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Welcome to Kick-Off! A Heritage Lottery Funded Project to research and preserve the rich heritage of both sports of rugby in Manchester. Click on the pictures to find out more!

Welcome to Kick-Off! A Heritage Lottery Funded Project to research and preserve the rich heritage of both sports of rugby in Manchester. Click on the pictures to find out more!

Read all about Broughton legend Bob Seddon Read more
Didsbury Toc H - a brief history Read more
The Bridge Inn, Lower Broughton. Once the HQ of Broughton Rangers. Mrs Boardman's Boys Read more
Emlyn Jenkins Emlyn Jenkins was born in 1910, in Treherbert in the heart of the Rhondda region of Wales, a rugby hotbed. Read more
Wheaters Field
Jimmy Cumberbatch
Jimmy Cumberbatch
Manchester made the man. Read more.
Rugby League Challenge Cup
Rugby League Challenge Cup
Rugby League Myth #3: Fattorini and Co made the Challenge Cup in Bradford. They didn’t. Read more.
Rugby Union Plaque
Rugby Union Plaque
Rugby League Myth #1: Rugby League started in Huddersfield. It didn’t. Read more.
Looking onto the all-seater grandstand at Heywood Road Heywood Road Article: Read more
In 1878 Manchester hosted the first rugby game played under floodlights when Broughton (1869) took on Swinton under "Grammes" lights. Read more

 

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