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

Burnage RFC
Full nameBurnage Rugby Football Club
UnionLancashire RFU
Founded1936 (1936)
LocationStockport, Greater Manchester, England
Ground(s)Varley Park
ChairmanJulian Ross
PresidentSteve Willock
Coach(es)Wayne Morris
Captain(s)Ralph Lawson
League(s)North 1 West
2019–20Champions (promoted to North Premier)
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/burnage/

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

References
  1. Club website home page
  2. Club website history page
  3. "FootGolf Manchester : Burnage RFC". footgolfmanchester.com. Retrieved 2017-10-17.


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