Peterlee & Horden RFC

Peterlee & Horden Rugby Club
Full namePeterlee and Horden Rugby Football Club
UnionDurham County RFU
Founded1925 (1925)
LocationPeterlee, County Durham, England
Ground(s)Eden Park
Coach(es)Paul Armstrong,
Jon Hudson,
Neil Harrop
Captain(s)Christopher Wood and David Heckles
League(s)Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/hordenrugbyclub

Peterlee & Horden Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club who play in the Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland.

History

Peterlee & Horden Rugby Football Club was formed in 1925 as Horden RFC.

Club Structure

Peterlee & Horden have four senior teams within the club.

  • 1st Team
  • 2nd Team
  • 3rd Team
  • Ladies Team (Valkyries)

Current 1st team squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Callum Robinson Hooker England
Chris Wood Hooker England
Harvey Ward Prop England
Niall Greenlaw Prop England
Ben Walker Prop England
Adam Ryan Prop England
Andrew Wood Lock England
Liam Syson Lock England
Craig Heckles Lock England
Andy White Lock England
Declan Jones Back row England
Carl Brown Back row England
Finlay Ward Back row England
Jake Morrison Back row England
Harry Cox Back row England
Player Position Union
Neil Hartley Scrum-half England
Harry Cowell Scrum-half England
Joe Thubron Fly-half England
Conor Jones Fly-half England
Ben Crake Centre England
Andrew Turner Centre England
Jay Kennedy Centre England
David Heckles Centre England
James Cox Wing England
Luke Allison Wing England
Ben Turnbull Wing England
Scott Pacey Wing England
Jack Owens Fullback England

Mini & Junior

Peterlee & Horden have a very successful mini & junior set up with teams from U8 > U18. February 2012, saw Horden (as was) have their U13s, U16s and U18s all in the respective County Cup semi-finals for the 2011/12 season. Peterlee & Horden now have successful U12s, U14s and U16s girls teams.

A number of players from the club have gone on to represent Durham County and the club currently has a number of players at the regional school of rugby.

Rivals

In recent years, Peterlee & Horden's main rivals have been Hartlepool Rovers. West Hartlepool are the other main local derby.

Club Honours

References