[2] The men's 1st XV currently play in Regional 1 North West, the fifth tier of the English rugby union system.

The Women's 1st XV compete in Championship North 2, in the third tier of the English rugby union system.

Richard Sykes, a former Captain of Football at Rugby School set up the Manchester team and provided the ball.

The club provided four England players in the world's first ever international match against Scotland in 1871 (Richard Osborne, William MacLaren, Arthur Sumner Gibson and H.J.C.

They were also the first English club side to play football competitively in Scotland when they faced Queen's Park F.C.

The Cheshire based rugby union side finally laid to rest the ‘record breaking’ ghost of eighty seven consecutive league losses spanning just more than three years on 24th March 2012.

This was following some poor financial decisions by the rugby management, after being promoted to National League One when the club narrowly avoided bankrupsy.