This summer we’ve been putting the focus on our home turf, the beautiful, and often underestimated, island of Great Britain. We were thrilled to welcome back our friends from Uppingham School for a pre-season tour to Snowdonia.

After a quick training session at the school they departed for North Wales. On arrival, they checked into the wonderful boarding houses of Rydal Penrhos. Replete with gym, swimming pool, astro-turf, grass training pitches and only a stone’s throw from the Welsh coastline; it was a perfect base.

Rugby Tour Highlights

Here is a selection of activities that Talywain RFC did on their sports tour to the US:

Toured Louisiana’s famed bayou on an up-close-and-personal swamp tour
Sampling the eclectic entertainment of New Orleans’ Bourbon Street
Taking lunch in Jackson, Mississippi
Beale Street’s notorious entertainment in Memphis
Graceland
The Johnny Cash Museum
Beer bike tour of Nashville
Tour of the Tennessee Titans’ Nissan Stadium
The Country Music Hall of Fame
The Jack Daniel’s Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee

"Everything ran smoothly, hotels were well located and the tour was a great success. So much so that I am being pestered to arrange the next one.“

Talywain RFC, Deep South Rugby Tour