Burnage Rugby
English rugby union club, based in Greater Manchester
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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
Full nameBurnage Rugby Football Club
UnionLancashire RFU
Founded1936
LocationStockport, Greater Manchester, England
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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 | Varley Park | |
| Chairman | William Blackmore | |
| President | Steve Willock | |
| Coach(es) | Chris Jones & Stu Oldham | |
| Captain | Jordan Chappell | |
| League | Regional 2 North West | |
| 2024–25 | 5th | |
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| 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
Honours
- 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]