Burnage Rugby

Burnage RFC

Full name	Burnage Rugby Football Club
Union	Lancashire RFU
Founded	1936; 90 years ago (1936)
Location	Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Ground	Varley Park
Chairman	William Blackmore
President	Steve Willock
Coach(es)	Director of Rugby Adam Taher, Head Coach Mike Avis, Backs Coach Stu Oldham, Forwards Coach Henry Gong.
Captain	Jordan Chappell
League	Regional 2 North West
2025–26	6th
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. 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.

Ground and facilities

As well as three rugby pitches (4G plus two traditional grass pitches), the 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