Like a number of other sports, Rugby is available for the over 35+ who wish to play – and enjoy – the Game they have loved for years … and in many cases, years and years!! This is not uncompromising competition but rather the means of cementing friendships and enjoying the company of some of life’s most unforgettable characters on and off the field. Rugby has created an exceptional global fraternity and this is happily inherent
Update on 2026 EGOR Festival
Dear Member, it has been a while since our last festival in June in Sevilla. Time to give you an update on the state of preparing for the 2026 festival. While it is unfortunately still too early to decide and announce the host of the next festival (which is scheduled to be in 2026), we have had discussions with potential candidates. In order to bring this to a successful close (and to treat all potential candidates the same way) we have therefore set a formal deadline for all candidates to submit their proposals by January 10, 2025.
Once this deadline is reached, the EGOR committee will then assess the official candidates and decide on the next host of our prestigious event. Once the host is decided, we will together with them announce it.
We of course realize that you also need ample time to prepare participating in the next festival and also wish that we could have announced the host of the next festival much earlier, but we hope that you agree with us that it is important that the host of our festivals gets chosen with the necessary care.
Please also think about making a proposal yourself, with your club, to be considered either in 2026 or for a future festival.
Best regards, Attention, Atentamente, Freundliche Grüße, Cumprimentos, Cordiali saluti
EGOR Committee
EGORF 2024 – Thank You
Thank You to all people involved – The organizers, helpers, referees, the medical staff, the girls at the bar and the catering staff, last but not least to the participants.
The 17th EGOR (European Golden Oldies Rugby) Festival was a great success. It took place in 2024 in Seville, Spain and was hosted by CD Veteranos Rugby Sevilla. The website of the festival can be found at www.egorfsevilla2024.es.
Please also refer to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Find a festival
Please refer to to the Platform for international rugby tournaments for veterans teams worldwide, where our members and others promote their events.
Future Festivals
Should your club be interested in Hosting a future EGOR (European Golden Oldies Rugby) Festival, such as the one in 2026, or a local Golden Oldies Rugby Festival, please contact us.
Find a team
If you do not have an Oldies Team but would like to create one and find out more, email secretary@europeangrandoldrugby.org
An introduction video
During early 2015, former EGOR President – Dave McDonald – was working with three Media Students from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland making a DVD about Oldies Rugby.
Thanks go to the Placement Students – Kirstin Gault, Ifigeneia Moutsou and Lauren Ritchie. Well Done !
World Golden Oldies Rugby Festival 2025
Visit https://www.goldenoldiesrugby.org/ to sign up and see details about the upcoming World Golden Oldies Rugby Festival April 6-13, 2025, in Singapore.
Our EGOR president
At the General Members Meeting during our 2024 Festival in Sevilla, Javier Blázquez Bermudo was elected as the new president of EGOR. Javi intends to remain president until the next festival 2026.
