Masterplan
Rugby at White Rose
Two full-size grass rugby pitches with H-posts and correct markings, developed alongside the football pathway and served by the same performance, medical and analysis provision.
The pitches
Two full-size grass rugby pitches
A working rugby environment for women and girls, not a show pitch: correct dimensions, correct posts, floodlighting and direct access to changing.
The remaining two of the four proposed pitches are laid out for rugby, with H-shaped posts, correct markings and floodlighting. As with football, no stadium, grandstands or spectator seating are proposed; the site is built for training and play.
Rugby squads use the same strength and conditioning hall, physiotherapy suite, rehabilitation gym, recovery provision and analysis suite as their football counterparts, which is what makes a facility of this scale viable in one region.
Community rugby, schools programmes, club training and representative camps are all intended uses, alongside the academy pathway.
What is proposed
- Two full-size grass rugby pitches
- H-shaped posts, correct markings and floodlighting
- Academy, club, schools and community use
- Shared conditioning, medical and analysis provision
- No stadium, grandstands or spectator seating
Two codes, one institute
Why football and rugby sit together
Pairing the codes is a deliberate operational decision rather than a compromise.
Shared performance demands
Football and rugby draw on the same strength, power and collision-readiness work, so one conditioning programme and one medical team serve both codes.
Complementary calendars
The two codes peak at different points of the year, which improves year-round utilisation of the pitches, the gyms and the hospitality spaces.
One regional pathway
Players, coaches and clubs in both codes gain a single regional home for testing, education, rehabilitation and camps.
Rugby clubs, schools and partners
If your club, college or governing-body programme would use the pitches and the performance support around them, the project team would welcome the conversation.
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