Today we captured something seriously special, our youngest and oldest Crusaders standing side by side, proudly showing off our brand‑new kit. Moments like this show exactly who we are: one team, one family, growing together from our tiniest Cubs all the way through to our Masters. We’re incredibly proud to offer rugby league across these age groups: 🔹 Cubs (2–4 yrs) 🔹 Cubs (4–6 yrs) 🔹 Under 8s 🔹 Under 10s 🔹 Under 12s 🔹 Under 14s 🔹 Under 16s 🔹 Masters A massive shout‑

Catterick Crusaders Masters are looking for sponsorship for their home games this season. Catterick Crusaders Masters embodies that true masters spirit, and this season, they’re opening the door for supporters and local businesses to become part of their journey in a meaningful way. The Crusaders Masters side continues to build momentum, attracting players, supporters, and families who share a love for rugby league. As the club grows, so does its impact—bringing people togeth

The U12s kicked off their session with a lively warm-up focused on movement and agility. Using an L-shaped running pattern, the players worked on accelerating, decelerating, and changing direction sharply, an important foundation for match situations where quick reactions are key. The main focus of the session was catching skills, starting with the high ball. To help develop proper technique, players tucked cones under their armpits to encourage keeping their elbows in and fo

The Catterick Crusaders Under 8s had another fantastic and energetic training session this week, with a strong focus on agility, footwork, and decision-making. We kicked things off with a dynamic warm-up centred around agility. Players worked their way over hurdles before moving quickly through a speed ladder, placing each foot accurately and finishing with sharp side-to-side steps. As the session progressed, we added the ball into the drills, helping the players grow in conf

It was another brilliant session for the Catterick Crusaders U10’s this week, with players showing fantastic energy, focus, and teamwork from start to finish. The Mini Crusaders began by linking up with the U8’s for a combined warm-up, creating a great atmosphere and giving players the chance to learn alongside each other. The session centred around agility-based activities, helping to develop footwork, coordination, and movement skills in a fun and engaging way. Coaches also

On Saturday our Cubs session was all about developing our locomotion skills, with a big focus on chasing and evading and, most importantly, having fun while doing it! We kicked things off with some light-hearted movement work using hurdles and agility ladders. The aim wasn’t to run a high-level SAQ session, but simply to get the Cubs moving, exploring different ways of travelling, and building confidence in their footwork through play. From there, we moved into our first chas

On Saturday a contingent of 11 Crusaders Masters, helped to make up a combined team with North East Thunder, to travel to Arlecdon in West Cumbria. The purpose of the day was to dust off those boots and launch Masters Rugby League for the 2026 season. Despite the sizeable journey everyone arrived in good order and after an obligatory look at impressive amount of artifacts inside the Arlecdon Rams club house, it was off to get ready for our first game, which was against Barrow

After several weeks of training the eagerly anticipated Masters Launch Festivals get underway around the UK. As has been the norm for previous seasons, Catterick Crusaders Masters are teaming up with North East Thunder Masters for the festival. The team will be taking a trip over to picturesque Arlecdon in Cumbria for their festival. Making their debut as Crusaders registered players are Ally Dewar, Mike Day and Autiko Domo, and they will earn their heritage numbers. Whilst r

Our Cubs had another brilliant session this week, packed with fun, movement, and early rugby foundations. At this age, our focus is always on creating an enjoyable, confidence‑building environment while developing each child’s Stability, Object Control, and Locomotion skills (SOL), the building blocks for all future sport. Every player had their own ball throughout the session, helping them practise their best grip and build familiarity while playing our games. 🚦 2–4 Year Ol

Our Under 12s delivered another brilliant session this week, with the focus firmly on building tackle confidence and sharpening safe, effective technique. The energy was high from the very start, and the players threw themselves into every challenge with determination and maturity. ⚡ High-Intensity Warm-Up The session opened with what Neil jokingly called a “military training” warm‑up — and it certainly lived up to the name. The players worked through: • Acceleration drills

