Burnage Rugby

Burnage RFC

Full name	Burnage Rugby Football Club
Union	Lancashire RFU
Founded	1936; 86 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)	North 1 West
2019–20	Champions (promoted to North Premier)
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 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

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[]

External links[]

• Official club website
• Burnage Rugby Academy
• Burnage Car Boot