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Featherstone Lions
Featherstone Lions are an amateur rugby league club from Featherstone, West Yorkshire who play in the National Conference League and the Yorkshire Men's League The juniors (U7 - U18) play in the Yorkshire Junior & Youth League. The club also has open age women and 3 girls teams. http://www.yorkshirejuniorsarl.co.uk Their home ground is the Millpond Stadium. They are the town's second side, after Featherstone Rovers who play in the Championship. History Featherstone Lions are the result of a merger between Jubilee Hotel and Traveller's amateur sides in the early 1990s. Featherstone's first season, 1994–95, was in the CMS Yorkshire league First Division. At the end of the 1995–96 season, they had won promotion to the Yorkshire League Premier Division and finished 2nd in the table. They were accepted into National Conference League Division 2 for the 1996–97 season. In 1997–98, Featherstone Lions won promotion to NCL Division 1 as champions, won the Yorkshire Cup beating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112–122 metres (122 to 133 yards) long with H shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended. Due to its high-velocity contact, cardio-based endurance and minimal use of body protection, rugby league i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax R
Halifax commonly refers to: *Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada * Halifax, West Yorkshire, England *Halifax (bank), a British bank Halifax may also refer to: Places Australia *Halifax, Queensland, a coastal town in the Shire of Hinchinbrook * Halifax Bay, a bay south of the town of Halifax Canada Nova Scotia *Halifax, Nova Scotia, the capital city of the province ** Downtown Halifax **Halifax Peninsula, part of the core of the municipality **Mainland Halifax, a region of the municipality *Halifax (electoral district), a federal electoral district *Halifax (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district **Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the county dissolved into the regional municipality in 1996 *Halifax Harbour, a saltwater harbour *Halifax West, a federal electoral district since 1979 Prince Edward Island *Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island British Columbia *Halifax Range, a mountain range United Kingdom * Halifax, West Yorkshire, England **Halifax (UK Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Whiting (rugby League)
Richard Whiting (born 20 December 1984), also known by the nickname "Superman", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Toronto Wolfpack in the Championship (rugby league), Championship. Able to play in a variety of positions, he was considered a Rugby league positions#Utility, utility player. Previously playing in the Championship (rugby league), Championship for the Featherstone Rovers and the Leigh Centurions, he spent most of his professional career in the Super League with Hull F.C., Hull FC, with whom he won the 2005 Challenge Cup, and was named Super League's Young Player of the Year in 2005. Early life Whiting was born in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, and he was a promising association football player as a youngster and was signed to a scholarship with Barnsley F.C., Barnsley as a 16-year-old before deciding to pursue a career in rugby league. Playing career Featherstone Rovers Whiting began his career with Featherston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Watts
Liam Watts (born 8 July 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Castleford Tigers (List of Castleford Tigers players, Heritage № 877) in the Super League. He is an England Knights international. He has previously played in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers and Hull F.C., and in the RFL Championship, Championship on loan at Newcastle Thunder, Gateshead Thunder and Doncaster R.L.F.C., Doncaster. Background Watts was born in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, and he was a junior at Featherstone Lions. Career Castleford Tigers Watts made his first team debut and scored a try for the Castleford Tigers in an 88-10 victory over Castleford Lock Lane in the 2007 Challenge Cup#Round 3, Challenge Cup third round on 11 March 2007. Hull Kingston Rovers He made his Hull Kingston Rovers debut in a Challenge Cup fourth round tie in April 2008, and signed a two-year contract until the end of the 2010 season in June 2008. After a fine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Burrow
Robert Geoffrey Burrow (born 26 September 1982) is an English former professional rugby league player. An England and Great Britain representative, he spent his entire 16-year professional career with Leeds Rhinos in the Super League, making over 400 appearances between 2001 and 2017. At tall and weighing less than , Burrow was known for many years as "the smallest player in Super League". Despite this, he was one of the most successful players in the competition's history, winning eight Super League championships, two Challenge Cups, being named to the Super League Dream Team on three occasions and winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy twice. On 19 December 2019, Burrow revealed that he had been diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND). On 30 December 2020, he was appointed MBE in the 2021 New Years Honours List for his services to Rugby League and the Motor Neuron Disease community. Playing career 2000s Burrow played for the Leeds Rhinos from the interchange bench in their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Hardaker
Zak Alexander Hardaker (born 17 October 1991) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Leigh Leopards in the Super League. He has played for the England Knights, England and Great Britain at international level. Hardaker previously played for as a and on the for the Featherstone Rovers in the Championship, and the Leeds Rhinos over two separate spells in the Super League. He has spent time on loan from Leeds at the Penrith Panthers in the NRL and the Castleford Tigers in the Super League. Hardaker has won two Challenge Cups and three Super League championships with Leeds. Individually he has been named to the Super League Dream Team on two occasions, and was the 2015 Man of Steel. In September 2017, Hardaker failed a drugs test after testing positive for cocaine. He was subsequently dropped by Castleford and England and missed the 2017 Super League Grand Final, which Castleford lost 24–6 to Leeds, and the 2017 Rugby League World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Owen (rugby League)
