Stoke-on-Trent
Full nameStoke-on-Trent Rugby Union Football Club
UnionStaffordshire Rugby Union
LocationStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Ground(s)Hartwell Lane
League(s)Regional 1 Midlands
2022–239th
Team kit
Official website
www.stokerufc.co.uk

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 Regional 1 Midlands, 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 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.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Area League 1989/90". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1992). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992–93. London: Headline Book Publishing. pp. 170–185. ISBN 0-7472-7907-1.
  3. ↑ "2002-2003 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "2007-2008 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "2011-2012 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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