Carlisle Rugby Club is an English rugby union club based in Carlisle, Cumbria. The first XV team currently plays in North Premier, having reached the national levels of the sport for the first time in 2019. As well as a 1st XV, the club also operates men's 2nd XV (Crusaders) and 3rd XV (Hornets) sides and colts (under-19), a women's side (Cougars), and a number of junior sides for boys and girls aged 6 to 16.