The Cumbria Men's League is a

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 ...

competition founded in 2013 by the top clubs from the

Cumberland League The league is run by the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA). Teams from the Cumberland league can apply for election to the National Conference League if they meet minimum criteria. History The Cumberland League has been in existenc ...

and some clubs in the

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the ...

area that switched from the

North West Men's League The North West Men's League is a rugby league competition for clubs in the North West of England. It is a successor league for the Rugby League Conference also comprising clubs from the North West Counties League following most of the latter swit ...

. It started as a joint venture between the

Rugby Football League The Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league in England, and until 1995 for the whole British Isles. The name Rugby Football League previously also referred to the main league competition run by the organisati ...

and the

British Amateur Rugby League Association The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) is an association for social and recreational rugby league. It works jointly with the Rugby Football League through the RFL Community Board. History BARLA was created in 1973 in Huddersfiel ...

It sits directly below the

National Conference League The National Conference League (known as the Kingstone Press National Conference League for sponsorship reasons) is the top English amateur rugby league competition in the Rugby Football League pyramid, and as such is the leading amateur rugby l ...

in the pyramid and above the Cumberland League and Barrow & District League.

History

Whilst a Cumbria League briefly existed in the early days of the

, for most of rugby league's history clubs from Cumberland and Barrow have had separate competitions, with the Barrow-based clubs having increasingly played in the North West Counties and more recently the

, leaving the Barrow & District League as primarily a reserve competition. Whilst the initial competition featured just eight clubs of which only two were from Barrow, the league has gradually expanded up to an 11 team league as more clubs have switched across from the

and stepped up from the

Teams for 2016 season

Barrow Island Barrow Island may refer to: * Barrow Island (Western Australia), Australia * Barrow Island (Queensland), Australia * Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness Barrow Island is an area and electoral ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Originall ...

*Distington *Ellenborough Rangers *Glasson Rangers *

Hensingham Hensingham is a suburb of Whitehaven and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whitehaven, in the Copeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,145. In 1931 the parish had a popula ...

*Maryport *Roose Pioneers *Seaton Rangers *Ulverston *Walney Central *

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Competing teams per season

*2015: Barrow Island, Distington, Glasson Rangers, Maryport, Roose Pioneers, Seaton Rangers, Ulverston, Walney Central, Wath Brow Hornets A *2014: Barrow Island, Cockermouth Titans, Distington, Glasson Rangers, Maryport, Roose Pioneers, Seaton Rangers, Walney Central, Wath Brow Hornets A (Cockermouth Titans failed to complete the season) *2013: Barrow Island, Cockermouth Titans, Distington, Glasson Rangers, Maryport, Seaton Rangers, Walney Central, Wath Brow Hornets A (Seaton Rangers failed to complete the season)

Past winners

*2013: Walney Central *2014: Walney Central *2015: Walney Central *2016: Distington ARLFC *2017:

Hensingham ARLFC Hensingham ARLFC is an amateur Rugby league club based in Whitehaven. Founded in 1900, It wasn't until 1920 that the Club changed its allegiances to Rugby League. Hensingham are one of the oldest rugby clubs in the country. They now play their rug ...

References

{{Reflist Rugby league in Cumbria

History

Teams for 2016 season

Competing teams per season

Past winners

See also

References