshire	0	3	1	1

Gloucestershire 08-14 Devon
Hampshire 16-04 Wiltshire
Gloucestershire 10-10 Somerset
Wiltshire 10-22 Devon
Hampshire 32-00 Somerset
Wiltshire 16-16 Gloucestershire
Hampshire 18-12 Devon
Wiltshire 12-20 Somerset
Somerset 14-28 Devon
Hampshire 28-04 Gloucestershire