BDSRU U11’s provide opportunities for primary school rugby within Bridgend County and giving children the opportunity to play other district teams in Wales.
After numerous trials and an extended training squad, we are pleased to announce our squad for the 24/25 season. Well done all involved / Da iawn i chi gyd 🏉🔵⚪️
@BridgendRugby
@bridgendravens
Hugely proud of this squad of players showing great character and skill to fight back and draw the final 👏
Thanks to
@bridgendravens
for hosting us this afternoon and special thanks to
@theSandwich_Co
for the brownies 👌 players absolutely smashed them.
Two great performances from the new squad this evening 👏👏👏
We grow together as a squad both on and off the pitch.
Thanks to all the support, lovely to play under lights in front of a nice crowd.
On to the next round of the cup where we will face Llwchwr. Date tbc. Well done boys, top performance thanks Islwyn and Newbridge for the game and hosting respectively 🏉
#BridgendSchoolsRugby
#DCThomasCup
Triumphant in Paris! The boys put in a cracking performance to come away with a convincing victory over Racing 92 Juniors 🏉🇫🇷 Now for a tour of the Racing 92 Sports Village facilities 👏🏼
#BridgendSchoolsOnTour
#Merci
🔵⚪️
It’s all over here at
@MAESTEGCELTIC
We progress through to the next round of the
#DCThomasCup
A big thanks to the Vale of Glamorgan for today’s fixtures 🔵⚪️🏉
Two good performances from the squad this morning against a talented Pontypridd squad.
We are on the road to the principality stadium for the final on 27/04/22. 👏👏👏👏
Super proud of the squad this morning, 2 fantastic games against a strong Swansea side.
Players have earned themselves another final at the Principality Stadium. 👏👏🏉
And that’s a wrap! It’s been a brilliant few days here in Paris, we’re looking forward to returning next year 🏉 Now back for a little rest, a few games and then ready for the annual 7’s tournie 👏🏼
#BridgendSchoolsOnTour
#BonVoyage
#AuRevoir
🇫🇷
Really good to get the season off to a winning start but more importantly two good performances. Really excited to see how this group of players can develop and grow throughout the season.
Great way to finish off the playing season for our first ever girls team. Thanks to all the players, coaches and parents for all the hard work, commitment and support over the past few months.
Massive thanks to
@Junior_Riders
for being fantastic hosts.
Great evening of rugby with our girls BDSRU U11’s playing some fantastic rugby against a very competitive Swansea side. Really pleasing to see the girls grow and develop as a team, looking forward to a few more fixtures in the coming weeks.
Here we go, first game of the season 🏉🔵⚪️
Come on down and support this talented group of boys and get this show on the road!
📍
@porthcawlrfc
KO - 10:00am
vs
@csru_u11
A huge thank you to all of our sponsors for your welcomed support this season 🏉
#BridgendSchools
Pontypridd (a) at Llanharan RFC Friday 19th.
Meet 5:10pm first KO 6pm.
A & B team games (everyone will play)
Players will shower, change and have food together after the game.
Captain will do a speech!!
Viva la France 🇫🇷 We’re off on our travels to Paris for the end of season tour! Looking forward to playing Racing 92 Juniors tomorrow morning 🏉👏🏼 Let’s hope it’s an early night lads 😅
#BridgendSchoolsOnTour
Two good performances from our new squad this morning against a talented
@u11s_ponty
squad. We look forward to playing Pontypridd again and continuing the great relationship between our two districts.
Thanks to all the parents etc for such fantastic support 👏👏
We are pleased to announce that former BDSRU U11’s player, Wales and British Lions legend Rhys Webb will be joining the coaching team for the season. Such a great opportunity for the players and coy to learn from such a top player.
#GivingBackToGrassroots
#DistrictRugby
DC Thomas Cup Squad.
Here’s the 16 players selected for our cup game against Swansea.
1) Noah J
2) Caden T
3) Jacob D
4) Alfie Howells
5) Jacob Pound
9) Callum B
10) Will S
11) Noah R
12) Jacob M
13) Regan W
14) Toby W
15) Jude J
Subs:
Rhys W
Frankie L
Owen P
Will M
Here’s the squad selected for the final. Subs are numbers 6,7,8 & 16 as players had to be allocated shirt numbers for commentary and big screen graphics.
Two fantastic games of rugby this morning from this talented group of players against a strong Llwchwr squad.
The squad are developing really well and coming together as a group every week.
@theSandwich_Co
#DimProblem
Two great games of rugby this morning, lots of great skills shown from both teams. Thanks
@Aberavonschools
for the games we look forward to playing you again soon.
Thanks to Pyle RFC for such fantastic hospitality and Mr Evans for refereeing 👏 Diolch Sir.
Congratulations to former
@BDSRU11s
player
@megwebb10
on selection to represent Wales Women at the Womens Rugby World Cup in New Zealand next month. Good luck Meg 🏴🏴
Sam Warburton award, its huge!!!!
Massive thanks to all players, coaches, supporters and Pyle RFC for all the efforts which contributed towards this award 👏👏.
Two excellent performances today from the whole squad. Thanks to those players that helped us out on short notice and were great 👍
We now face Cardiff (away) in the semi final of the cup this is likely to be in two weeks but as soon as we have a date we’ll let you know.
Looking forward to our games against Cardiff on Saturday. The squad has been developing nicely over recent weeks, it’s fantastic to see the progress the players are making individually and as a team.
#DistrictRugby
#PlayerDevelopment
Thanks to
@UkWayneb
and Rhys Webb for organising our last training session on the Brewery Field. Players loved the opportunity to train at the home of
@bridgendravens
.
