Peterlee & Horden RFC

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

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

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
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

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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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