Richard Owen (born 25 April 1990) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or on the . He has played for Featherstone Lions ALRFC, Westgate Redoubt ARLFC, Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № 863), Keighley Cougars (loan), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (two spells, first one on loan), Leigh Centurions and Doncaster in Kingstone Press League 1. Background Owen was born in Normanton, West Yorkshire, England. Career Owen made an impressive start to his Super League career for Castleford in 2008 - scoring 13 tries in 24 games. Due to the team suffering some key injuries he was moved to the wing and formed a good partnership with Michael Shenton towards the end of that year. Owen played mainly at full back for the Castleford Tigers in 2009 where he showed some excellent form. In round three of 2010 Richie suffered a badly broken leg against the Bradford Bulls. After signing a new two-year deal for the Castleford Tigers in 2010, Owen made a try scori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Westerman
Joe Westerman (born 15 November 1989) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Castleford Tigers in the Betfred Super League and the England Knights and England at international level. He previously played for the Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № 869), Hull F.C. in two separate spells and the Warrington Wolves in the Super League, and the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Championship. He played as a at the start of his professional . Background Westerman was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. Club career Castleford Tigers Westerman burst onto the scene in 2007 in the Castleford Tigers National League One campaign after signing from junior club the Featherstone Lions. Joe played in most of the Castleford Tiger's games and scored 2 tries in the National League One Grand Final at Headingley. Joe was named National League One young player of the year. In 2008 Joe had a great first season in the Super League for Castleford scoring 12 tries in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Briscoe (rugby League)
Jack Briscoe (born 25 October 1991) is an English rugby league footballer who last played for Hull F.C. in the Super League. He was dual registered with Championship club the Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship (rugby league), Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rover ... for the 2012 season. References 1991 births Living people English rugby league players Featherstone Rovers players Hull F.C. players Rugby league players from Pontefract Rugby league wingers category:York City Knights players {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Briscoe
Tom Briscoe (born 19 March 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Leigh Centurions, Leigh Leopards in the Betfred Super League and has played for England national rugby league team, England at international level. He previously played for Leeds Rhinos and Hull F.C. in the Super League. Briscoe holds the record for most tries in a Challenge Cup final with five. Background Briscoe was born in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. Club career Hull F.C. Briscoe signed for Hull F.C. from Amateur team Featherstone Lions, and made his Super League début in the opening game of the 2008 season for Hull against Warrington Wolves, Warrington at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. Following his impressive start to the 2009 season, Briscoe signed a new five-year contract which kept him at the KC Stadium until the end of the 2013 season. In 2010 Tom was joined in the Hull F.C. squad by younger brother Jack Briscoe, Jack, who graduated from the Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Agar
Richard Agar (born 20 January 1972) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the former head coach of the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for the Dewsbury (Rams) (two spells), the Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage No. 823) (two spells), the Widnes Vikings ( Heritage No.) and the Rochdale Hornets, and has coached at representative level for France, and at club level for the York City Knights, Hull F.C. (two spells, initially as Assistant Coach), the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and Warrington Wolves (First Team Coach ). Background Richard Agar's birth was registered in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He is the son of the rugby league footballer and coach; Allan Agar. Playing career Agar played for Featherstone Rovers, Dewsbury Rams and Widnes Vikings, where he played 16 games in 2001 and won a Northern Ford Premiership Grand Final winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League Conference National Division
The Rugby League Conference National Division (known as the National League Three From 2003 to 2003) was the fourth division of the British rugby league system. In 2012, it became the seventh tier of the system and was known as the National Conference League Division 3 when the Rugby League Conference was reformed and later replaced by the National Conference League and Conference League South in 2013. History National League Three The original intention had been to create a pyramid of four divisions from Super League down to National League Four. National League Three was to consist of British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) teams wishing to play in the summer whilst National League Four would be made up of Rugby League Conference teams A system of promotion and relegation between National Leagues Three and the semi-professional Rugby League Championships, National League Two was to be gradually introducedHowever, there were insufficient applicants for a separate Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
