Percy Park Rugby Football Club in North Shields are hosting their 11th annual rugby tournament this weekend in order to raise awareness of hate crime in sport. This Saturday, nineteen teams featuring 360 players from across the country will unite to take part in the Hadrian Cup Rugby Tournament, organised […]
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Tributes pour in for two Durham rugby players who died in Sri Lanka
Tributes from across the country have been pouring in on social media, to the two rugby players who died whilst on tour in Sri Lanka. Thomas Howard, 25, and Thomas Baty, 26, had been touring the country with Durham-based Clems Pirates RFC. The 22-strong party of rugby players visited Sri […]
Durham rugby duo die on Sri Lanka tour
Two Durham rugby players have died on tour in Sri Lanka. Thomas Howard, 25, and Thomas Baty, 26, had been on tour with Clems Pirates RFC when they fell ill after visiting a nightclub in Colombo. Durham City Rugby Football Club, which […]
“Don’t ban tackling in junior rugby,” say North East players
Calls to ban tackling in junior rugby have been kicked into touch by North East fans. In an open letter to ministers earlier this week, more than 70 doctors and healthcare academics said that injuries picked up in the sport can have lifelong consequences for children. A letter written by the […]