Penrith RUFC

Penrith

Full name	Penrith Rugby Football Club Ltd
Union	Cumbria RU
Founded	1881;144 years ago (1881)
Location	Penrith, Cumbria, England
Ground(s)	Winters Park
Chairman	Geoff Matthews
President	Charles Graves
Coach(es)	Dave Preston
Captain(s)	Jamie McNaughton/Adam Howe
League(s)	Regional 1 North West
2024–25	7th
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/penrithrufc/

Penrith Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Penrith, Cumbria. The club runs two senior male sides, a senior ladies team, a colts team, ex-players team and has a thriving junior section boasting both boys and girls teams through all ages. ^[1] The first XV currently play in Regional 1 North West following their promotion from Regional 2 North at the end of the 2022–23 season. ^[2]

Honours

1st team:

• Cumbria Cup winners (8): 1960, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019 ^[3]
• Regional 2 North champions: 2022–23 ^[4]
• North Division 2 East champions (2): 2005–06, ^[5] 2008–09 ^[6]
• North Lancashire/Cumbria v South Lancs/Cheshire 1 promotion play-off winner: 2002–03 ^[7]

2nd team:

• Cumbria Shield winners (3): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2022

3rd team:

• Cumbria Shield winners (2): 2014, 2015 ^[8]
• Cumbria Vase winners: 2015

References

1. Club website home page
2. "2022-2023 Regional 2 North table". England Rugby. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
3. "Cumbria Cup - Previous Winners (Word Doc)". Cumbria RU. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
4. "2022-2023 Regional 2 North table". England Rugby. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
5. "2005-06 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
6. "2008-09 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
7. "2002-03 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 26 April 2003.
8. "Vags celebrate shield win". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 1 May 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

External links

• Official club website