Whitehaven 2010 R.L.F.C. is a professional

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 ...

club playing in

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...

in west

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...

. They play in

Betfred Championship The Championship, known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition. It is the Rugby Football League Championship Second Division, second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football Lea ...

after winning

Betfred League 1 RFL League One (for sponsorship reasons currently known as the Betfred League One) is a professional rugby league competition based in the United Kingdom. Part of the British rugby league pyramid, the competition features clubs from England an ...

in 2019. Their stadium is called the

Recreation Ground A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. N ...

(known locally as the Recre). Their nicknames are 'Haven' or the 'Marras' (a local dialect word for 'mates'). Their mascot is a lion called "Pride". Between 1997 and 2003 they were known as Whitehaven Warriors. Their local rivals are

Workington Town Workington Town R.L.F.C. is a semi-professional rugby league club playing in Workington in west Cumbria. Their stadium is Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team. They became Rugby League Champions in 1951 and ...

History

Foundation

Rugby league in

can trace its roots back over 100 years to the formation of the

Northern Union 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 ...

. Whitehaven had its own team, Whitehaven Recreation, which competed in the

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

in the first decade of the 20th century. ''Whitehaven RLFC'' was formed at a meeting held in the Miners' Welfare Club at Kells from the Whitehaven Miners' Welfare team in 1948 and shortly afterwards were admitted into the

Northern Rugby Football Union Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra ...

by just three votes. Whitehaven took over the Miners' Welfare lease at the Recreation Ground. In their first game Haven beat

Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and were ...

5–0. There was a "disappointing" turnout of only 9,000 because of the pouring rain; in those days the supporters' club had 4,000 members. The early Whitehaven team were nicknamed ''"the Colliers"'' because of the Miners' Welfare connection. In a Britain that still was still recovering from wartime rationing and austerity Whitehaven gradually picked itself up. Billy Little came to the Recreation Ground in 1950 as coach at a time when the fledgling Haven club were struggling to compete in the professional league. His tenure as coach signalled an era of progress and improvement. In 1951, the first of a long line of players from

Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologica ...

joined Haven as Neville Emery became player-coach. Under his guidance the club built a team that could compete with the best. On Saturday 20 October 1956, Whitehaven defeated the Australian tourists 14–11 before a crowd of 10,917 at the Recreation Ground. Later that season the club came within minutes of a Wembley appearance when they lost 10–9 to

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

in a Challenge Cup semi-final before a 50,000 crowd at the

Odsal Stadium Odsal Stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, is the home of Bradford Bulls Rugby League team. It has also been used by the Bradford Dukes speedway team, BRISCA F1 and F2 stock cars, the football team Bradford City, following the Valley ...

, featuring players such as the legendary

Dick Huddart Richard Huddart (22 June 1936 – 11 August 2021) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. A Great Britain and England international representative forward, he played at club level in England ...

and full back John McKeown. The end of that season saw Emery return home to be replaced by

Edward Gibson Edward George Gibson (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist. Before becoming an astronaut, Gibson graduated from the University of Rochester and the California Institute of Technology. He became a rese ...

, who rebuilt the team, and in 1959/60 the club finished 6th in the league their highest ever position.

1960s and onwards

The club's record attendance was set in 1960 when 18,650 spectators turned up for a third round Challenge Cup game against

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 c ...

. Despite this, the 1960s were a period of decline as the club struggled on the field, though in 1965 the club defeated the touring New Zealanders 12–5, the winning try scored by John Coupe. It wasn't until 1970 that the club emerged from this lean spell. Under the coaching of

Sol Roper John Roper (birth registered in the third quarter of 1936 – 14 October 2015), also known by the nickname of "Sol", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and Coach (sport), coached in the 1960s ...

they topped the league table for part of the 1969/70 season. Once again the club defeated the game's top clubs like St. Helens,

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...

and

Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predomi ...

at the Recreation Ground.

