East Lancashire Lions is a
rugby league
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club from
Darwen
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners".
The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the s ...
in
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
. They currently play in the
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 Confe ...
. The Lions play their home games at the Anchor Ground, home of
Darwen FC.
History
:A side known as ''East Lancashire'' joined the North West Counties League division 5 for the 1981-2 season. East Lancashire finished bottom and resigned from the league. They failed to fulfil 16 of their fixtures and lost the other 14. They are not connected to the side known as East Lancashire Lions.
''Bolton Le Moors'' were formed in 2003 as with the intention of trying to develop rugby league in Bolton. Their home ground in their early years was Bolton rugby union club. They joined the North West Division of the Rugby League Conference in 2003; they won the RLC Shield in this inaugural year beating
Torfaen Tigers
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Torfaen Tigers runs 4 junior teams U12’s,14’s,16’s and 19†...
in the final at Wilderspool, Warrington. They joined the Central Premier Division in 2005.
Bolton Le Moors moved to Darwen to become ''East Lancashire Lions''. They joined the North Premier Division. In 2006 they played through their first season, won the North Premier beating
Cottingham Phoenix in the Grand final and managed to get into the Harry Jepson Trophy Grand Final but eventually lost to
South London Storm
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Founded in 1997, Storm have been voted Rugby League ...
30-0 at
Ivor Preece Field,
Binley Woods near
Coventry
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, the home of
Broadstreet RUFC.
In 2007, East Lancashire Lions joined the
National Division winning 4 out of 16 matches, coming eighth in the league. They finished a distant last in 2008 after winning just two of their 18 matches
East Lancashire Lions took a season’s sabbatical from the National Division in 2010 to secure a new home base but never returned to the league.
Club honours
* RLC Shield: 2003
* RLC North Premier: 2006
See also
*
Rugby League Conference
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External links
Official site
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Rugby League Conference teams
Sport in Blackburn with Darwen
Darwen
Rugby clubs established in 2003
2003 establishments in England
Rugby league teams in Lancashire
English rugby league teams