WREKIN GIANTS

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Based: GKN Sankey, Telford
Career Record (senior kitted only): 27-14-0
Colours: Black/Black/Black
Website: No
Honours: Conference champions 1986

Senior Kitted

1988 Budweiser League Premier Division North Midlands Conference 7-3-0
1987 Budweiser League Premier Division Northern Conference 5-5-0
1986 Budweiser League Atlantic Division One South 10-0-0*
1985 UKAFA Central Conference 4-4-0*

Youth Two Touch

1988 JAFL Midlands Conference 7-1-0* Defeated Rotherham Braves (18-6), Lincoln Bombers (19-7) en-route to quarter-finals. Wrekin’s pitch was unplayable and the win awarded to the Northants Storm Jnrs.

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WR Ralph Bucknor

Team notes: Were for a time the only team in Shropshire. Were surprise Budweiser Bowl quarter-finalists in 1986. Also played in the Budweiser Leagues in 1987 and 1988, but didn’t manage to make the Premier Division playoffs. Youth Two Touch side played for one season in 1988, before becoming the Shropshire Giants in 1989.