was founded on 5 November 1879 in the town's Newdegate Arms Hotel, with the first recorded game versus Tamworth on 7 February 1880.

By the outbreak of World War I, the Nuns had established a creditable reputation within rugby circles as a result of their performances.

Many improvements were made to the ground making it one of the best in the area and in 1930 the club purchased the freehold from the brewery owners.

The professional era of the 1980s saw many changes within the structure of rugby football in general, with payment for players its most dominant feature, but this provided little advantage to Nuneaton.

Early season form was very much to blame picking up only one win and a draw from 13 fixtures, leaving them firmly rooted at the bottom of the league at the turn of the year.

Four losses in the remaining part of the season, two to the eventual league winners Bradford & Bingley, saw the Nuns finish as runners up.

The 2006–07 season saw the Nuns appoint Paul Westgate as Director of Rugby and they managed to stay in the league after finishing in 11th place.

Below is an incomplete list summarizing Nuneaton's final league positions: The Nuns moved to Liberty Way in 1995, after purchasing 50 acres (200,000 m2) from Warwickshire County Council.

The newly formed Nuneaton Town FC, having gained ownership of the ground, did not honour the groundshare agreement (which it believed passed with the previous company).

Under the old agreement, the rugby club paid £35 to hire the pitch, a fee that also covered the use of the flood lights and markings.