| Full name | Redcar Rugby Union Football Club | |
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| Union | Rugby Football Union | |
| Nickname(s) | The Seasiders, Car | |
| Founded | 1820[1] | |
| Location | Redcar, England | |
| Ground(s) | Mackinlay Park | |
| Chairman | Andrew Batty | |
| Captain(s) |
Kieran McMahon Greg Unthank |
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| League(s) | Durham/Northumberland 1 | |
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| Official website | ||
| www.redcarrugbyclub.co.uk | ||
Redcar Rugby Union Football Club known as Redcar Rugby Club or RRUFC is an English rugby union club for the local town of Redcar, Teesside, who their play rugby in the Durham/Northumberland 1 league. RRUFC currently run two senior teams, the 1XV and the Mariners.
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The first mention of the club is to be found in a letter to the Evening Gazette dated the 23rd November 1920 when Mr H.L.De Roper, who was staying at the Coatham Hotel, wrote to the editor suggesting that it was time that the town of Redcar had its own rugby club. "I am only a temporary resident at Redcar, so cannot take the initiative myself, but I am sure a XV could be raised in the town if someone would take the matter in hand. Perhaps, sir, you would help by publishing this letter, and a meeting of anyone interested could be arranged, but as I am leaving the town this week for some time I cannot take the lead myself."