Lymm Rugby Football Club is an English

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team based in

Lymm Lymm ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

. The club runs six senior sides (including two colts teams) and a full range of junior sides as well as teams in squash and recently formed a hockey club. The first XV is currently playing in National League 2 West, a fourth tier league in the

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, following a level transfer from the

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at the end of the 2024–25 season.

Ground

The club is based at Crouchley Lane on the southern outskirts of town. There are three full size pitches, including the main pitch which is AGP, as well as several mini pitches. There is on-site parking, a club house and facilities for other sports including squash,

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and

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. Capacity around the main rugby pitch is limited to around 1,000 standing.

Current standings

Honours

Glengarth Sevens {{primary sources, date=October 2011 The Glengarth Sevens was an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Davenport Rugby Club. The first Glengarth Sevens was held in 1967 at Headlands Road, home of Davenport Rugby Club. Its celebrated its 21st anni ...

Davenport Plate winners: 1973 * Cheshire Cup winners: 1989 *

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champions: 1995–96 * North 1 West champions: 2009–10 * Regional 1 North West champions: 2022–23

References

External links

* Rugby union teams in England Rugby clubs established in 1960 Sport in Warrington Rugby union in Cheshire 1960 establishments in England {{England-rugbyunion-team-stub