Pre-season Information

The University Blacks pre-season will commence next week.

The inaugural session will kick off on Wednesday the 23rd of November at 6.15pm at Princes Park, where the team will meet for a light training session and to chat about the pre-season before coming together to enjoy each others company with a BBQ and a beer.

Blacks senior coach Cameron Roberts welcomes all players - current or new - to come along and start pre-season off on a bright note.

Pre-season training then ramps up with the first main session taking place on Monday the 28th of November at 6.15pm at the Melbourne University running track.

Training from here on in will be from Monday to Fridays each week until the clubs last pre-season training session in 2016 on Friday the 23rd of December.

Dates and times for 2016 pre-season training sessions are listed below:

Monday - 6.15pm - 8.45pm TBC
Tuesday - 6.30am - 8.00am Tin Room
Wednesday - 6.15pm - 8.45pm TBC
Thursday - 6.30am - 8.00am Tin Room
Friday - 6.15am - 7.30am Hockey Pitch

Locations for the Monday and Wednesday training sessions will be split between the grassed area next to the Crawford Oval and the Melbourne University High Oval, with updates to be posted to the club website and social media channels.

Training dates after the Christmas and New Year period will be confirmed closer to the starting date.

All at the University Blacks are looking forward to a positive pre-season which can set ourselves up for a successful 2017 season.