Cobh Pirates Juvenile Recruitment

Cobh Pirates RFC is would like to encourage all youngsters who have not/are not playing rugby to come along and give it a “try”. The clubs juvenile section caters for children born from 1993 to 2006 inclusive.

Rugby is a popular sport that requires strength, endurance and fitness. Although rugby is a contact sport, the practice of tackling is usually only introduced to appropriate age groups. Children and younger players are introduced to rugby gradually, through more modified and non-contact versions of the sport. While playing rugby generally requires strength and agility, particular positions require specific additional skills such as jumping and precision kicking.

Rugby involves sprinting, tackling, pushing and kicking. Health benefits include:

• Cardiovascular fitness and endurance
• Strength in upper and lower body
• Agility
• Speed
• Ball-handling and kicking skills.

Rugby also brings other benefits, such as:

• Team skills
• Social interaction
• Communication skills
• Self-discipline.

Coaches at each age grade are accredited with IRFU coaching qualification, and recently 12 club coaches qualified in sports first aid, cpr and the use of the new AED which the club received through the collection of old mobile phones. This course is accredited by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, who is the Irish Emergency Care regulator.

The club would like to thank all those who contributed to the collection of the phones.

All age grades start back on the pitch this Saturday 10th September.;

Minis

under 6s Training  @  10am
under 7s, under 8s, under 9s, under 10s, under 11s, under 12s.. Training  @ 11am
Youths

under 13s Training @ 10:30am

under 17s @ 11 am

under 15s @ 12 noon

With the current World Cup now in progress why not get out and give it a go, play rugby and who knows maybe some day Cobh will have a representative in a World Cup !

On the adult front the club would like to welcome back club coach John O Sullivan. John played for Cobh Pirates (as captain for 7 years) and the Munster Junior team, winning many titles with the club before commencing his coaching career. He successfully coached the club to many trophy collections, most notably the Munster Junior Cup victory in 2006.

John has also coached the Munster Youths, Munster ladies and Irish ladies squads, and returns to us from AIL league side Dolphin. John will be ably assisted by Bill Dillane, Brendan Ronan and Peter Ahearne this season.