Burnage Rugby

English rugby union club, based in Greater Manchester

Rugby team

Burnage RFC

Full name

Burnage Rugby Football Club

Union

Lancashire RFU

Founded

1936; 88 years ago (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)

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-15

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

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

^ 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.

External links

Official club website
Burnage Rugby Academy
Burnage Car Boot

Rugby union in England

Governing body

Rugby Football Union
Rugby Football Union for Women (merged into the RFU)

National teams

Men's	England England A 7's U-21 U-20 U-18 British & Irish Lions England Counties XV
Women's	Women's 7's

International competitions

Men's	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series Sevens Grand Prix Series Commonwealth Games
Women's	World Cup Six Nations World Series Sevens

Competition divisions

Men's	Premiership Championship National Leagues London and SE Division Northern Division Midland Division South West Division United Hospitals Cup
Women's	Premiership Women's Rugby