Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club has hailed the 2025/26 campaign as a record-breaking season across the club, with its women’s and girls’ programme seeing remarkable growth as the Phoenix team rose from just four players at an introductory bootcamp to fielding a full-contact 15-a-side side in front of a home crowd. The club said the growth had been felt across all senior teams and age-grade squads, but the leap in the women’s game stood out as the story of the year.
In fresh figures published by the club, a total of 56 different players wore the Phoenix jersey across 17 competitive fixtures, combining for 44 tries and 19 conversions. Coaches Dan, Mark and Mason oversaw a squad reinforced by 16 students from Huddersfield Hornets, the local university side, many of whom had never played rugby before. The girls’ provision, branded the Firebirds, was relaunched in March 2026 and now counts more than 20 members across under-10s and under-12s.
Membership subscriptions for the 2026/27 season became due on 1 June, with women’s pre-season training scheduled to return at 7PM on 29 June. The Phoenix will remain in the Intermediate Women’s Shield next term, with a view to stepping up into the NC3 league by 2027/28.
Details of the season and registration are set out on the Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club website.
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