Mancunians RL is a rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 club based in Manchester

Manchester

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. They play in the North West Premier

Rugby League Conference North West Premier

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 division of the Rugby League Conference

Rugby League Conference

The Rugby League Conference , was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales.The RLC was founded as the 10-team Southern Conference League in 1997, with teams from the southern midlands and the...

. Their second team plays in the North West Merit League

North West Merit League

The North West Merit League is a rugby league competition for clubs in the North West of England. It is a feeder league for the Rugby League Conference.-History:...

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The club submitted an expression of interest to the Rugby Football League

Rugby Football League

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 to join Championship 1 in 2015.

They ground share with Broughton Park Rugby Club and play at Broughton Park, which is at Hough End, Chorlton cum Hardy in South Manchester.

History

Mancunians RL was formed on April 2, 2009 and joined the RL Merit League. In their inaugural season they were able to field two full teams on several occasions due to the sheer numbers of players interested in the club. The club were RL Merit Club of the year in 2009.

The club joined the Rugby League Conference

Rugby League Conference

The Rugby League Conference , was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales.The RLC was founded as the 10-team Southern Conference League in 1997, with teams from the southern midlands and the...

 in 2010 and were crowned regional champions at the first attempt and were promoted to the North West Premier division of the Rugby League Conference for 2011.

The club will run two men's teams and is launching women's and junior teams in 2011. Mancunians RL announced a partnership between Manchester College

Manchester College

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, the Rugby Football League

Rugby Football League

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 and Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council

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, to fund a full-time community coach to begin to increase participation in rugby league in Manchester.

Manchester College will also begin a rugby league academy in 2012, offering young people in Manchester the opportunity to study rugby league on a full-time basis and secure coaching and sports science qualifications, whilst also representing the college and the city at rugby league.