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Lennon remains at Goldington Road
Bedford Blues are pleased to announce further continuity within the backs division with the news that scrum half, James Lennon moves into a sixth season as a member of Mike Rayer’s squad.
The 27-year-old, who heads into a third season of his second spell at the club, impressed again with some crucial performances in 2024/25, offering great depth at nine alongside skipper Alex Day.
Finishing the recent campaign in fine form, scoring in each of the last three games, he will head into 2025/26 possessing statistics of 16 tries from 86 appearances.
Discussing his decision to remain for another season, Lennon said: “We’ve got a good core of the lads staying together and we’re heading into the new season off the back of our best performance in recently memory.
“I’m really looking forward to it. We’ve really taken pride in our defence recently and it’s been a big element of our game, and we want to continue that. With play-offs coming back into it, there’s a lot more jeopardy in the league and that makes it exciting for the players. There’s a little bit more to play for in comparison to recent years.
“One of the targets for myself personally is to hit 100 appearances for this club. I’ll be really pleased to follow a lot of the lads in reaching that milestone hopefully next season.”
Lennon was one of the last players to graduate out of the Blues Academy under Denis Ormesher when he linked up with the first-team squad for the first time ahead of the 2018/19 Championship campaign.
Studying under the tutelage of Lee Dickson in his inaugural season at senior level, Lennon went on to contribute a number of important moments with statistics of 37 points scored in 42 appearances during his first stint at Goldington Road.
Continuing his development with Richmond in subsequent seasons, where he made 35 appearances and scored in three of four contests against Bedford, Lennon heads into his eighth campaign at Championship level and will be keen to impress again in 2024/25.
