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.
Yorkshiremen reach Premiership
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.
Rams do double in first clashes
Our clubs have met four times with Rams completing a double in the 2019-2020 season, starting with a 28-16 away success in November, 2019.
Connor Hayhow grabbed a hat-trick and Conor Corrigan also touched down, Will Partington with four conversions.
In the final home game before Covid, Rams were victorious 25-20 as Tom Vooght, Robbie Stapley, Jak Rossiter and Ross Crame crossed.
But Rotherham took the spoils 21-14 four-and-a-half years later.
Things began well as Fraser Honey added to Solodrau Radianirova’s try, but Lloyd Hayes landed two penalties to make it a one-point score at the break.
The league’s top points-scorer then slotted following Rob Povey’s try, and despite James McRae hitting back for Rams, Honey again on the mark, Aidan Shortall’s score and some superb Rotherham defence proved enough.
Rams triumphed 30-19 in the return game, though, Zach Clow, Max Hayman and Ollie Hodgson all over with Honey converting the latter for 17-0.
Travis Gordon cut the gap with a try before the break, but a Sam Boxhall score and five from Honey’s boot made it 27-5.
A Curran Maguire seven-pointer reduced the arrears but a Honey penalty meant Ronnie du Randt’s late effort was merely a consolation.
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