Lymm RL 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 11 ...

side based in

Lymm Lymm is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, which incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and ...

, Cheshire. They play in the

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History

Crewe Wolves entered the Northern Division of the

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in 1999 playing their first season at Georges Playing Fields, in their first season, Crewe Wolves Man of Steel was Chris mcgarrigle, who played In the London league for Stretham Celtic, Leicester RLFC and Stoke RLFC. In seasons 2000-2002 they played at Sandbach RUFC and 2003–2004 at Winnington Park RFC.

Crewe & Nantwich Steamers Crewe & Nantwich Steamers is a rugby league club in Nantwich, Cheshire. They play in the North West Division of the Rugby League Conference and run a second team in the North West Merit League. History Crewe Wolves entered the Northern Div ...

started in early 2003 as a junior colts team with some senior players and then joined forces with Wolves to create one senior and one colts team under one club. The Wolves played at Crosfields ARLFC in Warrington in 2005 before returning to Crewe for the 2006 season. In 2007,

broke with Wolves and formed their own senior and colts sides. In 2008, Crewe Wolves moved their home once more, this time to Lymm RUFC. This move incorporated a name change to Lymm Wolves. In 2009, the club dropped the Wolves name to become Lymm RL. After competing in the Cheshire Division in 2008, the club moved up to the

Rugby League Conference North West Premier The Rugby League Conference North West Premier is a division in the Rugby League Conference for teams in the North West of England. It was first contested in 2008 following the break-up of the previous North Premier into the North West and Yorkshir ...

. Lymm RL finished top of the table and defeated

Widnes Saints Widnes Saints are a rugby league team based in Widnes, Cheshire. They play in the North West Premier Division of the Rugby League Conference. History Widnes Saints were formed in 2004 operating from the Widnes St Maries premises. The club joi ...

20–10 in the final to be crowned the North West Premier Champions 2009. Lymm knocked out Kippax Knights with a 28–26 victory in the national quarter-finals before being pipped for a national Grand Final appearance with a 32–20 defeat against

Coventry Bears The Midlands Hurricanes are a semi-professional rugby league club jointly based in Birmingham and Coventry, West Midlands, England. They were founded as the Coventry Bears in 1998 and entered the third tier of the British rugby league system, ...

. They were coached by Paul Flannery and Anthony Sullivan. In 2011, Lymm were dropped from the North West Premier to North West Merit League due allegedly to a late application.

Club honours

* RLC North West Premier: 2009

External links

Official Site
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