Our Teams
Under 6s & 7s
Coaches: James Binns, Chris Hall, Chris Metcalfe, Alex Hare
The Under 6-7s is a mixed rugby team for boys and girls aged under 7 at the start of September - usually Year 1 or 2 at school. For this age group rugby is all about having fun! Children learn to handle the ball and play fun tag rugby games during training. The Under 7s our players enjoy friendly tag games games with up to 4 players a side, while Under 6s are invited to take part in joint training with other clubs when the Minis have fixtures.
Under 8s
Coaches: James Binns, Chris Hall, Chris Metcalfe, Alex Hare
The Under 8s is a mixed rugby team for both boys and girls aged under 8 at the start of September - usually Year 3 at school. The children continue to develop their skills through tag rugby and take part in friendly games with up to 6 players a side. This age group will train with the Under 6s and 7s for the 2024-25 season.
Under 9s
Coach: Rob Harris
The Under 9s are introduced to tackling in a safe and steady manner. At this age the team is mixed and includes players aged under 9 at the start of September - usually Year 4 at school. Once they are confident in their tackling skills some contact rugby will be played in 7 a-side friendly matches.
Under 10s
Coaches: Andy Williamson, Nick Thomas
The Under 10s continue to work on contact rugby, and are introduced to 3 player uncontested scrums, rucking and mauling. This mixed team is for players aged under 10 at the start of September - usually Year 5 at school. Games are played with up to 8 players a side
Under 11s
Coaches: Nick Plummer, Paul Dawson, Mark Porch, Danielle Vizor, Thomas Wolton
The Under 11s are the last year of mixed rugby, and this group is introduced to tactical kicking and the contested strike. Players on this team are aged 11 and under at the start of September - usually Year 6 at school. Games are played with up to 9 players a side, with drop kick starts and restarts.
Under 13s (MT Barbarians)
Minety Coaching Team: Ewen Vizor, Chris Osborn
Team Manager: Deb Thurman
The Under 13s are a boys-only team made up of players aged under 12 at the start of September - usually school Year 7. For the 2024-25 season they will be training and competing as the ‘MT Barbarians’ - a combined Minety-Tetbury side - in order to have sufficient numbers for the Dorset and Wiltshire matches. Matches are played with up to 12 a-side and 5 player scrums.
Under 16s (MC Quins)
Minety Coaching Team: Lou Martin, Doz James, Dani Greenway
Team Manager: Annelies McDerment
The U15s play in a combined Minety-Cricklade side in order to consistently field sufficient players to meet requirements for Dorset and Wiltshire matches. The boys benefit from experienced guidance from both Minety and Cricklade coaches and are returning after an impressive performance in the league last season.
Training takes place at Minety RFC on Tuesday evenings and Sunday mornings, and at Cricklade RFC on Friday evenings. Please get in touch for more information.
Junior Girls
Coming soon! We have lots of girls coming up through our Minis section and are keen to form a team here at Minety.
Interested in joining? Please send us your details through the Contact Us page.