San Antonio Rugby Academy
The San Antonio Rugby Football Club provides a fun and safe environment for your child to learn and play rugby. No experience is necessary. Our trained coaches will teach your child everything he/she needs to know.
San Antonio Rugby Youth program is open to all genders, ages 5 to 18. (USA Rugby separates players by age) Youth Rugby is contact or non-contact depending on the age of your child.
If you or someone you know is interested, please click here, or going to our Join section to fill out a form. Someone from San Antonio Rugby will contact you within 48 hours!
The Four Pillars of San Antonio Rugby Academy:
Discipline- Rugby takes discipline- discipline to do right, make the right decisions, discipline to stay fit, eat right, manage your time… simply put though for our players its knowing when to talk and when to be quiet
Commitment- Rugby takes commitment- commitment to yourself, your team, your family, your education- you have to commit to be present, to do the little things right, commit to sacrifice time and energy to be your best
Fitness- Rugby takes fitness- everyone on the team must be fit, you have to be able to make good decisions when tired and fatigued, everyone has to be able to move around the field to be in the right place and the right time
Opportunity- Rugby is about creating opportunity and taking advantage of it when you have it- like in life you must create your opportunity and take advantage when you have…it will come again- being disciplined, committing to excellence, being fit will allow you to be able to succeed when the opportunity presents itself.
10 Rules of Rugby for Beginners
No contact above the shoulders
Head low and to the side- cheek to cheek
Must wrap up when tackle is made
No forward balls - knock ons
Out of bounds is a turnover
You cannot play off your feet
No blocking - you must be behind the ball
Ball retention is most important
Must be on side- player with the ball is the line of scrimmage
Must go through the gate- the players body creates the gate
San Antonio Rugby Staff
Del Salinas- Program Director
Arnal Prasad- Coach, Collegiate Acadedmy
Mark Englebrecht- Coach, Collegiate Academy
Jay Sanchez- Coach, High School Academy
Miguel Jimenez- Coach, High School Academy
Rob Pike- Coach, High School Academy
Rey Salinas- Coach, Youth Academy
Bryant Moore- Coach, Youth Academy