Burnage RFC
Full nameBurnage Rugby Football Club
UnionLancashire RFU
Founded1936; 88 years ago (1936)
LocationStockport, Greater Manchester, England
Ground(s)Varley Park
ChairmanJulian Ross
PresidentSteve Willock
Coach(es)Wayne Morris
Captain(s)Ralph Lawson
League(s)Regional 1 North West
2022–2311th (relegated to Regional 2 North West)
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/burnage/

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-13

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 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

References

  1. ^ Club website home page
  2. ^ Club website history page
  3. ^ "FootGolf Manchester : Burnage RFC". footgolfmanchester.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ "1998–99 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. ^ "2004-05 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 28 May 2005.
  6. ^ "2008-2009 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  7. ^ "2010-11 North Playoffs". England Ruby. 23 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Men's level 5 - 7 leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

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Rugby union in England
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