Two Birmingham Moseley Favourites Move On

[Communications Team]

Birmingham Moseley Rugby has announced today that two great servants of the club will be moving on.

Hooker, Adam Caves leaves having generated a number of personal achievements and club records.

During his time at the club Adam made 368 appearances for the 1st XV, 82 more than the previous record holder in the professional era.

He began his career with Moseley Rugby at mini and junior level, chalking up 17 seasons at senior level, his first league appearance being in the 2000/2001 season.

Adam has also achieved England representative honours at both Under 21 and Counties level.

Truly it is the end of an era for the club as he is the last of the EDF Cup Team to play for Birmingham Moseley. Adam was Club Captain in 2016/2017 and also won the First XV Player of the Season and Players, Player of the Season awards in 2008/2009. Adam picked up the Lionel Moriaty Golden Boot as Supporters Player of the Season in 2011/2012.

The other stalwart and supporters favourite leaving the club this season is centre Greg King.

Greg joined in 2011 from Worcester Warriors and made 128 appearances for the club over 7 seasons. He has represented England at Under 20 level and was a member of the Championship Team who beat Canada 28-23.

He captained Birmingham Moseley during the 2016/2017 season and was voted Players, Player of the Season in 2013/2014.

Greg didn’t have the best of luck and would have made many more appearances in red and black if it were not for suffering numerous injuries over the years. His dogged determination has seen him always bounce back more resilient than ever.

Both players always gave 100% to the Club both on and off the field. Both are well respected and firm favourites of the supporters.

They had a massive impact around the club providing invaluable experience particularly in recent seasons when young players have joined the club.

Whatever they decide to do next we wish them both every success for the future and thank them for their commitment to Birmingham Moseley.

Director of Rugby, Richard Protherough said:

"Adam has been an outstanding loyal servant to Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club and his appearance record in the professional game is fantastic. On behalf of the club I'd like to give my thanks for his efforts across 17 seasons and wish him all the very best for the future."

"Greg is another great servant to Birmingham Moseley, always leading from the front and never taking a backward step. An outstanding player on the pitch and we will certainly miss his hard hitting tackles and incisive runs."

[kingsheathlad]

Thank you both for the great service at the club over the years. All the best for the future.

[grooveavenue]

Good luck both....For me especially over the past 2 seasons Adam proved to be an impact player and making a difference on so many occasions in stabilising the front and who can forget those sneaky tries he crashed over.

[Westcountry Mose]

Cheers guys. Thanks for all your efforts (and pain) over the years. Good luck in the future.

[Steve@Mose]

Many thanks Adam and Greg for your dedication and service to the Moseley cause. May you both enjoy success and satisfaction in your future endeavours.

[markd]

Yes, thanks both for all the great memories. I'm sure the club is correct to announce the news as soon as it is known, but it's a pity that it comes when so many are unable to express their appreciation because of other things in mid-summer.

Greg with his fantastic breaks as a centre and, just as importantly, his immense tackling ability. Mose always seemed a tighter team with Greg on the pitch. Unfortunately, Greg rarely seemed to pick up niggling injuries that he could play through - they were almost always serious ones leading to long, frustrating lay-offs.


And what of Cavesy? He first came to prominence in my eyes at Bournbrook in that team of kids under John White and it was a big disappointment when he headed off to Gloucester. On his return, he was a much more complete hooker and played a huge role in Ian Smith's forward-dominating team. I, for one, will never forget his outstanding performance at Twickenham against Leeds - there were many great performances that day, but none better.


Good luck to both of you wherever and whatever you end up doing - you did Moseley proud!


Come on Mose!

[blackandredhead]

I’d like to add my thanks to Adam Caves and Greg King,. Always enjoyed watching them play over the years! 100 per cent commitment from both players for Moseley RFC.
Blood, sweat and tears .
Good Luck to you Both!

[londonexile]

Has the club signed a new hooker to cover Adam Caves moving on? I might have missed something or there may still be new signings to be announced?

[davt]

Anymore signings to be announced? Deal with Worcester? True that Mark Harrison has gone?

[Communications Team]

Confirmation of final squad and any D/R arrangements will be made in due course.

[Mary]

Taken from Stourbridge RFC this morning 2018-2019 playing squad Recce Beddows (11/14) - Moseley
Mark Harrison (11/14) - Moseley, so I think the club could maybe confirm Mark has left.

[sorrento]

Aug 1, 2018 11:07:03 GMT Mary said:

Taken from Stourbridge RFC this morning 2018-2019 playing squad Recce Beddows (11/14) - Moseley
Mark Harrison (11/14) - Moseley, so I think the club could maybe confirm Mark has left.

He's no longer listed in our 'Player Profiles' for the coming season.

[Mary]

I saw that and that is why I looked at Stourbridge's web-site.

[andyj]

Just looking at player profiles at other clubs in our division and noticed that Drew Cheshire is not included at Rotherham. Also I am sure there was speculation that Dixon had gone there but he is also not listed. Where have they moved to and any idea where Chris Leatham has gone.

[owain]

Aug 27, 2018 16:47:44 GMT andyj said:

Just looking at player profiles at other clubs in our division and noticed that Drew Cheshire is not included at Rotherham. Also I am sure there was speculation that Dixon had gone there but he is also not listed. Where have they moved to and any idea where Chris Leatham has gone.

Drew has moved on to Luctonians, where he apparently started his career.

Leathem and Dixon may have gone back to the army setup.

[kingsheathlad]

I saw somewhere that Dixon had gone to a Welsh club I think

[sorrento]

In May, Leathem tweeted that he faced 4-6 months out with knee issues.

[cheshmos]

Looking at the player profile page on the clubs web site it looks like we are going to start the new season with 21 fit players. A bit low on number considering the casuties pre-season.