Stockport RUFC

Stockport Rugby club
Full name Stockport Rugby Union Football Club
Union Cheshire RFU
Founded 1923 (1923) (as Davenport R.U.F.C.)
Location Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Ground(s) The Memorial Ground (Capacity: 500)
Coach(es) England Rick Spencer
League(s) North 1 West
2017-18 5th
Official website
www.stockportrugby.co.uk

Stockport Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. They play in North 1 West, at the sixth tier of English rugby union, following the clubs relegation from National League 3 North at the end of the 2016-17 season.

History

Stockport RUFC was founded in 1923 as Davenport R.U.F.C, the name changing in 1992. The club has made its way up the rugby pyramid in recent seasons, having been as low as the old North West 3 league at one point in the mid-1990s.[1]

In 2006 the club won the Powergen Intermediate Cup, 11-6 versus Morley, where Nick Wroe was awarded man of the match after a dazzling display at Twickenham. During that successful season the club finished 1st in the North 2 West League gaining promotion to National 3 North.

In 2011, Stockport were crowned champions of National 3 North gaining promotion to National 2 North. Six players were also selected to play for Cheshire RFU at the end of the season; Captain David Marwick, Vice Captain Andy Fuller, Tom Cruse, Jan Erik Anderson, Paul Ralph and Jamie Anthony.

During June 2012 Stockport R.U.F.C hosted the first annual Stockport 7s where they will recreate the success of the Glengarth Sevens which ran at the club for 21 years with the first being in 1967.[2]

Club honours

Current standings

2014–15 National League 2 North Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1Hull Ionians (C)302703976407569251134
2Ampthill (P)3026131113440673232131
3Sedgley Park301811188166621516489
4Harrogate30173107206526811489
5Chester301611370659511112684
6Caldy3016113696720–2411784
7Broadstreet30170137736878611483
8Otley3013116676682–613875
9Huddersfield3014214586658–727471
10Stourbridge3012117740803–6312769
11Leicester Lions3013017612804–19210264
12Preston Grasshoppers3011019621664–43101064
13Luctonians3011118599766–16710561
14Birmingham & Solihull (R)309218724809–8581058
15Hull (R)3010119543836–2939354
16Stockport (R)3021274441221–7775419
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 2 May 2015
Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at the Memorial Ground, Headlands Road in Bramhall, Stockport.

Since 1998 a marquee has been erected every summer on the 1st team pitch hosting classic pop acts like; Elkie Brooks, Procol Harum, Paul Jones, The Animals, Ruby Turner and Fairport Convention. In 2006 the main attraction were the Troggs who appeared with Marmalade and the Tremeloes. In 2009 The Bootleg Beatles made their second visit to the Marquee two years after their first visit.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Club Website history page
  2. ↑ Club Website News
  3. ↑ Club Website history


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