Stockton RFC

Stockton
Full nameStockton Rugby Football Club
UnionDurham County RFU
Founded1873; 151 years ago (1873)
Ground(s)The Grangefield Ground
ChairmanGraham Newton
PresidentBrendan Thornton
Director of RugbyScott Powell
Coach(es)Mark Skirving
Robert Green
Geoff Parling
Shaun McLaren
Captain(s)Charlie Doherty
League(s)Durham/Northumberland 1
2019–205th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
stocktonrugby.co.uk

Stockton Rugby Football Club is an English amateur rugby union club, situated in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. Founded in 1873, it currently competes in the Durham/Northumberland 1 division, the seventh tier of the English rugby union league system, where they have been long-standing members since relegation from North 2 East in 2006.[1] They have played at The Grangefield Ground since 2015, after their move from Norton.[2]

The club were known in their earlier days for having an excellent young team.[3] The introduction of professionalism into the game resulted in the club having a major downfall, though have recently recovered, and are currently respected for their constant pushes for promotion.[3]

Scott Powell serves as director of rugby. Mark Skirving, Robert Green, Geoff Parling and Shaun McLaren are the other members of the coaching staff, their most recent league finish was fifth out of fourteen participating teams in the 2019–20 season; the season was abandoned prior to the season's conclusion due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The club currently runs six senior teams, four academy teams, six junior teams and three women's teams.[4]

  1. ^ "Durham/Northumberland One". Pitchero. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference grangefield was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ "Stockton Rugby Club teams". Pitchero. Retrieved 1 December 2019.