Peterlee & Horden RFC

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Peterlee & Horden Rugby Club
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Full namePeterlee and Horden Rugby Football Club
Union Durham County RFU
Founded1925;99 years ago (1925)
Location Peterlee, County Durham, England
Ground(s)Eden Park
Coach(es)Paul Armstrong,
Jon Hudson,
Neil Harrop
Captain(s)Christopher Wood
League(s) Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland
2022/2312th
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Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/hordenrugbyclub

Peterlee & Horden Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club who play in the Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland.

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History

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

Club Structure

Peterlee & Horden have four senior teams within the club.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

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

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