Leigh RUFC Minis and Juniors

06/09/2026

The Mighty Panthers were back with a bang as they welcomed Rochdale and Burnley to Round Ash Park to kick start their Under 10’s season. Missing a few of their big hitters, those Panthers on the park were clearly raring to go after what feels like a long Summer break.

Rochdale always provide a stern test and the 2 games against them were super physical and fast paced. The Burnley matches were a bit more free flowing with some great handling on show throughout.

Loads of positives, loads of awesome tries but the unquestionable highlight being the rock solid defence that conceded only 1 try across 4 x 25 minute matches 👏🏻

Coaches shout outs go to Freddie W for cracking on after a big knock, Bobby ‘Cheat code’ B for his long range interception try, Freya B for an all action debut and Bobby T for a quality hat trick. Toby R, Jackson V, Bobby G and Rupert L all deserve big respect for volunteering to play for Burnley to even up the numbers 🤝

3 new player of the week trophies were handed out 🏆

Max D - What a debut! Unreal defence and a hat trick. Looked like he’d been around for years!

Dexter H - Our first try scorer of the season and another quality hat trick hero.

Erin G - Try saving tackles on players twice her size + some fierce running in attack.

Top rucker medals (new for this season) went to big Fraser P and Tommy T who were both menaces at the breakdown all day.

Finally, a new Rugby values award went to Thomas E for outstanding manners and support for his coaches.

With 9 players missing to add back into the mix, the rest of the season sure does look bright. Roll on next week!

Up The Panthers ⚫️🟡🐾

06/09/2026

What a fantastic way to start our home season with plenty of positives to take from the game.

A huge welcome to our three debutants — Ethan, Jack and Tommy! All 3 played brilliantly for their first game and look like they’ve been part of the family for ages — welcome to the Wasps! 💛🖤

⚡ Outstanding in attack

One of the biggest positives was our attacking play. We were quick to move it and quick to pass, which caught Bolton off guard on numerous occasions.

There was some excellent support play too, with players getting themselves into good positions and giving the ball carrier options.

One little thing we’ll keep working on is looking before we pass. If there’s a crowd of players in front of us, don’t pass the ball straight back into traffic. Get your head up, look for the player in space and, when the opportunity is there, move the ball a little quicker. These are small improvements that will make a big difference as the season progresses. 👀🏉

🛡️ Defence – something to work on

Defensively, we’ve got some work to do on holding our line and working together, we were doing this really well last season. I appreciate that we’re all rusty and have no concerns that we’ll soon be back to our strong defensive lines.

We need to make sure we don’t create gaps and spaces for the opposition to run through. Staying together, communicating and moving as a defensive line will be a big focus at training.

And one thing that will be absolutely crucial this season is tagging. Getting those tags quickly and consistently can completely change the game, so we’ll be putting plenty of work into this. 🏷️

⭐ Plenty of positives

Overall, there were loads of positives to take from the game, with some really strong individual performances right across the team and choosing a player of the match was difficult.

But ultimately, the awards went to:

🏆 Archie V
🏆 Thomas

Well done lads — thoroughly deserved! 👏👏

A brilliant first home game, some fantastic rugby and plenty for us to build on.

The season is only just getting started, and there’s plenty more to come from these Wasps! 🐝💛🖤

05/09/2026

The Leigh Rugby League past players team may have pipped our White Panthers in the grand final but our tournament organisers handed out the most important trophies to 6 of our Mini & Juniors 🏆

Jackson for his outstanding manners, Toby for his mix of fierce competitiveness and kindness, Archie for some sensational defence, Rory for his incredible bravery, Bobby for some unselfish play and great sportsmanship, Henry for a tremendous attitude and constantly cheering on his teammates.

Well done boys 👏🏻
The future is bright at Leigh RUFC ⚫️🟡

05/09/2026

And just in case today wasn’t special enough, some of our Under 6’s Tiger Cubs stepped out onto a pitch for the very first time and roared their way into the Semi Finals 🏆
The future is bright for this bunch 😍

05/09/2026

What a fantastic day at Leigh RUFC for our Beyond the final whistle event.
Proper Rugby values on show everywhere you looked and our Mini and Junior players stole the show 👏🏻

03/09/2026

Great food from the main man.

02/09/2026

Come on down this Saturday for what promises to be a great day for all the family ⚫️🟡

28/08/2026

We recently asked for volunteers to help us behind the scenes at Leigh RUFC.
Lots of people have looked. Lots have shared.
Did we made it sound too much like a job? It really isn't.
There's so much positive stuff happening at Leigh RUFC and we want to tell our story.
We're not looking for one person to take everything on. We're looking for a few people who could each do a little.
Social media, photos, video, design, communications, sponsorship, events — or simply an hour here and there.
Have a look below 👇
If you think there's something you could help us with, please DM Leigh RUFC or drop me an email.
And if you know somebody who'd be good at this — tag them!

Dave 🟡⚫

26/08/2026

Contact us if you want to join an amazing team ⚫️🟡

Get in touch to join the team 💛🖤