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Rugby is the main winter game at LRGS and the school fields 15 teams during a season stretching from September to March. The fixture list includes the top rugby-playing schools in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Durham and Northumberland. The Memorial Fields on Derwent Road has seven pitches which see a lot of activity on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday after school when practice and training sessions are held, as well as every afternoon for timetabled games sessions.

Rugby has been played at LRGS since the mid 1850s but has really developed since the 1970s and LRGS can now proudly claim to be in the 'top division' of schools rugby.

Tours

Overseas touring has become a major feature of LRGS rugby with tours being staged every two years. Venues have been:

Canada 1994, Australia 1997, South Africa 1999, Canada 2001, South Africa 2003, South America 2005 and South Africa and Namibia 2007. A tour of Hong Kong, Japan and Australia took place in 2009.

Achievements

Full England Caps: Nick Preston, Phil Christophers , Magnus Lund
Sale RUFC: Sean Cox, Selorm Kuadey

LRGS has provided more Lancashire schoolboy players at various age groups than any other school in Lancashire.

1st XV - Lancashire Schools Cup Champions in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 & 2010

U15XV - Winners of the Lancashire Schools Knockout Competition 2010

U14XV - Winners of the Lancashire Schools Knockout Competition 2010

For more information go to www.schoolsrugby.co.uk

Brian Bonney
Director of Sport