Perfect preparation for our final
@principalitysta
tomorrow.
I’ll be setting up a a WhatsApp group for parents/guardians for any information that does not need to be made public. WhatsApp works better on match days for last minute changes etc.
New playing kit ordered, really looking forward to seeing our new squad in new kit 👌
Massive THANKS to our generous sponsors
@Fituresports
Horan Construction, SJ Fuller Autobodies and Sports Stars.
Two fantastic performances from the squad this morning in tough conditions. We’re really pleased with the progress being made in such a short time.
Thanks to
@KenfigHillRFC
@minimulesrugby
for hosting us.
Players loved the nice hot showers and food after the game.
#DistrictRugby
Looking forward to seeing the squad rocking their new shirts tomorrow against Pontypool.
Huge thanks to the sponsors Horan , SJ Fuller and Sport Stars, your support is greatly appreciated.
Full time here at The Gnoll! A well fought game between both sides with Bridgend taking the victory. Thanks once again to
@NeathSchoolsU11
and
@neathrfc
🏉
Our next fixture see’s us travelling to play Cardiff Schools U11’s on Saturday 2nd of March 🔵⚪️
Really pleased with the 2 hard fought wins from both teams this morning. Great for us to see players progressing every game.
Keep up the hard work.
#ExcitingSeasonAhead
Thanks to Swansea Valley for managing to get 2 games played this morning. Two really good performances from the squad. It’s great to see the progress the squad are making every week.
Really good session with the squad this evening, great to see the players starting to take onboard our structures and game plan.
Building nicely for our first game on the 19th.
Congratulations to the 12 girls selected to represent BDSRU U11’s at the girls 7’s festival next Wednesday 7th June at Merthyr RFC.
Selecting 12 players was a difficult task given the number of talented girls we’ve seen over the past 3 weeks.
Gutted for all the players after today's game.
We are all super proud of the efforts from all the squad, the amount you have all improved as a squad has been fantastic to see.
For players that miss out on selection at this stage, keep working hard. If you are playing well enough there’s a chance of joining the squad later in the season. Every year we add several players that initially missed out on selection.
#NeverGiveUp
Tough game today in awful conditions ☔️💦☔️
Really pleased that the boys did not give up despite going behind in both games, showed great character.
Lots to work on in training on Tuesday.
#NeverGiveUp
#DistrictRugby
Congratulations to
@WestParkPrimary
on winning the
@WSRU_Junior
National 10’ side tournament today. Officially the best primary school team in Wales 🏴 👏👏
Well done to all the players, teachers and supporters.
Last session for the extended training squad tomorrow morning.
We will select a squad for the 2022/23 season which will be posted on here on Monday.
Further information will be given to parents once the squad is announced next week.
Looking forward to our first training session with the new squad tomorrow 4-5pm at Coety Primary (CF35 6DH)
Players will need their own water bottles/drinks.
No games this weekend.
Last Saturday we faced
@Llwchwr_Schools
in the
#DCThomasCup
1/4 final, two fantastic performances and wins from the squad. Massive thanks to
@porthcawlrfc
for great facilities, reception and food, really make the players feel special 👏
Extra training session.
We’re holding an extra training session on Saturday morning 10-11:30 on Bandstand pitch at Newbridge fields (where trials were held).
If anyone is unavailable please let us know.
A convincing win for both teams today after a well fought battle in the first half of both games 🔵⚪️ Quality skills on show in some seriously wet conditions 🏉
Join us next week as we face Rhymney Valley away. Details to follow 🔵⚪️
#BridgendSchools
Fantastic trip to north Wales with the team. A great result on the field and good behaviour, done yourself proud.
THANK YOU Mr Gardner and Mr Cole for your help and support.
#DCThomasCup
A lovely message from current Wales 🏴 international and former BDSRU U11’s captain Sam Costelow. Good luck for the rest of the
#WorldCup
Sam, we look forward to seeing you when you return.
Had a great at the National 7’s with the boys playing some fantastic rugby. Ended as joint cup champions with Pontypridd after a very hard fought draw in the final.
Great to see the spirit between the two teams at the end 👏🏉🏆🥇
Training dates:
Saturday 16th
Saturday 23rd
Saturday 30th
All sessions will be at Newbridge fields 9-11am.
We’re going to assess the training squad over the next 3 weeks before reducing the squad to approx 32 the first week of August.
No training this weekend. Training will resume on Saturday 13th, 9-11am at Newbridge fields.
We’re hoping to have some sample sizes at this session of some of the kit that will be available to order shortly.
We will be setting up a club shop to order kit, more details shortly.
Moving on from the EPP season to start preparations for us to try and retain the Dewar Shield next season! We are pleased to announce a 42 man extended squad. Details of any preparation sessions will be posted here. Weights sessions planned in May/June.
Two very tough games against a strong Cardiff squad. Lots of positives with some fantastic play at times but plenty to work on in training.
Let’s challenge ourselves to get better and better as we develop as a squad throughout the season.
Great to get 18 school teachers completing their level 1 referee course today
@LlangewyddJnrs
Thanks to all the staff who attended and
@WRU_Community
@Breezey_boy
and Sean Brickell for leading the course.
More teachers refereeing = more schools playing rugby 🏉👏👌
No dress code for the game on Friday. Players will need their own shorts and socks (any ones) and a hoodie/jacket to keep warm when they are not playing.
Really good first trial this evening, lots of fantastic talent on show. Thanks to all the staff that attended. Looking forward to the remaining trials before having the difficult task of selecting a squad.
#goodtobeback
#districtrugby