Lancashire County Rugby Football Union
The Lancashire County Rugby Football Union is the society responsible for rugby union in the county of Lancashire, England, and is one of the constituent bodies of the national Rugby Football Union having been formed in 1881. In addition it is the county that has won the County Championship on most occasions
The Battle of the Roses, depiction of a match between Yorkshire and Lancashire in 1893. Painting by William Barnes Wollen.
The Lancashire team before a match against Middlesex in 1887
Broughton Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Salford, Greater Manchester, which at the time of the club's founding in 1869 was in Lancashire, England. Its home venue is the Broughton Cricket & Rugby Club pitch on Yew Street. Broughton, although it currently occupies a low position in the English rugby union league system, is notable for its early important contributions to the development of rugby union most predominantly in the north of England, but also nationally. Broughton also hosted the first ever rugby match played under floodlights.
Broughton RUFC
The Broughton badge was updated for the 2019/2020 season, returning to a griffin instead of the lion that had been used over several seasons. The new badge is based on an original plaque for the Broughton Cricket Club that hangs in the club house
Broughton Cricket Club plaque that hangs in the clubhouse. The 2019/20 badge is based on this plaque
