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'''Stockton Rugby Football Club''' is an English semi-professional [[rugby union]] club, situated in [[Stockton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham]], England. Founded in 1873, it currently competes in the [[Durham/Northumberland 1]] division, the seventh tier of the [[English rugby union system|English rugby union league system]],
==History==
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The 2010s have been more exciting and promising times for Stockton: their league finishing positions have always been reasonable though it was there major ground move that was most notable.<ref name=grangefield/> They moved to The Grangefield Ground, in a partnership with nearby Stockton Cricket Club and [[The Grangefield Academy]] school: the playing pitches and indoor changing room facility (which includes a [[state-of-the-art]] [[sports hall]]) are situated behind the school whereas the clubhouse and one rugby pitch are situated across the road at the cricket club.<ref name=grangefield>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnrugby.com/index.php?topic=1017.0|title=Stockton RFC have moved from Norton to Grangefield|publisher=[[Durham County Rugby Football Union]]|date=2 August 2015|accessdate=1 December 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, the club purchased a 5-acre site with existing pitch drainage and changing facilities, providing 6 pitches, a floodlit training pitch and plans to construct a new clubhouse.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/stocktonrugby/posts/|title=Stockton Rugby Club - Posts|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=1 December 2019}}</ref> The changing rooms and newly-marked pitches were available for usage from 31 October onwards.<ref name=facebook/> This new site is located behind the existing pitches.<ref name=facebook/>
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The traditional club colours are red, white and blue: the playing shirt is red and white horizontal stripes, the shorts are navy blue whereas the socks are red and white striped.<ref name=web/> The club colours have varied numerously: some of the club's teams' kits have varied throughout the years (most youth teams' coaches previously decided on their own kit design until a recent club decision, like other clubs, was to have all teams kits identical though some with different sponsors).<ref name=web/>
The away kit is either light blue with a red chest or navy and white stripes (very similar to the home kit).<ref name=web/> Of course, the away kit has always varied throughout the years with different colours and designs.<ref name=web/>
The club badge contains a castle and anchor, similar to the [[Stockton Town F.C.|Stockton Town Football Club]] badge, which presents the town's shipbuilding history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.<ref name=web/>
==Current squad==
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==Other senior teams==
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