Stockport RFC

Stockport RFC
Club information
Full nameStockport Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)The Clarets
Colours  Claret   Black
Foundedcirca 1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Exitedcirca 1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Former details
Ground(s)
CompetitionNorthern Rugby Football Union 1895/96-1902/03

Stockport RFC was a Rugby League club in Stockport, Cheshire, England.

The club became founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union (now Rugby Football League) after the English rugby schism, and resultant breakaway meeting at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, in 1895.

They played for eight seasons in the seasons 1895–96 to 1902–03, when they finished bottom of the newly instituted Division Two.

Like several other Cheshire clubs, they participated in the Lancashire competitions.

They had a rivalry with fellow Cheshire side Runcorn RFC.