It’s not all about training twice a week and playing at the highest level to gain promotion. Rugby is also about the enjoyment, camaraderie and more importantly not going shopping on a Saturday afternoon!

This is where Burton Rugby Club can help as we currently run two social sides.

The Bees (or 3rd team) is made up of players who can’t commit to training and playing every week but play for the enjoyment and having a few friendly beers in the club house afterwards. It is the aim of the club to fulfill a fixture for the Bees each Saturday from September through to the end of April.

In addition to the Bees we have our beloved Veterans which are for players who over 35 and still have the love for the game but their bodies simply cannot deal with playing each week. So for this reason, we schedule between 6 to 8 games a season for the Vets and try and make a special occasion of it for example having a post-match meal or playing a double header when the 1st XV are at home.

But and there is a but…… this can’t happen without players and the more the merrier as it helps when people are away for the weekend or you HAVE to go shopping with the wife! Even if we have more than 15 players on a Saturday that is still not an issue as we can have roll-on roll-off substitutions.