Framlinghamian 2023 - Flipbook - Page 153
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
member adheres to.
this group is special, and this culture is a
privilege to be a part of. We look out for
each other on and o昀昀 the 昀椀eld. Everyone
Lang described his 11 years with Saracens
loves everyone. We stay tight. When it
as a time when he had ‘learned so much’
matters, no one is more important. No
and when he could see he had truly
one is less important. We’re a family. We
‘become a better person from being
are our values. Honesty, discipline, work
there’. His message to the College
rate and humility.”
community: “Make sure that relationships
and friendships are the key to everything
Lang took everyone in the HPT on
you do and the people you meet at school
a journey through the club’s highs,
and in life. Those are the people you
recounting talks of the club’s successes
later rely on in life. And make memories,
over recent years (winning the
because medals and trophies rust but
Premiership title numerous times between
memories prevail.”
2014 – 2018, and ‘The Double’ success
at home and in Europe in both the 2015
Lang visited the College as part of
– 2016 season and 2017 – 2018 season).
a memorial lecture to former pupil
And the lows, after relegation in 2019 for
Jonathan ‘Jobo’ Hulley (Kerrison,
breaking the salary cap regulations.
2010-16) who tragically died shortly
after leaving the College. The series of
He emphasised that the club’s ability
lectures, which was suspended during the
to reclaim their position at the top of
pandemic, is set to be a 昀椀rm event on the
England’s Rugby Premiership this season
College calendar moving forward, driven
is all down to the culture that exists
by the memory of Jobo and his zest for
within the club and the values that every
life and passion for the world of sport.
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