Stoke-on-Trent RUFC

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.

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)Midlands 1 West
2019–208th
Official website
www.stokerufc.co.uk

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

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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