Stoke-on-Trent RUFC
Full name | Stoke on Trent Rugby Union Football Club |
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Union | Staffordshire Rugby Union |
Location | Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England |
Ground(s) | Hartwell Lane |
League(s) | Midlands 1 West |
2019–20 | 8th |
Official website | |
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Stoke on Trent Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club located to the east of Barlaston near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. The first XV currently play in Midlands 1 West, a sixth tier league in the English rugby union system.
Early league history
When league rugby was introduced in 1987, Stoke on Trent was placed in Midlands Division 1 and won promotion to Area 4 North in their first season. However, after two seasons they were relegated back to tier 5, having narrowly escaped relegation the previous season and in their relegation season of 1989-90 they lost every league game.[1] They won immediate promotion back to Area 4 North and stayed there until they were placed in a new fifth tier - Courage League Division 5 - following a league structure by the RFU. They remained in the North Division division until another restructure in 1996 saw them move back to the fourth tier - National 4 North - but after just a single season they were relegated to Midlands Division 1.
Club honours
- Midlands Division 1 champions (2): 1987-88, 1991-92[2]
- Midlands 2 West (North) champions: 2011-12[3]
- Midlands 2 West (North) v Midlands 2 West (South) promotion play-off winners (2): 2002-03[4], 2007-08[5]
- Staffordshire Senior Cup winners (2): 1992-93, 1995-96; runners-up (2): 2007-08[6], 2014-15[7]
References
- ^ "Area League 1989/90". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1992). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992–93. London: Headline Book Publishing. pp. 170–185. ISBN 0 7472 7907 1.
- ^ "2011-2012 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2002-2003 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2007-2008 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "CONGRATULATION LONGTON". Longton Rugby. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Final Kick drama". Burton RFC (Pitchero). 25 April 2015.