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. 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.
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) and 3G artificial rugby and football pitches.
Honours
North Lancs 2 champions: 1998–99
Cumbria v North Lancashire 1 promotion play-off winners: 2004–05
South Lancs/Cheshire 1 champions: 2008–09
North 1 (east v west) promotion play-off winners: 2010–11
North 1 West champions: 2019–20
References
External links
Official club website
Burnage Rugby Academy
Burnage Car Boot
Rugby union teams in England
Rugby clubs established in 1936
Rugby union in Greater Manchester
Sport in Stockport
1936 establishments in England