This week our Under 8s and Under 10s focused on one of the most important foundations of rugby: defence. The coaches built the session step‑by‑step to help the players understand positioning, teamwork, and discipline, all while keeping it fun and full of energy. 🔥 Warming Up With Bulldog We kicked things off with a lively game of Bulldog. This wasn’t just to get the players moving, it also helped the coaches see how quickly the children reacted to the call of “bulldog” and h

The wait is over… we’re proud to unveil the brand-new playing kit for Catterick Crusaders RLFC ! 💙🏉 This season’s shirt represents more than just a fresh design — it showcases the fantastic local businesses backing our club every step of the way. 👕 Supplied by the Best A huge thank you to Pronto Teamwear , our official kit supplier, for delivering a high-quality, performance-ready strip that our players will wear with pride. The new kit combines comfort, durability, and a

There’s something special about pulling on a Crusaders shirt — the colours, the pride, the history, the sense that you’re part of something bigger. And this season, that feeling gets an extra boost, because we’re thrilled to announce Fusion Joinery as our brand‑new main shirt sponsor. Fusion Joinery aren’t just masters of their craft — they’re a business built on precision, passion, and proper hard work. Sounds a bit like the Crusaders, doesn’t it? From bespoke builds to beau

Catterick Crusaders RLFC are thrilled to announce a brand‑new partnership that’s as sharp as our attack and as solid as our defence. This season, Specsavers Hearing Center Harrogate will proudly feature as an official sponsor on our playing shirts — and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome them into the Crusaders family. Specsavers are known for helping people see the world more clearly, and now they’ll be helping the Crusaders look the part on and off the field. With thei

We’ve got some brilliant news to share — eCreative Designs UK are officially joining the Crusaders family as one of our shirt sponsors for the upcoming season! We’re absolutely delighted to have them on board. Support from local businesses makes a huge difference to grassroots clubs like ours, and it means the world to have a company backing what we’re building here at the Crusaders. Catterick Crusaders has always been about more than just rugby. We’re about teamwork, communi

Big News for Catterick Crusaders RLFC! We’re excited to share that Emmels Tree and Garden Services are on board as our official playing shirt sponsor for the upcoming season! A trusted and well-respected local business, Emmels have built a fantastic reputation around Catterick for their professional tree care and landscaping services. Now, they’re showing their support for grassroots rugby league — and we couldn’t be happier to have them backing the Crusaders. This partnershi

This Saturday marked the start of our 2026 season, and what a fantastic opening it was! We had great numbers across all age groups, and even the weather couldn’t stop our superstars from getting stuck in. From our Cubs right through to the Under 16s, each and every player gave an amazing effort. The energy, enthusiasm, and teamwork on display showed exactly what Catterick Crusaders is all about, and we couldn’t be prouder of everyone who took part. We’re incredibly excited fo

On Saturday 8 of our Masters team took up the offer from the Richmondshire RU Walking Rugby team, to give them a training game ahead of their game against Pocklington next week. The gap of the off season clearly hadn’t added any shyness to our Masters as the laughter started almost immediately, on arrival, with some lively banter and quick whit. The game itself was split into 3 x 15 minute periods. The game was played fantastic spirit with a high level of sportsmanship and wa

Tomorrow 7 of the Masters squad will get playing activity underway but not by having a game of Rugby League Masters. During the off season a couple of the Masters players have enjoyed getting involved in Walking Rugby sessions which have been really well run, and hosted by Richmondshire Rugby Union. Richmondshire have a game lined up next weekend against Pocklington RU and have asked our Masters team if we could give them a practice hit out this week, in preparation, who are

As we move toward the 2026 season Catterick Crusaders are looking for a series of ALL JUNIOR TEAMS sponsors for their on field and off field kits. The playing shirt sponsorship packages come in 3 different levels. Bronze Package - £300 Your logo on the sleeve of ALL junior team’s playing shirts. Recognition on social media and website pre and post match reports for ALL junior teams. Sponsorship of the Junior Most Improved Player, End of Season Award. Silver Package - £600 You