Walking Rugby/History

Walking Rugby (WR) was started at Reading RFC in late October 2015, in response to enquiries locally to the rugby club regarding the possibility of a game similar to Walking Football which seems to have taken off nationally with some success.

Reading WR started with a group of about 8 to 12 people, initially at the Reading Rugby Club on grass, but soon moved indoors to a local sports hall. The group consisted mainly of retired members of the Rugby Club plus others with the flexibility to manage their own working hours. The version of the game that was started was very soon modified, adapted, and has evolved into the current version which we have tried to make identifiably a version of the game of Rugby Football Union.