Burnage Rugby
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Full name | Burnage Rugby Football Club | |
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Union | Lancashire RFU | |
Founded | 1936 | |
Location | Stockport, Greater Manchester, England | |
Ground(s) | Varley Park | |
Chairman | Julian Ross | |
President | Steve Willock | |
Coach(es) | Wayne Morris | |
Captain(s) | Ralph Lawson | |
League(s) | Regional 1 North West | |
2022–23 | 11th (relegated to Regional 2 North West) | |
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Official website | ||
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Burnage Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club runs four senior sides, a colts team and an under-15s side.[1] The first XV plays in Regional 2 North West, a level six league in the English rugby union system. Recently, the club has established an academy, for boys and girls from age under-5 through to under-15
History
[edit]Burnage Rugby Club was founded as an old boys' club for ex-pupils of Burnage High School in 1936. The club moved from Burnage in South Manchester to a new site at Heaton Mersey in Stockport in the 1970s.[2]
Ground and facilities
[edit]As well as three rugby pitches (4G plus two traditional grass pitches), the club site includes a par 3, 9-hole golf and foot-golf course (Heaton Mersey Valley Golf Course)[3] and 3G artificial rugby and football pitches.
Honours
[edit]- North Lancs 2 champions: 1998–99[4]
- Cumbria v North Lancashire 1 promotion play-off winners: 2004–05[5]
- South Lancs/Cheshire 1 champions: 2008–09[6]
- North 1 (east v west) promotion play-off winners: 2010–11[7]
- North 1 West champions: 2019–20[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Club website home page
- ^ Club website history page
- ^ "FootGolf Manchester : Burnage RFC". footgolfmanchester.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "1998–99 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "2004-05 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 28 May 2005.
- ^ "2008-2009 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "2010-11 North Playoffs". England Ruby. 23 April 2011.
- ^ "Men's level 5 - 7 leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.