Leeds Rhinos' Florida trip!
Departing on Tuesday 12th January for seven nights & returning on Tuesday 19th January. You will spend 3 nights in Orlando at Sheraton Vistana or the Sheraton Lake Buena Vista, followed by 4 nights at the Sheraton Jacksonville.
Sheraton Vistana & Sheraton JAX From £1205 pp twin & £1695 pp single
Sheraton Lake Buena Vista & Sheraton JAX From £1165 pp twin & £1660 pp single
The price includes return flights from Manchester to Orlando, seven nights' accommodation, intermediate-size rental car including: GPS unit, additional named driver & tank of fuel, a dinner-cruise with the team on St John's River plus tickets to Rhinos v USA Pioneers & post-match event with the team. Or have your own trip built around the long weekend in Jacksonville: £350.00 pp for four nights at the Sheraton, dinner-cruise with the team & Rhinos v USA Pioneers game & post-game BBQ. Flights and rental car extra.
Early booking is recommended as there is a limited number of seats on the 7-night Orlando & Jacksonville package. Tailor-made trips based around the long weekend in Jacksonville can be combined with other U.S. destinations.
The Rhinos will once again be based at the University of North Florida for the week long training camp which will run from 13th January until 20thJanuary and they will play a US representative side on Sunday 17th January.
It will be the fifth time the Rhinos have travelled to Jacksonville for pre-season training dating back to 2001. The trip will have extra significance this time however with Brian McDermott now the Head Coach of the USA national team as well as Leeds and McDermott will be able to make further plans for the Rhinos visit when he joins up with the USA squad at the end of the Super League domestic season.
Commenting on the trip, Rhinos Chief Executive Gary Hetherington said, "We are delighted to confirm our training camp for 2016. We have always received a very warm welcome in Jacksonville and have many friends in the city who we are looking forward to meeting up with again. The University of North Florida is an excellent facility and there will be a familiarity with the campus for our players so we can get maximum benefit from our time away whilst we are there. I know our players were very impressed with the passion and commitment to the sport of Rugby League in Jacksonville and the city has very much become our home away from home," added Hetherington.
Spinner Howland, who is board member of USARL and founder of the Jacksonville Axemen, has once again worked hard to bring the Rhinos to the city. He commented, "Having Leeds Rhinos return to City of Jacksonville for training camp and a game is very exciting.
"Earlier this year, the Rhinos made a tremendous commitment to the sport of Rugby League in the USA when they invited two players from our USA Pioneers squad to train with them during their camp. Those bonds have been strengthened since with the appointment of Brian McDermott to lead the USA squad and I am sure that 2016 will be the best camp yet as we build on the work that has been done previously," added Howland.
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