Jeff Bawden Jeffrey Bawden (13 January 1924 – 5 March 2006) was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Cumberland, and at club level for Hensingham ARLFC and ...

in 1971/72, his first season as head coach, was able to take Whitehaven to

Central Park Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...

and beat Wigan on their own patch for the first time in Whitehaven's history. The club progressed over the next few years and in 1973 acquired floodlights. However success was once again denied at the last hurdle as the club suffered semi-final defeats in both the

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

County Cup The county football associations are the local governing bodies of association football in England and the Crown dependencies. County FAs exist to govern all aspects of football in England. They are responsible for administering club and player ...

and the

John Player Cup The Anglo-Welsh Cup (), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English clubs ...

Phil Kitchin Philip Kitchin (birth registered second ¼ 1941) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Cumberland, and at ...

became coach in 1980. Two promotions to the top division came in the 1980s, and during this period the club produced a batch of internationals in scrum half Arnold 'Boxer' Walker, forward Vince Fox and centre Vince Gribbin. Kitchen was sacked in 1981 and Arnold Walker became player-coach before also being sacked as coach. By the end of the 1980s the club found itself back in Division Two. Whitehaven faced a financial crisis in 1992. Eleven local businessmen, Copeland Council and Albright & Wilson joined forces to form Whitehaven 1992 Ltd, the holding company which owns 70 per cent of the shares.

Summer era

When

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

was proposed Whitehaven were supposed to merge with Barrow,

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

and

to form a ''Cumbria'' club to be based at Workington, that would take part in the new summer competition. This was successfully resisted. Whitehaven Warriors ended 1996 one place above the relegation positions. The appointment of Kiwi coaches

Kurt Sorensen Kurt John Sorensen (born 8 November 1956) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Background He is the brother of fellow Kiwi international, Dane Sorensen, and the nephew of anothe ...

and Stan Martin brought about a revival at the club with Haven finishing third in Division One in 1997 and reaching the play-off semi-finals only to lose to

The club adopted the name ''Whitehaven Warriors'' during that season. Martin quit as coach in summer 1998, Colin Armstrong took temporary charge of Whitehaven before Edgar took over. The merger issue resurfaced in 2000, Whitehaven were so heavily in debt that a merger with Workington seemed the only means of survival. However, the board of directors rejected a merger proposal with Workington Town and then resigned en masse. Paul Cullen arrived as coach in September 2000 taking over from

Kevin Tamati Kevin Ronald Tamati (born 21 September 1953) is a New Zealand former rugby league representative player and coach. He played at representative level for New Zealand, New Zealand Māori, Auckland, Central Districts and Wellington, and professio ...

. This heralded upward progression for Whitehaven. The club made steady progress and earned a place in National League 1 for 2003. Cullen left in August 2002 to manage Warrington. Peter Smith took over as coach with help from Peter Roe before

Steve McCormack Steve McCormack is a rugby league coach. He was head coach of Scotland until 2017 and was the longest reigning coach in the nation's history having held the role since 2004. He has also had an extensive club coaching career, having coached Salf ...

was appointed in 2004. Whitehaven dropped the ''Warriors'' epithet and went back to being plain Whitehaven. In 2004, they were undefeated at home in the league and made it to the semi-final of the Arriva Trains Cup losing to the eventual winners

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...

. They also narrowly lost out on promotion to

after losing 32–16 in extra time to Leigh in the National League One grand final. The following year despite

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 the ...

being red hot favourites for promotion Whitehaven managed to win their first piece of silverware when he took the National League One League Leader's trophy, however they were unable to take this success into the grand final, where they were heavily beaten by Castleford.

left to manage

Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on t ...

and was replaced by

Dave Rotheram Dave may refer to: Film, television, and theater * ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver * ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film * Dave (TV channel), a digital television channel in the ...

in November 2005. In 2006, Haven finished 4th and reached the National League 1 play-offs, only to be beaten 24–20 by Steve McCormack's Widnes in a hard fought semi-final. They were knocked out of the

Northern Rail Cup The Championship Cup, (known as the Northern Rail Cup for sponsorship reasons), and previously known as the National League Cup, was a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom's Rugby League Championships. Although the F ...

at the quarter-final stage by

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 Challeng ...

who would eventually be promoted to the Engage Super League that season. In late 2006 they became the first ever winners of the pre-season ''

Ike Southward Isaac "Ike" Southward (15 August 1934 – 6 June 2006) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and Coach (sport), coached in the 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain national ...

