The Pirates play rugby under the RFU New Rules of Play scheme, which promotes participation, involvement and enjoyment for all the players. The game is a fast-flowing form of tag rugby, with an emphasis on evasion, ball-handling, passing and running.

The team and coaches promote the core values of rugby which are teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship. Coaches are RFU trained, are DBS checked and the team has qualified first aiders among the staff.