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Rossendale RUFC
English rugby union team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rossendale Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire. The club runs three senior sides, a colts team, and eleven junior sides.[1] The first XV currently play in the National League 2 North following their promotion from Regional 1 North West at the end of the 2024–25 season.
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Ground
Having previously played on farmland high above the town, the club are currently based at Marl Pits in Rawtenstall, just off Newchurch Road, located next to the Marl Pits Leisure Centre complex.[2][3] Access to the ground is by car only with the A56 intersecting nearby Haslingden being the nearest main road. The rugby ground has on-site parking, a club house which can seat up to 120, and a covered terrace next to the main rugby pitch.[4] Capacity around the main pitch includes approximately 100 in the covered terrace and 1,000 pitch side for a total of around 1,100 (all standing).
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Honours
- North-West North 1 champions: 1990–91[5]
- North Lancs/Cumbria champions: 2004–05[6]
- North Lancashire/Cumbria v South Lancs/Cheshire 1 promotion play-off winner: 2007–08[7]
- North 2 (east v west) promotion play-off winner: 2008–09[8]
- Regional 1 North West champions: 2024–25[9]
Current standings
First match(es) will be played: September 2025. Source: National League Rugby [10]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Number of matches won
- Number of matches drawn
- Difference between points for and against
- Total number of points for
- Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
- Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
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