Special guest speaker
Will Greenwood
Member of England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning team — speaker, author, broadcaster and a huge supporter of community rugby.
In conversation, with questions from the floor
Old Albanian RFC presents
City Lunch
2027
A celebration of our club community — one lunch, one room, and a whole season of good it pays for.
- Thursday 25 March 2027
- Doors 12:00
- Smith & Wollensky, The Strand
Our headline sponsor
- Drinks reception
- Three-course lunch
- Live auction & raffle
- Great guests & company
The line-up
A World Cup winner, and the best host in the game
A proper afternoon of rugby stories from a man who has lifted the biggest prize in the sport — drawn out, and sold to the room, by one of its funniest voices.
Host & auctioneer
David Flatman
Former Bath and England prop turned broadcaster. He steers the room, draws out the stories and runs the auction.
Master of ceremonies and live auction
Plus more special guests in the room on the day — look out for a few familiar faces.
The day
How it runs
- 01Drinks receptionArrive from midday, find your table, meet the room.
- 02Three-course lunchServed at table, with wine, at one of London's great steakhouses.
- 03In conversationWill Greenwood with David Flatman, plus questions from the floor.
- 04Auction & grand raffleThe part that pays for the kit. Lots announced ahead of the day.
- 05CarriagesOr onwards, if the afternoon has a mind of its own.
Previous years
The room, last time out
Old friends, full tables and an auction that got competitive. A few moments from the last two City Lunches.
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Your impact
Where the money goes
What the City Lunch raises does not disappear into a general fund. It is spent on the club, at the club, where members can see it.
Kit for our teams
Playing shirts, training kit and match-day gear for teams across the club — so every side turns out properly, not just the first XV.
New equipment
Balls, scrum machines, tackle bags, posts and the gym and medical gear that keeps players training safely all season.
Better facilities
Improvements to the pitches, changing rooms and clubhouse — the things that make Woollam Playing Fields somewhere people want to be.
Hardship fund
Confidential financial support for players, coaches and OAs going through a tough time — so no one is priced out of rugby, or out of the club, by money worries.
Every ticket, every lot and every raffle strip goes straight back into the club.
Support us →Beyond the ticket
Give a little more
Can't make the lunch, or want to do more than fill a seat? There are two good ways to help.
Donate
Make a donation
Any amount helps, whether or not you're in the room on the day. Donations go to the same place the auction money does — kit, equipment and facilities.
Choose an amount
Donate £100 securelySecure card payment via Stripe, the same checkout used for tickets.
Our headline sponsor
Proudly supporting the City Lunch again in 2027.
Drinks reception sponsor
Pouring for the room at this year’s drinks reception.
Take a table. Bring the office.
£120 a head · Tables of ten · Thursday 25 March 2027
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