Whitehaven Rufc

🏆 FIFA World Cup 2026 Semi Final 🏆

It's a huge one...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 🆚 Argentina 🇦🇷

📅 Wednesday 15th July

🚪 Doors Open: 19:00

⚽ Kick Off: 20:00

Join us at WRUFC to cheer on the Three Lions as they bid for a place in the World Cup Final.

Come on England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🦁⚽🍺

A polite reminder: As we're located in a residential area, we kindly ask everyone to be respectful of our neighbours when leaving the club. Thank you for your cooperation.

🏉⚽ A full day of sport at WRUFC this Saturday!

We’ll be open from 13:30 and showing the Nations Championship rugby, with England vs Fiji kicking off at 14:10

Then later in the evening we’ll be showing the World Cup quarter final, with England vs Norway kicking off at 22:00

Everyone welcome. Come down, enjoy the games and support the club.

As the football is a late kick off, we kindly ask anyone attending to be respectful when leaving the club, as we are in a residential area.

**Sounding like the KO time might be moved now to 1900hrs UK time. If it does get moved stay tuned**

Unfortunately due to the KO time we're unable to open for the next England game.

Hopefully England make it through and the next game timing is better 🙏

After topping their group England face DRC in the round of 32.

Doors open at 16:30 for a 17:00 KO. All welcome. ⚽️ 🍺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

📅 2026-27 Season Fixtures 🏉

​Saturday afternoons at Whitehaven RUFC are nearly back! The fixture list for our upcoming Counties 1 Cumbria campaign has landed.

​We kick things off at home on September 12th as we welcome Cockermouth to The Playground. Your support on the sidelines makes all the difference, so make sure to get these dates in your diary.
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🏉 PHYSIO ANNOUNCEMENT 🏉

We're pleased to announce the return of Russell Dougherty as our Club Physio for the 2026/2027 season.

Russ has been a constant presence at Whitehaven RUFC for well over a decade, putting time and effort into making sure the lads get back on the pitch and stay on the pitch, as well as dishing out healthy doses of man up pills when required. The work he does often goes unnoticed from the sidelines, but anyone who's spent time in the changing room knows just how important he is to keeping the squad ticking over throughout the season.

We're delighted to have him back for another year.

💙 PLAYER SPONSORSHIP

Russ is currently available to sponsor. If you would like to sponsor Russ or any of our players or coaching staff for the upcoming season, please get in touch via this page.

£25 per player

Player sponsorship is a great way for individuals, families and local businesses to support the club and our players throughout the season.

Please contact us for more information.

🏉 FORWARDS COACH ANNOUNCEMENT 🏉

Our coaching staff announcements continue with the appointment of Liam Tunstall as our Forwards Coach for the 2026/27 season.

After leading the club as Head Coach last season and guiding the team to an impressive 5th place finish, Liam will remain a key part of the coaching setup as we continue to build on the progress made over the last 12 months.

Best of luck to Liam and the rest of the coaching team.

💙 PLAYER SPONSORSHIP

Amentum have generously agreed to sponsor Liam this season, but as always, sponsorship is still available, so if you would like to sponsor Liam or any of our players for the upcoming season, please get in touch via this page.

£25 per player

Player sponsorship is a great way for individuals, families and local businesses to support the club and our players throughout the season.

Please contact us for more information.

🏉 LEAGUE ANNOUNCEMENT 🏉

We can now confirm the teams we will be playing against next season in

The Cumbria RFU have made the decision to split the Cumbria League into two Leagues, playing at Level 7 and Level 8 respectively. After a respectable campaign which saw us finish the season in 5th position, we go into the 2026/2027 season playing in Counties Cumbria Level 7 as we look to build on last year's result.

This restructure should bring some great competitive matches for both players and supporters.

Fixtures will be announced in the coming weeks, watch this space and keep your diaries free!

🏉 BACKS COACH ANNOUNCEMENT 🏉

After the announcement of our head coach yesterday, we're pleased to announce that Craig Hodgson will be supporting Callum in the role of Backs Coach for the 2026/27 season.

Craig brings a wealth of experience to the role, having enjoyed a distinguished rugby league career with Whitehaven RLFC, Workington Town and Distington ARL. His knowledge of the game, competitive mentality and passion for developing players will be a huge asset to our squad as we continue to build for the future.

This season will also be a special one for the Hodgson family, with Craig's son Jacob joining the squad. For the first time, father and son will have the opportunity to share the field together in Whitehaven colours, something that promises to be a proud moment for everyone involved at Whitehaven RUFC as we enter our 150th year.

💙 PLAYER SPONSORSHIP

Craig is proudly sponsored this season by Stephen Hodgson and The Drunken Monkeys. However, sponsorship is still available, so if you would like to sponsor Craig or any of our players for the upcoming season, please get in touch via this page.

£ 25 per player

Player sponsorship is a great way for individuals, families and local businesses to support the club and our players throughout the season.

Please contact us for more information.