Manchester Rugby Club

At Manchester Rugby Club we are proud to be part of the “Kids First” Rugby philosophy. The emphasis is on making sure the kids have fun learning rugby, and their safety and enjoyment always come first.

New players are always extremely welcome to join this friendly and progressive club that is run for its members, by its members. At this age group its boys only but we do have a thriving girls team also.

We meet on Sunday mornings at 10:00 and play games home and away, Wednesday night is training and we start at 18.00 and finish for 19.30. Training officially starts on the 1st September 2025. Please call the U13 coaches for more information.

• To be eligible for U13’s your son must be 12 years old on 1st September 2025 (i.e. Year 8 at school)
• Gum shields are mandatory. Please ask if you need some advice about mouth guards
• At this age we play Contact Rugby which means that we are tackling rucking, mauling and competing at scrums. All activities are age-appropriate and we can talk you through what this means at this age group.
• Please bring a drink (water please) and a snack for your child

This season we have merged our U13 team with two local ones, Didsbury TOC and Old Bedians. This will obviously give us a larger squad, something we all struggled with last season, it will also make selection more competitive and subsequently the team more competitive. We are all very excited about the season ahead!

We would ask that parents:
- Ensure that there is an adult present who is responsible for their child during the sessions.
- Respect the spirit of rugby with positive encouragement for ALL teams and absolutely no criticism of refereeing decisions and no coaching from the touch line.

The core skills of Rugby don't change: PASSING, CATCHING, TACKLING, RUNNING and EVASION and we develop these skills through enjoyable games.

Our players have the freedom to play without the fear of making mistakes, to express themselves using their imagination and to be creative - in other words: be themselves!

We have a squad of mixed ability and stature: they all have their own strengths and areas to work on. The players naturally grow and develop at different rates and we try to manage carefully the needs of both the individual and the team in terms of overall development.

The boys develop close friendships and we encourage them to help each other out because learning from your teammates is a great way to learn.

We operate a rotation policy so all of our players are given equal game time and the teams we field are a mix of abilities. There is no streaming of players into 1st/2nd teams etc.

Child Protection – We adhere to the RFU’s Safeguarding Guidelines. All our coaches are RFU qualified and hold enhanced DBS (criminal records) checks.

Concussion – any player that receives a knock to the head will be immediately removed from play.
We will assess the player and we will, if necessary, recommend that the player is taken for further assessment by a medical professional.

We keep an eye on the weather because cold and wet children make unhappy rugby players! Please bring appropriate clothing for the conditions. Please be aware if it gets very cold and/or wet we may stop the session early

For more information please contact:
Pete 07788 548016
Guy 07843 500839
or drop us a message at mrc.letthemplay@gmail.com

Or please feel free to turn up at one of our sessions!

You can usually find us on the pitch over the brook, but please check the pitch board on display outside the main doors of the club house for any changes.

Hopefully see you there,

Pete, Guy, Tom and Chris U13 coaches

http://www.manchesterrugby.co.uk/a/mini-junior-rugby-49849.html

Grove Park, Grove Lane
Cheadle Hulme
Cheshire
SK8 7NB
Tel: 0161 485 3733