Rugby Union

Overview

Team Northumbria

Students and Staff

Community

BUCS

Head of Rugby: Simon Culley
Email: simon.culley@northumbria.ac.uk
Phone: 07968 541856

If you are interested in playing rugby at Northumbria or are a rugby player that is considering applying to the University please contact simon.culley@northumbria.ac.uk

Team Northumbria Rugby Strategic Aims

To become the most 'athlete focused' rugby program in BUCS
To prioritise individual technical and tactical development
Deliver the highest level of off field support, particularly in Strength and Conditioning.
Produce players that graduate into part or full time contracts or go onto play at the highest level that they can achieve
Remain focused on holistic welfare of 'Student-Athletes'.

Pre-season 2012/13

All players (male and female), especially new applicants for September 2012, wishing to be considered for Pre-season training should contact simon.culley@northumbria.ac.uk at the earliest opportunity.

Your email should include a brief playing CV, if you will be new to the programme please include the details of at least 1 reference (club/school/representative coach). Invitations will go out a month in advance of training starting. It is assumed that players returning for Pre-season will have a high degree of fitness. Conditioning programmes will be made available from the beginning of June.

Men's Pre-Season Programme 2012/13

Date	Venue	Number of places	Focus	Fixture
27/08/2012 Pre-season 1	TBC	22-30	Team Building Communication	N/A
03/09/2012 Pre-season 2	Campus	40-50	Game Patterns Core Skills	N/A
10/09/2012 Pre-season 3	Campus	40-50	Game Play Set Piece	Oxford Brookes (H)
17/09/2012 Fresher's Week	Campus	40-50 + trials	Game Play Player ID	TBC
25/09/2012 Term Week 1	Campus	Normal training week	Game Play Execution under pressure	Tynedale 2nds (TBC)
01/10/2012	Campus	Normal training week	Game Play Execution under pressure	Bishop Burton (A)

Women's Pre-season Programme 2012/13

Date	Venue	Number of places	Focus	Fixture
10/09/2012 Pre-season 1	Campus	Open	Team Building Conditioning	N/A
17/09/2012 Fresher's Week	Campus	Open + Trials	Game Play Player ID	N/A
24/09/2012 Term Time 1	Campus	Normal training week	Game Play Communication	TBC
01/10/2012 Term Time 2	Campus	Normal training week	Game Play Set Piece	TBC
08/10/2012 Term Week 3	Campus	Normal training week	Game Play Execution under pressure	TBC

Performance Sport

Athletes selected onto our Performance Sport Programme benefit from a range of specialist support designed to help talented athletes realise their potential. Each athlete receives a package of support up to a value of £8,000, which is based on their individual needs.

We welcome applications for all sports including Rugby Union, and both home and international students, however we prioritise applications from athletes from sports in which we work in partnership with the National Governing Bodies to deliver their Excel or Performance programmes.

Therefore please be aware that we prioritise applications from athletes within Golf, Netball, Volleyball, Fencing, and Judo.

For further information on our Performance Sport Programme please visit Performance Sport

Scholarships

Every year Team Northumbria awards generous Sport Scholarships to talented athletes studying at Northumbria University.

There are four types of Scholarships available: