WINTER INDOOR TRAINING FOR SPRING 2025 RUGBY SEASON BEGINS JAN 20th!
Indoor training will begin the Monday January 20th at Roma and continue each Monday night until April 7th. We will be inside on the turf field.
U13 & U15 training is from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
High School Girls & Boys training is from 8:30pm to 10:00pm
*** bring your own personal water bottle and please have it labeled with your name
*** we will be running a lot – so don’t eat or drink too much before training sessions!
*** dress in rugby shorts and a t-shirt and rugby boots (what football players will call cleats or spikes) – you can find rugby boots online, but any pair of soccer or football cleats will work!
Location: Roma Sports Club 9115 Roma Ct, Frankfort, IL 60423
www.romasportsclub.com (located east of Center Road set back off of Laraway Rd on the south side
Spring Season – OUTDOOR TRAINING, SCRIMMAGES AND GAMES
OUTDOOR TRAINING STARTS IN MARCH
Following the conclusion of our indoor training we will go outside and generally practice two days a week the last part of March until the end of May. This training schedule will apply to all sides and generally training sessions will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
U13 and U15 teams and Rookie Rugby will practice at Walker Country Estates Park
High School teams practice at Liberty Jr High field inside the track.
PRACTICE LOCATION: Liberty Jr High / Walker Park Fields, 151 Lenox St, New Lenox, IL.60451
SCRIMMAGES & GAMES PLAYED IN MARCH, APRIL AND MAY
Competitions will begin as soon as we can schedule them – this will depend on availability of teams and facilities. Typically, we arrange a couple of high school scrimmages in the last couple of weeks of March. Occasionally we will have a high school scrimmage earlier in March as part of Manhattan Irish Fest. For U13 and U15 scrimmages will likely start the first weekend of April.
Boys High School Games – these will be once per week in April and May, typically on a weeknight Wed, Thurs, or Friday evening
Girls High School Games – once per week in April and May, typically on Sundays but occasionally on a weeknight (if so, then likely will be on a Friday)
HIGH SCHOOL HOME GAME LOCATION:
Most of our high school home games are played at Lincoln-Way North High School LW North High School, 19900 S Harlem Ave, Frankfort, IL 60423 (on the grass practice football field behind the school on the south end behind the tennis courts)
Occasionally, we will host a high school game or scrimmage at Liberty Jr High field.
U13 and U15 Games – these are always on Sundays in April and May (except Mother’s Day weekend is on the Saturday) – games will be scheduled as part of a Rugby Illinois festival where all teams play at the same venue – ALL GAME TIMES AND LOCATIONS WILL BE SET LATER AND WILL BE PUBLISHED ASAP – players/families should plan on spending a full morning or afternoon at the festival each weekend. Our club will host a festival each season and that is played at Liberty/Walker fields where we practice.
ROOKIE RUGBY SPRING 2025
Rookie Rugby sessions will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting on Tuesday April 8th and ending on Thursday May 29th
Location: Walker Country Estates Park or Liberty Jr High alongside the U13 and U15 practices
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm
Rookie Rugby will also be available at the Rugby IL festivals each weekend if families/players are interested in participating - and it will be expected that Rookie Rugby players will participate in the festival we host.