Congratulations Jack. We wish you and your teammates the very best of luck with England Rugby U18 in South Africa this August. What a fantastic opportunity to face France Rugby, WP RUGBY and the Springboks on Tour! Take it to them Jack. Express yourself.🌹👊

Congratulations Jack Lightbown on your superb England Rugby U18 performance this afternoon. Great work by the whole team in the 41-0 thumping of France. Good luck with the rest of the tour. Bring on the Springboks! 🌹💪#homegrown Eccles RFC Colts Sale Sharks Academy Eccles Rugby Juniors

Congratulations Jack on your performance and victory for England Rugby U18s. Bring on Saturday and the Springboks. Eccles RFC Colts Sale Sharks Academy🎱🌹#homegrown Angus Savage

Congratulations to Senior Colt Maxwell Kelly Allcroft making his Senior debut for Eccles this afternoon. Welcome to the Eccles Rugby Men Max #homegrown

Congratulations to Senior Colt Evan Glynn making his Senior debut for Eccles this afternoon. Welcome to the Eccles Rugby Men Evan #homegrown 💪

Congratulations to Senior Colt Ollie Fleming making his Senior debut for Eccles this afternoon. Welcome to the Eccles Rugby Men Ollie #homegrown 💪

Congratulations to Senior Colt Matthew Houghton making his Senior debut for Eccles this afternoon. Welcome to the Eccles Rugby Men Matty #homegrown 💪

4XV TEAM NEWS. A new era. A new team. The 4s kick off their season with a trip to Marple. Good luck to all the colts, former colts and old colts stepping up!💪 MARPLE RUGBY CLUB v Eccles RFC 3pm KO Wood Lane SK6 7RE #homegrown Eccles Rugby Men Eccles RFC Colts

Congratulations to U18 Senior Colt Matthew Houghton on his 1XV selection. Good luck Matty with your first team debut tomorrow and with that experimental moustache 👏 #homegrown Eccles Rugby Men Sale Sharks Academy Sale Sharks 🦈 Eccles RFC Colts

First Team Today Eccles Rugby Men

Congratulations to Matt Houghton on your selection for the @lancashirerugby U18 Squad. 🌹💪#homegrown Eccles RFC Colts Eccles Rugby Men Eccles Rugby Juniors Sale Sharks Academy

TOP TRUMPS Great to see players from all four Eccles Rugby Men teams represented amongst the club's top scorers so far. Keep it going lads 💪#homegrown

1XV TEAM NEWS Eccles RFC v Didsbury Toc H Rugby Saturday 2.15 KO Unchanged line up for the Eccles Rugby Men 1s #Homegrown #eccles #rugby #salford🏉

Thanks to Peter Bellis who has shared this photo of the 1975/76 Eccles RFC Colts which will no doubt prompt some happy memories. (Tunnel under the railway embankment visible in the background).

1XV TEAM NEWS Eccles RFC v Bolton Rugby Club The Eccles Rugby Men will be looking to retain top spot in Counties 1 by maintaining their winning form against visitors Bolton on Saturday with a 2.15pm KO. Great to see all those #homegrown💪Eccles RFC Colts in the squad.

The #Eccles 2XV extended their 13-game unbeaten run this afternoon with an emphatic 104-0 victory over Leigh RUFC keeping them top of the NOWIRUL Div 2 North. Congrats to #homegrown former colts Henry Talbot Dutton and Harvey Russell who both scored hat tricks 👏#salfordrugbycity

The Eccles Rugby Men 4XVs will entertain Broughton Park Rugby at Gorton Street this afternoon with a lineup combining Old Guard craft with #homegrown youthful exuberance. Grown up names for the former Eccles RFC Colts now they're in big school. Good Luck lads.

Congratulations Eccles Rugby Men 4XV who completed their season this afternoon in top spot of NOWIRUL Div 5 East (need to wait until next weekend to see if they finish as champions) No Concedes, #homegrown Colts transitioned, Experienced players retained, Beers drained👏🪱 Done

Welcome to the Eccles Rugby Men lads!

The club offers its congratulations to 18-year Jack Lightbown, a #homegrown Eccles Junior and Colt, who has been offered a contract at Sale Sharks and was presented with his shirt on the pitch at the Salford Community Stadium last night. Well done Jack, we're very #proud of you.