MORE than 650 young players will be flocking to Worcester Rugby Club junior section’s annual tag and mini tournament on Sunday.

A host of clubs will be taking part in the competition involving teams in age groups ranging from under eights to under 12s.

The first matches are scheduled to kick-off at 10.30am and the tournament is expected to wind-up shortly after 3pm.

The under sevens and under eights are playing their matches on the main pitch at Sixways with the under nines to under 12s competing across the road from the stadium on Westons Fields pitches.

Mini junior section chairman Adrian Heffernan said: “We hope the experience of the six to eight-year-olds playing their matches on the Warriors pitch will enthuse them to take their rugby to higher levels, and the spirit and level of competition inspires others.”

Under 7s: Pool ‘A’: Worcester, Bredon, Hereford seconds, Ledbury; Pool ‘B’: Bromsgrove, Worcester seconds, Bredon seconds, Stratford; Pool ‘C’: Kidderminster, Bromsgrove seconds, Worcester thirds, Bredon thirds; Pool ‘D’: Hereford, Droitwich, Bromsgrove thirds, Worcester fourths.

Under 8s: Pool ‘A’:Worcester Blue, Hereford, Malvern, Droitwich, Bredon; Pool ‘B’: Kidderminster, Bredon seconds, Worcester Gold, Bromsgrove, Ledbury.

Under 9s: Pool ‘A’: Worcester Blue, Hereford, Ledbury, Bredon; Pool ‘B’: Bredon seconds, Droitwich, Stratford, Malvern.

Under 10s: Pool ‘A’: Hereford, Droitwich, Worcester, Bredon; Pool ‘B’: Worcester seconds, Bromsgrove, Ledbury, Llanidloes.

Under 11s: Pool ‘A’: Hereford, Silhs, Bredon, Droitwich; Pool B: Worcester, Bromsgrove, Ledbury, Wolverhampton.

Under 12s: Pool ‘A’: Worcester Blue, Berkswell and Balsall, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster; Pool ‘B’: Hereford, Kings Norton, Worcester Gold, Bredon.

Meanwhile, Worcester will also be staging a major invitation-only girls’ rugby tournament on April 26.

Teams for the girls’ tournament are — under 15s: Welwyn, Worcester, West Kent Divas, Winscombe, Lichfield.

Under 18s — Welwyn, Worcester, Lichfield, Cleve, Exeter Saracens.