Manchester Medics RUFC

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Manchester Medics RUFC
Full nameManchester Medics Rugby Union Football Club
Location Manchester, England
Ground(s) Broughton Park RUFC
PresidentAlex Blackburn
Captain(s)Oly Farnell
League(s) Counties 4 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/manchestermedics/

Manchester Medics RUFC is an English rugby union club based in Manchester, which currently plays in the Counties 4 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire for the 2022-23 season. [1]

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The club is formed primarily by medical students from the University of Manchester, but a number of doctors and non-medical students are also involved.

It is one of the largest, most successful and social societies within the medical school. The 1st XV regularly plays on Saturdays, as well as a competitive "pre-clinical XV" playing midweek in a North West Universities development league. The club has enjoyed considerable past success, most notably being crowned NAMS champions for the 2014-2015 and 2018-19 seasons.[ citation needed ]

Club honours

Former captains

1986-87 Mike O'Connor
1987-88 Jonny Fields
1988-89 Simon Clarke
1996-97 Paul Dimitri
1997-98 Robin Calderwood
1998-99 Jim Edwards
1999-00 Seamus Grundy
2001-02 Ross Seaton
2002-03 Simon Robinson
2003-04 Andy McPartlin
2004-05 Dan Baird
2005-06 Sam McMahon
2006-07 Pete Coe
2007-08 Ali Konarski
2008-09 Richard Lowe
2009-10 Andrew Bevan
2010-11 Robbie Cooke
2011-12 Mike Woodhead
2012-13 Chris Davis
2013-14 Tom Morris
2014-15 Rob Davidson
2015-16 Thomas Jefferson
2016-17 Seth Rodger
2017-18 Alex Pett
2018-19 Dominic Quigley
2019-20 Charles Etchells
2020-20+1 Frankie Robinson
2020+1-22 Frank Hartley
2022-23 Ben Fitzjohn
2023-24 Frank Hartley
2024-25 Oly Farnell

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