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The Off-season
Integration
The guys took a few months off after
a hard fought season, we are entered for
a few 7s tournaments and have just come
back from a tour to Germany which was
a huge success. Pre-season started in July
with a focus on our friendlies so that we
hit the ground running coming into the
season.”
“The senior section liaises very
closely with the Colts section with 18
colts playing senior rugby this season.
The Colts league matches on a Sunday
take priority for them, however it is a
small league so when they don’t have
a match they filter into the senior sides.
We also train on a Thursday night with
the colts so often link up at the end of
training to run against each other which
gets everyone involved.”
Youth
“Youth rugby is incredibly important
to the club. Without it the senior section
would not be half as strong as it is now.
There have been many matches this
season where the entire 1st XV back
line has been made up of players who
have played for Pulborough through the
majority of the age groups. This trend
seems to be only growing in strength,
with the youth sections winning more
and more each season and producing
players of fantastic quality.”
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Community
“We are most definitely a community
club. With Pulborough being a relatively
small village whenever you go into
the pub after a match on the Saturday
people are asking how the sides got on.
We are also fortunate to have a thriving
VPs sections made up of many people
from across the community, bringing in
a couple of hundred people to watch on
Saturdays.”
Ambitions
“Within the next five years we will
be looking at gaining promotion for the
firsts and for the seconds to be playing
Sussex 1 rugby. It would also be a goal to
introduce a 4th team to the senior setup,
promoting more depth throughout the
senior sides.
The youth sections are on an
incredible growth trend and I’m sure
the clubs goal would be to maintain this
and to accommodate as many players
as possible. The girls sections is ever
growing especially since recent successes
and something we have spoken about
would be to have a ladies team so that
we can hold on to the incredible talent
coming from the U18s.”