Lock Lane ARLFC are an
amateur Rugby league
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Club in
Castleford
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,
West Yorkshire
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. Their home ground is the
Hicksons Arena, part of the Lock Lane Sports Centre. The first team currently play in the
National Conference Division One and the Academy team in the
Yorkshire Men's League.
History
The club were formed in 1938 as an intermediate U-21 side,
but were temporarily disbanded for the duration of the Second World War. They were reformed in 1947 and in 1958 reached the proper rounds of the
Challenge Cup for the first time. For a time during the 1960s, and 1970s, the club had no permanent home ground, having lost the use of their ''Sandy Desert'' ground. They moved to their current ground in 1995.
The club have played at the professional stage of the Challenge cup on 21 occasions. These include First Round Proper of the Challenge Cup on four occasions (1958, 1960, 1970 and 1974). In 1970, the club almost caused an upset in the Challenge Cup against
Huddersfield
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at
Fartown ground
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in a narrow 15–10 defeat. Following the restructuring of the Challenge Cup in the
1993–94 season, they have qualified for the third round of the Challenge Cup on eight successive occasions between 1995 and 2002, a record for an amateur club. They also reached the third round in 2004, 2005, 2007 (when they lost to the town's professional team, Castleford Tigers 88–10 after leading in the early stages 4–0) 2011, 2016 and 2019.
In 2016, they lost in the 5th Round at
Halifax after beating professional outfit
Oxford Rugby League
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37–18 in the 3rd round and local NCL side
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 ha ...
30–16 in the 4th round.
Cup success was achieved when the club won the Yorkshire County Cup, a competition for amateur clubs only, 3 times in the 1950s as well as 1971–72 and the BARLA
Yorkshire County Cup
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in 1981–82, 2017–18 and 2018–19. The club have also reached the
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Final in 1981 and 1983, losing to Beecroft & Wightman (11–2) and Leigh Miners Welfare (12–8) respectively.
Club sides
The club run an open age First team and an Academy team alongside youth sides at U17 and U18 as well as twelve Junior sides from U7 to U16.
Honours
*
BARLA Yorkshire Cup
** Winners (3): 1982–83, 2017–18, 2018–19
Notable players
Players who have represented the club include:
*
Stuart Arundel (also played for
Leeds
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,
Halifax &
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "smal ...
)
*
Grant Anderson (also played for
Castleford Tigers)
*
Joe Anderson (also played for
Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins th ...
,
Leeds
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&
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "smal ...
)
*
Paul Anderson (also played for
St Helens &
Bradford Bulls
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&
Great Britain
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) Won every medal rugby super League can offer
*
Mark Aston
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(also played for
Sheffield Eagles &
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "smal ...
)
*
Chris Bibb (also played for
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "smal ...
&
Great Britain
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)
*
Ryan Boyle (also played for
Castleford Tigers,
Salford City Reds &
Ireland
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)
*
Paul Broadbent
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(also played for
Sheffield Eagles,
Halifax &
Great Britain
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)
*
Harry Burton (also played for
Wakefield Trinity
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)
*
Ben Crooks
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Crooks has previously played for Hull Kingston Rovers and Hull F.C ...
(also played for
Hull)
*
John Davies (also played for
Castleford Tigers,
Dewsbury Rams
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&
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "smal ...
)
*
Greg Eden
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He has previously played for Cas ...
(also played for
Castleford Tigers,
Huddersfield Giants
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&
Hull Kingston Rovers
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)
*
Gareth Ellis
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He played at club level for the Wakefield Tr ...
(also played for
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
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,
Leeds Rhinos
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,
Wests Tigers
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(Australia) &
Great Britain
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)
*
Harry Poole (rugby league) (also played for
Hull Kingston Rovers
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,
Hunslet
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It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central parliamentar ...
&
Great Britain
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)
*
Michael Gibbins (also played for
Dewsbury Rams
The Dewsbury Rams are a professional English rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire that compete in the Championship. They play their home games at the Tetley's Stadium, on Owl Lane. The Rams' main fanbase comes from their hometo ...
&
Batley Bulldogs
Batley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of the ...
)
*
John Sheridan (also played for
Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins th ...
)
*
Daniel Smith (also played for
Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins th ...
,
Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headin ...
,
Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the ...
,
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "smal ...
&
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sha ...
)
* Tommy Trayler (also played for
Sheffield Eagles)
*
Liam Watts (also played for
Castleford Tigers,
Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challen ...
&
Hull)
*
Joe Westerman (also played for
Castleford Tigers &
Hull)
* Steve Barnes (Castleford Colts, Doncaster R.L.F.C)
*
Ben Johnston (Castleford Tigers and Halifax Blue Sox)
References
External links
Official websiteLock Lane on the NCL website
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1938 establishments in England
BARLA teams
Rugby league teams in West Yorkshire
Rugby clubs established in 1938
English rugby league teams
Sport in Castleford