Hartpury College Prospectus

Hartpury had five former students appear at Rugby World Cup 2015 - England Rugby flyer Jonny May, Canada’s Matt Evans, Georgia centre Merab Sharikadze and the Welsh duo of Alex Cuthbert and Ross Moriarty. Four players with Hartpury links were also among the England Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 winners who were crowned as Team of the Year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show. Former students Alex Matthews, Ceri Large and Natasha Hunt and Danielle Waterman, who previously headed up the Hartpury women’s rugby programme, were all part of the side that became world champions for the first time in 20 years after defeating Canada in the final.

Hartpury College made its debut at the FIFA World Cup when former student Abdul Majeed Waris started for Ghana against Portugal in the 2014 tournament.

The striker was instrumental in his country’s World Cup campaign as he scored three goals in four qualification games to help take the Black Stars to the finals in Brazil.

Waris’ extraordinary footballing journey began at the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana before honing his skills under the watchful eye of football staff at Hartpury. Since leaving Hartpury, the striker has played for nine-time Russian champions, Spartak Moscow, Turkish Super Lig side, Trabzonspor, and French League One side, FC Lorient.

Why Hartpury?

“My time at Hartpury was great for me in terms of my development, both in education and in football,” said Waris.

Photo credit: Martin Bennett

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