Can the students of Hartpury be competitive in the Championship next season? Luke Jarmyn talks to CEO Russell Marchant

Russell Marchant

Five miles as the crow flies from Gloucester, near the Wales border, sits a small group of buildings and plush pitches where there is a rugby revolution taking place.
Thirteen years since Hartpury College RFC lost their first ever fixture in Gloucester Three North, the student-based side are set to enter the Championship to take on some of the big boys of English rugby – most likely including mega-bucks Bristol.
However CEO Russell Marchant is adama...