Peterlee & Horden RFC

Peterlee & Horden Rugby Club
Full namePeterlee and Horden Rugby Football Club
UnionDurham County RFU
Founded1925; 99 years ago (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

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

Club Structure

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Peterlee & Horden have four senior teams within the club.

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

Current 1st team squad

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

Mini & Junior

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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

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

Club Honours

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References

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