Horden Rugby Club
# Horden Rugby Club

Horden & Peterlee Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club who play in the Durham/Northumberland 1.

## History

Horden & Peterlee Rugby Football Club was formed in 1925.

* Official Club History

## Club Structure

Horden and Peterlee have four senior teams within the club.

* 1st Team
* 2nd Team (Harlequins)
* 3rd Team (Spartans)
* Ladies Team (Valkyries)

## Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

| Player | Position | Union |
| - | - | - |
| Niall Greenlaw | Hooker | England |
| Chris Wood | Hooker | England |
| Michael Thompson | Prop | England |
| Gareth Malcolm | Prop | England |
| Harvey Ward | Prop | England |
| Paul James | Prop | England |
| John Paul Cairnes | Prop | England |
| Paul Malcolm | Lock | England |
| Craig Heckles | Lock | England |
| Andrew Wood | Lock | England |
| Ciaran Render | Lock | England |
| Mark Hendry | Lock | Scotland |
| Kieren Corner | Lock | England |
| Phil Coxon | Lock | England |
| Carl Brown | Back row | England |
| Alex Key | Back row | England |
| Andrew King | Back row | England |
| Brad Jackson | Back row | England |
| Ryan Holloway | Back row | England |
| Carl Oliver | Back row | England |
| Jamie Lawrence | Back row | England |
| Luke Watson | Back row | England |
| Liam Ellis | Back row | England |
| Player | Position | Union |
| Neil Hartley | Scrum-half | England |
| Stephen Hunt | Scrum-half | England |
| Joe Thubron | Fly-half | England |
| Andrew Turner | Fly-half | England |
| Ben Crake | Centre | England |
| Darren Edwards | Centre | South Africa |
| Dale Thompson | Centre | England |
| Andrew Docherty | Centre | England |
| David Heckles | Centre | England |
| Andrew Crossley | Centre | England |
| Jonny Dixon | Centre | England |
| Reece Brown | Wing | England |
| David Smith | Wing | England |
| Adam Richardson | Wing | England |
| David Mason | Wing | England |
| Ethan Dowse | Wing | England |
| Niall Sidney | Fullback | Scotland |
| Zak Robinson | Fullback | England |

## Mini & Junior

Horden have a very successful mini & junior set up with teams from U8 > U18. February 2012, saw Horden have their U13s, U16s and U18s all in the respective County Cup semi-finals for the 2011/12 season. Horden now have successful U15's and U18's girls teams.

A number of players from Horden have gone on to represent Durham County and the club currently has a number of players at the regional school of rugby.

## Rivals

In recent years, Horden's main rivals have been Hartlepool Rovers. West Hartlepool are the other main local derby.

## Club Honours

* Durham/Northumberland 1 champions (4): 1991–92, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2013–14
* North East 2 Champions (1): 1993–94
