POLICE RUGBY
ENGLAND POLICE BEAT SCOTLAND POLICE
England Police Rugby aims to play quality rugby at the highest
international level and to allow forces and players to come together as one focusing on inclusivity, health and wellbeing
Police sports teams have always been a very important part of the policing community. Ever since their inception police forces across England and Wales have been competing against and uniting with each other to play sport. POLICE caught up with the England Police Rugby team to discuss what they are doing and what plans they have for the future. England Police Rugby’s
engage with the wider community. The team play number of domestic fixtures each year against the other home nations police teams from Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and other military or select
“ As a touring side, England have completed successful tours to Hong Kong in 2019 and Vancouver in 2022 which have raised the profile of Police Rugby.”
main purpose is to bring together the policing community and its wider family through the wonderful sport of rugby union. The aim is to play quality rugby at the highest international level and to allow the forces and players to come together as one, focusing on inclusivity, health and wellbeing through the benefit of sport and exercise whilst using this platform to
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sides. As a touring side, England have completed successful tours to Hong Kong in 2019 and Vancouver in 2022 which have raised the profile of Police Rugby and forged relationships with police forces and communities across the world. With the planning for their next tour
to Cape Town, South Africa in May 2024 already well under way, they hope to further
improve the opportunities for police rugby players and coaches to experience high quality rugby in a welcoming and inclusive environment. Challenging themselves at international level against the best that other countries can offer. The team recently came out on top against Police Scotland, here is a report of how the match unfolded. After a logistical nightmare in getting a squad up to the
picturesque town of Sterling, EPRFC gave a valiant showing that the town’s own William Wallace would’ve been proud of. With the full support of the Scottish faithful and a tuneful bagpipe band, the Scots came out firing and took an early lead with one of their forwards burrowing over from close range. A back and forth encounter ensued for the remainder of the
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