Representative Rugby at U20s for the 2026-2027 Season
Players must be Under 20yrs at Midnight on the 31st August 2026
The U20s management team would like to start their programme with a U20s Development and full U20s programme asap.
Therefore, we kindly ask you if you have any player within your club that are of County standard, please nominate them emailing to Team Manager Matthew Haley at u20@yorkshirerfu.co.uk. If you could please nominate them to me with their name, club, contact details and playing position.
Nominations close 10th October 2026 and only accepted from club and university coaches. Player or parents self nominations please refer to your club or university.
There will be various assessment days ideally before Christmas to allow the coaching team to select a playing squad which will be announced asap
Players that are nominated will be asked to register online.
For clarity any player who has not played first team rugby (selected on a match day card) at level 4 and any players from Regional 1 and below are eligible to be selected.
The criteria is per the previous season, that university players from Super Rugby; BUCS Rugby Premier North 1; and/or BUCS Rugby Premier South 1, who have played in the current season will be ineligible, all other levels are now eligible.
Yours in Rugby
Matthew Haley
Matthew Haley
U20s Team Manager
21 Feb or 28 Feb
Northumberland v Yorkshire
14 Mar or 21 Mar
Yorkshire v Lancashire
18 Apr
Cheshire v Yorkshire
2 May
Yorkshire v Durham
16 May
Semi Finals
22 or 23 May
Finals
