Runcorn RLC are a

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club based in Runcorn,

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, England. They play in the

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History

The first rugby league club in the town was

Runcorn RFC Runcorn is an industrial town and Runcorn Docks, cargo port in the Borough of Halton in Cheshire, England. Its population in 2011 was 61,789. The town is in the southeast of the Liverpool City Region, with Liverpool to the northwest across the ...

which joined the Northern Union in 1895, just several days after it was founded. But the club folded in 1918.

Huyton RLFC Liverpool Stanley was a semi-professional rugby league club from Liverpool, England. It was renamed Liverpool City in 1951, but was otherwise unrelated to the Liverpool City (1906) (rugby league), original Liverpool club of the same name. The cl ...

moved to Runcorn FC's Canal Street in 1985 and became known as Runcorn Highfield. The club lasted in Runcorn until 1991 when it was renamed Highfield and moved to St Helens before being wound up in 1996. The present club was founded in 2005 as ''Runcorn Vikings'', joining the Rugby League Conference North West division. In 2006, they played in the Cheshire Division, which was effectively the old North West Division renamed to reflect where most of the teams were based. In the 2007 season, ''Runcorn'' dropped the Vikings moniker. For 2007 there were separate North West and Cheshire Divisions, with Runcorn remaining in the Cheshire Division until 2009. ''Runcorn RLC'' stepped up to the

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in 2009. Runcorn withdrew from the North West Premier Division in 2010. The club joined the North West Mens League Division 4 in 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:Runcorn RLC English rugby league teams Rugby league teams in Cheshire Rugby League Conference teams Rugby clubs established in 2005 2005 establishments in England