Manchester Rugby Club
English rugby union club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manchester Rugby Club, founded in 1860 as Manchester Football Club, is one of the oldest rugby union clubs in the world. Home matches are played at Grove Park in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport.
Full name | Manchester Rugby Club | |
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Union | Lancashire RFU | |
Founded | 1860; 164 years ago (1860) | |
Location | Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, England | |
Ground(s) | Grove Park (Capacity: 4,000 (250 seats)[1]) | |
Chairman | Tim Holmes | |
Coach(es) | James Beane, (Director of Rugby), Marshal Gadd (Senior Men's Head Coach), Maggie Forbes (Senior Women's Head Coach) | |
Captain(s) | Men First XV: Charlie Ding; Women First XV: Emily Houghton | |
League(s) | Regional 1 North West (Men); Championship North 2 (Women) | |
2022–23 | 8th | |
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Official website | ||
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The club has a Senior Men's section (1st XV, 2nd XV and 3rd XV), a Senior Women and Youth Girls section (Manchester Women & Girls' Academy), and also Minis, Juniors and Colts (Manchester Academy). The club's home colours are red and white narrow hooped shirts, white shorts and red and white hooped socks. Away colours are navy shirts with red piping, navy shorts and navy socks.[2] The men's 1st XV currently play in Regional 1 North West, the fifth tier of the English rugby union system. The Women's 1st XV compete in Championship North 2, in the third tier of the English rugby union system.