West Hartlepool RFC
| Full name | West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club |
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| Union | Durham County RFU |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Location | Hartlepool, County Durham, England |
| Ground(s) | Brinkburn (Capacity: 1,000 (76 seats)) |
| Coach(es) | Tim Sawyer, Kevan Oliphant |
| Captain(s) | Anthony Carr |
| League(s) | North 1 East |
| 2016-17 | 3rd |
| Official website | |
| www |
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Coordinates: 54°40′35″N 1°14′5″W / 54.67639°N 1.23472°W West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club (nicknamed West) is an English rugby union club who play in North 1 East having been relegated from National League 3 North at the end of the 2012–13 season.
West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club was formed in 1881.
Before the game turned professional, the club enjoyed several seasons in the Courage League and Allied Dunbar premiership during the 1990s before finally being relegated in the 1998–99 season. There followed a drop through the divisions over the next three years that took them out of the national leagues and into the regional leagues.
In the 1990s, when the club was at its peak positions they played at Brierton Lane. When the ground was sold they entered into one year ground share agreements, first with Hartlepool United Football Club at Victoria Park, Hartlepool and then with Hartlepool Rovers RFC.
The club's Junior Section then went on to play at West Hartlepool Technical Day School Old Boys Rugby Union Football Club (Tech) for a few years and in the early 2000s there was an agreement with the Hartlepool Sixth Form College for the whole club to play at Brinkburn which is located on Catcote Road.
West have five Senior Teams within the club.
West have a very successful mini & junior set up with teams from under-8 to under-18 with a large percentage going on to represent Durham County & The North.
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