Nottingham Corsairs have announced that they are re-establishing a senior men’s rugby team for the 2016/17 season.
The Corsairs have appointed Nottingham Rugby fly-half Lawrence Rayner as Lead Coach.
The club is now looking for new players to build the squad after having previously broken up a couple of years ago.
The time is right to build on this start
Corsairs chairman Doug Hendry said: “We decided to get the ball rolling by fielding a men’s team on a couple of occasions in friendly fixtures in the season that has just finished.
“On the back of that, we were convinced that the time is now right to build on this start and fully commit to re-establish our senior side.
“We have entered one of the NLD pennant leagues for next season and intend to complete a full set of fixtures.
“We have a thriving junior and minis section, with over 250 children playing from under-six to under-18 and it is important that we have a player pathway for these boys to continue their rugby into adulthood.”
We want our older juniors to progress
The head of junior rugby at the Corsairs, Tim Loveridge, believes this presents a wonderful opportunity for the emerging younger players.
He said: “Our juniors have had a fantastic season with the under 18s just missing out on a place in the final of the National Colts Cup, which they had won the previous year.
“In addition, our under 14s and under 16s were both double champions, having won NLD Cups at both seven and 15 a side competitions.
“We want our older junior players to have the opportunity to progress into adult rugby and to have obtained the services of Lawrence to also assist with the coaching of the older junior age groups and is very exciting.”
