Penrith Rugby Football Club is an

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rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

team based in Penrith,

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. The club runs two senior male sides, a senior ladies team, a colts team, ex-players team and has a thriving junior section boasting both boys and girls teams through all ages. Club website home page
/ref> The first XV currently plays in Regional 2 North following a league restructure at the end of the 2021/22 season.

Club honours

1st team: *

Cumbria Cup The Cumbria Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Cumbria Rugby Union. It was first introduced during the 1882-83 season, when it was known as the Cumberland Challenge Cup, and the inaugural winners were Aspat ...

winners (8): 1960, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019 * North Lancashire/Cumbria v South Lancs/Cheshire 1 promotion playoff winners: 2002-03 * North Division 2 East champions (2): 2005–06, 2008-09 2nd team: *

Cumbria Shield The Cumbria Shield is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Cumbria Rugby Union. It was introduced during the 1888-89 season, when it was known as the Cumberland Challenge Shield, and the inaugural winners were Millom ...

winners (3): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2022 3rd team: *

winners (2): 2014, 2015 * Cumbria Vase winners: 2015

References

External links

Official club website
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