The venue was destroyed in the War and in the first years of peacetime, the club moved to their present headquarters at Clifton Lane, shared with Rotherham Town Cricket Club.

One of their few pre-war highlights was success in the Bridlington Sevens in the 1930s, but in the early 1970s they won the Yorkshire Shield for county junior clubs and then lifted the Yorkshire Cup by thrashing Harrogate at Leeds in the 1990s.

The club have found the league system a stepping-stone like many ambitious clubs, having started life in North East One back in 1987.

They were only denied promotion when they lost to Wharfedale, before a 100 per cent record the next season ensured higher status.

Then in a purple patch the Yorkshire club enjoyed a spate of promotions to become the first club from the White Rose county to reach the top tier of English rugby in 2000.

Immediately relegated, they bounced back the next season but were denied promotion to the top sphere by ever changing entry rules.

A short spell at Milmoor, the town’s Football League ground, and the withdrawal of the backing of owner Mike Yarlett left the Titans, as they were now known, in severe difficulties.

A spell in the Championship ended in 2018 when they were relegated to National One, playing third-tier rugby for the first time in 22 years.

They finished sixth, then the following campaign dropped down to National Two North before clinching promotion following an extraordinary battle with Leeds Tykes last season – Titans losing just one game and dropping only seven points to topple their rivals by two.

Our clubs have met three times with Rams completing a double in the 2019-2020 season, Connor Hayhow with a hat-trick and Conor Corrigan also crossing the whitewash in a 28-16 away success, before Tom Vooght, Robbie Stapley, Jak Rossiter and Ross Crame went over in a 25-20 home win – the last game at Old Bath Road before Covid halted the season two weeks later.

However, Rotherham picked up their first win in the fixture last November, running out 21-14 at a rain-soaked Clifton Lane to end Rams' perfect 10-match winning streak to start the season.

Solodrau Radianirova opened the scoring for the visitors before Fraser Honey added the extras, two Lloyd Hayes penalties making it a one-point game at the break.

A converted Rob Povey try then nudged Titans in front, Hayes landing another penalty for 16-7.

Yet James McRae dotted down and Honey slotted the kick for the visitors, Roth ultimately sealing victory after Aidan Shortall crossed on the left.

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