{"id":2489,"date":"2024-09-25T12:24:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T12:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliteyouthrugby.com\/register\/?page_id=2489"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:08:56","slug":"attend-the-trials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eliteyouthrugby.com\/register\/","title":{"rendered":"ELITE YOUTH RUGBY Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<section id=\"fixtures\" style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; min-height: 100vh; background-color: #000000;\">\n    <video autoplay loop muted playsinline style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; background-color: #000000;\"><source src=\"https:\/\/eliteyouthrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/EYR_Academy_promo_video.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3258\" style=\"width: 1097px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eliteyouthrugby.com\/register\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trials_finished2.jpg\" alt=\"register for the elite youth rugby academy and scholarship\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>2026 National Elite Youth Rugby Trials<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Following the success of our 2025 trials \u2014 which saw 100+ players from 11 counties and 56 schools \u2014 registration is now open for our 2026 intake. We are expanding our Academy squad by another 30 players, seeking the next generation of rugby talent to join the country&#8217;s number 1 youth rugby team.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"border-radius: 10px; padding: 20px;\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Trial Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Dates:<\/strong> Sunday 19th July and Sunday 2nd August from 1pm until 5pm<br \/>Players can attend 1 or both of the sessions<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong> National Sports Centre, Bisham Abbey<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;\"><strong>Pre-season Camp<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">From the trials, the top players will be invited to the 2-day pre-season camp, designed to &#8220;compress&#8221; a full season of tactical theory and team culture into 48 hours. This will include skills, theory, and playbook training plus final team selection for the season ahead.<br \/><strong>Dates:<\/strong> Last week in August 2026<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong> St Edwards School, Oxfordshire, in association with Gloucester Rugby Academy<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;\"><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Current School Year:<\/strong> Year 6 (Born Sept 2014 \u2013 Aug 2015)<br \/><strong>Experience:<\/strong> Must be actively playing U11s (due to go into Under 12s) club or school rugby<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">E: <a href=\"mailto:team@eliteyouthrugby.com\">team@eliteyouthrugby.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color\">\u260e\ufe0f 0203 148 2705<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*<![CDATA[*\/\n(function() {\n    var sz = document.createElement('script'); sz.type = 'text\/javascript'; sz.async = true;\n    sz.src = '\/\/siteimproveanalytics.com\/js\/siteanalyze_6141591.js';\n    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(sz, s);\n})();\n\/*]]>*\/\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-BY1WLSKEF7\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n    window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n    function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n    gtag('js', new Date());\n    gtag('config', 'G-BY1WLSKEF7');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your browser does not support the video tag. 2026 National Elite Youth Rugby Trials Following the success of our 2025 trials \u2014 which saw 100+ players from 11 counties and 56 schools \u2014 registration is now open for our 2026 intake. 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