The club has recently broken down the barriers as all of the members of its committee are women and they've just created an open age side and young Pink Panthers team.

Secretary Jackie Dempsey said: "When Peter Bridge stepped down after 10 years of service, Kate Williams moved into the new role as chairman.

"We were shocked as we realised all the commitee were female but not all the club is being run by women as there is Mick Oxley who is our head coach.

"We are all mothers and most of us started as volunteers wanting to help out at the club and it has just progressed throughout the year but we have some ambitious plans for the future of the club.

"It is still male-dominated as there are some old school people around the league who think women should be still in the kitchen while the dad is taking the children to the pitch."

Jackie admits the number of women becoming involved in the sport is increasing as they have a women open age team as well as girls sides from U12 to U16.

She said: "We want the club to keep developing in future, both male and female rugby.

"It seems strange that we have an open age team for the women but not for the men but we are looking to develop that soon so we can keep players at the club.

"The open age team has had mixed results so far but our success will be based on whether we can have a team throughout the season as some players have to drop out."

However Jackie believes despite the women being in charge of the club both men and women work together for the success of the club.

She said: "We have a great set of volunteers but we hope to get more of the parents from the younger teams in the club."

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