Spring 2020 City Park Youth Rugby

10/12/2020

🚨ATTENTION🚨

There will NOT be a practice tonight at City Park.

Practices will resume Monday November 2, 2020 at 6 PM! (Please note the time change from 5:30)

Once again, there will be NO PRACTICE tonight at City Park. We look forward to seeing all of you next month!

10/04/2020

Come out and enjoy this amazing fall weather tomorrow October 5th at the corner of Marconi and Harrison with NOLA Gold Rugby’s very own Nick Feakes and Carl Meyer.

We start at 5:30 PM!

09/28/2020

We are looking forward to seeing all of you tonight at 5:30! Even if you are new to rugby, we still offer single session registration available at Louisiana Rugby's website in the link below:

We are returning to play September 7th. Louisiana Rugby and the NOLA Gold are restarting youth rugby in City Park September 7th. Previous experience is not required and is open to boys and girls ages 6-13.

09/08/2020

We would like to extend a big THANK YOU to all the players old and new who joined us in City Park last night for our FIRST PRACTICE BACK since March.

We would also like to extend a big thank you to Coach Buck and Coach Nick for putting together a very exciting and high energy practice.

We will be back out at City Park on MONDAY SEPT. 15 at 5:30 PM.

We encourage everyone between the ages of 6-13 to come out and experience the wonderful game of rugby. As always, if you have any questions please DM me on here or e-mail me at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you in six days!!!

08/12/2020

Want to learn more about coaching youth rugby? Join NOLA Gold player and youth rugby director Nick Feakes on Zoom this Thursday 8/13 or next Monday 8/17 for a free presentation to learn about our youth rugby coaching strategies and gain a firmer understanding of the game of rugby!

This presentation would be great for parents of kids who play rugby who want to learn more about the rules, an aspiring coach or just a person who wants to know more about the game of rugby in general.

The presentation is expected to last for 45-60 minutes.

Sign up link: https://forms.gle/3FAMSKx6658oTyhy5

07/28/2020

Attention everyone!

I wanted to make it clear to any players and parents that as a result of the Governor's decision to extend Phase 2 that there will be NO YOUTH RUGBY tonight. I apologize for any confusion.

We will be eyeing a return to play once Louisiana has moved into Phase 3.

However, in the meantime, we will be exploring options to have interaction with the players, possibly an online fitness and activity session.

Also, if you have any friends that would be interested in participating in Youth Rugby, please encourage them to sign up! We do not want anyone to feel like it is too late to sign up simply because they did not attend the first session in March. So tell your friends!

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to directly message me Jonathan Giepert or call or shoot me an e-mail.

Thank you for your patience and we cannot wait to get back out on the pitch!

06/18/2020

Unfortunately our spring session was interrupted just as we were getting going. But we're looking ahead and currently hoping to start back up July 7th. Registration is now open. If you were registered for the March program you've been automatically registered for the July session and you should have...

03/11/2020

We are beyond excited to have our first Rookie Rugby practice tonight on behalf of Louisiana Rugby and NOLA Gold Rugby!! We look forward to seeing everyone out at City Park tonight. For any last second questions or concerns, please send a message on here or call Jonathan Giepert at 504-523-0700.

02/27/2020

Hey everyone! This is a reminder that you have LESS THAN ONE WEEK to sign up for the Spring 2020 City Park a Youth Rugby.

The first session will be WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4.

Registration can be found here:

https://www.louisianarugby.org/youth-rugby

And don’t forget prior to the NOLA Gold game this Saturday there will be fun and games and a sign up table starting at 1:30!! For more information comment here, send a DM, or contact Jonathan Giepert at (504)523-0700. We can’t wait to see y’all Saturday and Wednesday!!

Louisiana Youth Rugby information. Find a youth rugby team near you.

02/12/2020

Registration is open! Wednesdays in City Park next month at 6 PM! For more details or information, please contact Jonathan Giepert at 504-523-0700.

https://www.facebook.com/LouisianaRugby/posts/1754228624714540?__tn__=-R

Louisiana Youth Rugby information. Find a youth rugby team near you.

02/07/2020

Registration is now OPEN!

Louisiana Youth Rugby information. Find a youth rugby team near you.

01/22/2020

YOUTH RUGBY 101:

Youth Rugby is played between two teams with equal numbers of players on each team.

Each team contains no more than seven players and no less than four. Keep team numbers at or below 7v7! Youth Rugby is about learning and participation. More players on the field means less opportunity for each player to pass, run, catch, defend, and score.

The object of rugby is to advance the ball without the use of the forward pass (unlike football!) and touch the rugby ball down in the opposing team's end zone. A "score" in rugby is known as a "try".

Most importantly, since this is a youth rugby league, IT IS NOT TACKLE. This is a touch rugby league, although some variations include using flags.