University Rugby Squad Win 'Scrum' To Train With Premiership Stars
1 May 2013
Boris Stankovich packs down with QBE Rugby Pro winners University of Derby RFC at Oval Park
The skills, professional experience and facility funding provided by QBE will have a considerable impact on player performance, and help boost the reputation of sport within the University and externally across the wider community
”University of Derby's rugby first team trained with top Premiership players and received £1,000 in funding after winning a major sporting competition.
The University team were recognised in the QBE Rugby Pro competition after demonstrating how the squad would benefit from receiving expert guidance from Premiership Rugby coaches and players. The Judges were impressed by the University's sports department, Team Derby, and its desire to develop rugby as a key sport.
The specialist training session - led by Leicester Tigers' players Dan Cole, Miles Benjamin and Boris Stankovich, provided the University team with a fantastic opportunity to pick up specialist advice on rugby skills and game play.
Charlie Millen, 21, Committee Member and player for University of Derby RFC, said: "The training session taken by the Leicester Tigers' players and coaches was a great success as our team had the opportunity to develop and learn a number of new skills.
"Hopefully this will greatly benefit the squad throughout the remainder of this season and in the future. We are very grateful to QBE for this fantastic experience as well as the new training equipment."
Ollie Shearer, Sports Development Manager at the University, added: "The skills, professional experience and facility funding provided by QBE will have a considerable impact on player performance, and help boost the reputation of sport within the University and externally across the wider community."
For more information about Team Derby, visit www.teamderby.com or for more information about sports courses on offer at the University, visit www.derby.ac.uk/science/sport-and-exercise
