Firwood Waterloo Rugby Club

🏉 PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY 🏉

The countdown is on! 🔥

We head away to Blackburn RUFC for our pre-season friendly as preparations continue ahead of the new campaign.

📅 Saturday 15th August 2026
⏰ 14:30 Kick Off
📍 Blackburn RUFC, Ramsgreave Drive, Blackburn, BB1 8NB

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🏉 WATERLOO RUGBY CLUB SUMMER RUGBY CAMP 🏉
📅 19th, 20th & 21st August
📍 St Mary's Playing Fields, Crosby
⏰ 9:00am – 3:00pm (each day)
A fantastic 3-day rugby camp for young players, coached by:
✅ Level 3 Qualified Coaches
✅ Former Professional Rugby Players
A great opportunity to develop skills, build confidence, make new friends, and have plenty of fun in a safe, positive environment.
To book your place or find out more:
Waterloo Rugby Camp – St Mary's Playing Fields (8 - 14yrs) at Waterloo – St Mary's Playing Fields, Liverpool | Esselle Rugby | Powered by ClassForKids
🏉 Don't miss out – places are limited!
Are you a student at St Marys College Crosby?
Discount code: KID863 for 20% off

https://jdrugby.classforkids.io/camp/37

If you have a child going into Year 6 in September, bring them down to one of our free rugby taster sessions. It's a brilliant game that they can enjoy for a lifetime, learning about friendship and teamwork and, most of all, having great fun.

Best in the business and proud to have them as one of our sponsors 🤝🏼

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We have been incredibly saddened by the distressing news this week of the terrible crimes of Robert Bush.
The sentencing of Robert Bush has understandably prompted many people to ask questions about standards, regulation, and accountability within the funeral profession. At times like these, we believe it is important to reassure the families and communities we serve about the standards we uphold every day.
As a funeral business, we are voluntary inspected members of both the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and the Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF). Membership of these professional organisations requires us to work to recognised codes of practice and submit to regular inspections.
We are committed to providing the highest levels of care, dignity, and professionalism. Our staff receive ongoing training and development, and our facilities, procedures, and services are regularly reviewed and inspected by our trade bodies to ensure we continue to meet the standards families rightly expect.
The trust placed in funeral professionals is a privilege that should never be taken for granted. We remain dedicated to caring for every person entrusted to us with respect, compassion, and dignity, while providing transparent and professional support to every family we serve.
During David Barrington's Presidency of the National Association of Funeral Directors between 2019-21 work was done to create an arms length standards organisation to enhance standards within the funeral services sector. We have been calling on Government to implement the recommendations of the Fuller Inquiry asking for regulation of funeral service, to ensure the highest levels of care for the bereaved and the deceased people.

David, Claire and all the Barringtons Team

We have been incredibly saddened by the distressing news this week of the terrible crimes of Robert Bush.
The sentencing of Robert Bush has understandably prompted many people to ask questions about standards, regulation, and accountability within the funeral profession. At times like these, we believe it is important to reassure the families and communities we serve about the standards we uphold every day.
As a funeral business, we are voluntary inspected members of both the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and the Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF). Membership of these professional organisations requires us to work to recognised codes of practice and submit to regular inspections.
We are committed to providing the highest levels of care, dignity, and professionalism. Our staff receive ongoing training and development, and our facilities, procedures, and services are regularly reviewed and inspected by our trade bodies to ensure we continue to meet the standards families rightly expect.
The trust placed in funeral professionals is a privilege that should never be taken for granted. We remain dedicated to caring for every person entrusted to us with respect, compassion, and dignity, while providing transparent and professional support to every family we serve.
During David Barrington's Presidency of the National Association of Funeral Directors between 2019-21 work was done to create an arms length standards organisation to enhance standards within the funeral services sector. We have been calling on Government to implement the recommendations of the Fuller Inquiry asking for regulation of funeral service, to ensure the highest levels of care for the bereaved and the deceased people.

David, Claire and all the Barringtons Team

Well done to Senior C**t Tom Stephenson on his inclusion in the The Sale Sharks Academy U18s squad for the summer 👏🏽

Tom has come through the M&J’s section at the club. He has gone through the full cycle within the Sale Sharks Development Pathway at U15 DPP and U16 SDG, before going through into the U17’s academy squad last season.

It is great to see one of our own have this level of success and we all wish him all the best for the summer and the season ahead 🤝🏼

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Massive congratulations to our very own Jáck Wéare who will be combining his coaching duties for Firwood Waterloo with becoming Lead Coach for Lancashire U20s. Well done Jack, you’ll smash it!

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We are delighted to announce that Jack Weare has accepted the role of U20s Lead Coach for the County. Jack brings a wealth of coaching experience covering schools, club and county squads and he steps up from the Assistant Coach role he has held for the last 3 years with the U20s. Good luck and well done Jack!

Pre Season Week 4 ✅

The first block of preseason training has now finished, the team have put in a good shift for the last 4 weeks.

We now move into the second block, with more game play focus leading into the pre season games lines up. These will be announced in the coming weeks, due to a few changes with opposition pulling out.

Great to see plenty of returning faces and also some new faces adding to the squad 🤝🏼

If you want to get involved drop us a message new and experienced players welcome 🫡

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A Classic Look 😮‍💨

The Senior Men’s Section have purchased these fantastic vintage rugby shirts, bringing together a classic design that celebrates the club’s proud heritage while giving wearers a timeless piece they can wear with pride.

A huge thank you to AFON for bringing our vision to life 🤝🏼

From the very first conversations through to the finished product, your attention to detail, quality craftsmanship and commitment to creating something special has been outstanding. We couldn’t be happier with the result and we can’t wait to see player wearing them with pride.

If there’s enough interest from across the club, we’ll look at placing a wider club order. If you’d be interested in getting one, please let us know by commenting below ⬇️

Thank you again AFON for helping us create something that honours our history while looking to the future.

Please give them a follow on Instagram .cymru to see what other great work they do in the future or if you want some for your club 🫡

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👀 SNEAK PEEK...

Today we're giving you a first look at our brand-new Firwood Waterloo Senior Men's Playing Shirt and Pre-Match Warm-Up Shirt that our three senior teams will be wearing for the upcoming season.

A huge thank you goes to O'Neills Sportswear for another fantastic set of kits, and to all of our new and renewing sponsors whose continued support makes all of this possible.

What do you think from the teaser? 👀

The full reveal will happen at the start of the season ... 🔥

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