UWIC cap fine season with awards

UWIC Coach
Paul Horrocks

It has been a fantastic season for Rugby League at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff! Coach Paul Horrocks and his team had the BUCS Wales & West title "in the bag" soon after the Christmas break, and then went on to gain promotion to the Premier South with an excellent playoff victory over Nottingham Trent.

Not content with these achievements alone, the team pushed on! 8 players were on duty at the Student Home Nations, with Simon Wright, Jon Trickey, Callum Wilkinson, Scott Amber, Paul Horrocks, Carwyn Richards, and Josh Davies representing Wales, and Tom McGarr representing Ireland.

Also, Dominic Pullen has been selected to appear for Scotland "A" this summer, and Andrew Hoggins has been selected in the senior German squad.

The season was rounded off in style with an excellent showing at the annual UWIC Sports awards where the team won "Most Improved Team" and Coach Paul Horrocks won "Best Student Administrator / Organiser"

Horrocks remarked "These awards show the University is taking an interest in the growth of Rugby League, this is a big acknowledgement of our achievements, hopefully we will be pushing for even more prestigious awards such as overall team of the year next year."

7 Student Internationals from UWIC