Peterlee & Horden RFC

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

Peterlee & Horden Rugby Club

Full name	Peterlee and Horden Rugby Football Club
Union	Durham County RFU
Founded	1925 (1925)
Location	Peterlee, 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

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

• Official Club History

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

• Counties 2 Durham and Northumberland champions (1): 2023-24
• Durham/Northumberland 1 champions (4): 1991–92, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2013–14
• North East 2 Champions (1): 1993–94

External links

• - Official Club Website