Burnage Rugby
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 North 1 West, a level six league in the English rugby union system. More recently, the club has established a thriving academy, for both boys and girls from age under 5 through to under 11
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) | North 1 West |
2019–20 | Champions (promoted to North Premier) |
Official website | |
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History
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
As well as two rugby 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.
Club Honours
- North Lancs 2 champions: 1998–99
- Cumbria v North Lancashire 1 promotion playoff winners: 2004–05
- South Lancs/Cheshire 1 champions: 2008–09
- North 1 (east v west) promotion playoff winners: 2010–11
- North 1 West champions: 2019–20
References
- Club website home page
- Club website history page
- "FootGolf Manchester : Burnage RFC". footgolfmanchester.com. Retrieved 2017-10-17.