Trophy'', beating neighbours

18–6 at the Recreation Ground. Haven made it to the final of the

for the first time in 2007 but lost 54–6 to Widnes. Whitehaven appointed

Paul Crarey Paul Crarey (born 4 January 1966) also known by the nickname of "Cresta", is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for Dalton ARLF Ba ...

as their new coach in October 2007 as Dave Rotheram left to manage Workington Town. In early 2008

Gerard Stokes Gerard James Stokes (1955 – 8 December 2020) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and Coach (sport), coached in the 1980s through to the 2010s, who represented New Zealand national rugby league team, New ...

was offered the job of coaching Haven, after coach

left the club citing personal health issues. Stokes led Haven to the play-offs during his first season in charge. However a disastrous 13-game losing streak saw the club relegated to Championship 1 at the end of the 2010 season. Following relegation Haven went into administration and re-formed under the name 'Whitehaven 2010' as a consequence Haven were deducted nine points for next season's Championship 1. Club legend David Seeds was appointed head coach and started the season unbeaten, wiping out the nine-point deduction in the first few games but fell short of promotion being knocked out in the play-offs by

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

. Following the game David Seeds resigned as coach and Les Ashe resigned as assistant coach. Towards the end of 2011 Haven appointed Don Gailer from the North Devils in Australia as new head coach, with the remit being promotion to the Championship. Haven finished 4th, thus securing the final promotion berth after Doncaster, Barrow and local rivals Workington Town. Gailer was sacked just two weeks after securing promotion following a rift between the coach and Haven players. In September 2012 Haven announced that ex

coach Dave Woods would coach the side in 2013, Haven immediately set about strengthening for 2013 signing prop Paul Jackson from Super League side Castleford. Prior to the start of the season Haven announced a dual registration link-up with Super League side St Helens, during the season Ade Gardner, Paul Clough, Tommy Makinson, Carl Forster, Jordan Hand, Joe Greenwood, Anthony Walker and Adam Swift would turn out for the club with Swift in particular impressing from fullback. Haven started well, winning the opening two games before losing at home to Leigh Centurions in front of the Premier Sports cameras. Haven would finally break a 7-game losing streak against local rivals Workington Town winning 29–18 on Sunday 23 June before securing a place in the Championship for the following season.

Steve Deakin ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...

was appointed as head coach in September 2014. A mass exodus of players followed; out of a squad of twenty-four, eighteen left and Haven were left with six players Deakin resigned for personal reasons a week before the first game of the season and player

Brett Seymour Brett Seymour (born 27 September 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Dewsbury Rams. His usual position was in the halves. Seymour previously played in the National Rugby League for the Bri ...

took temporary charge.

James Coyle James Edwin Coyle (March 23, 1873 – August 11, 1921) was a Catholic priest who was murdered in Birmingham, Alabama by a Ku Klux Klan member for performing an interracial marriage. Biography James Coyle was born in Drum, County Roscommon, Un ...

was then appointed as player-coach on a caretaker basis with Brett Seymour. Whitehaven would play in the

Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

for the first time in four years after they took the 2019

League One The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...

title with 32 points from 20 games. In the 2021 Championship season, Whitehaven finished sixth on the table and qualified for the playoffs. In the first week of the playoffs, they were defeated 24-20 by Halifax which ended their season. In the 2022 RFL Championship season, Whitehaven finished 10th on the table.

2023 squad

2023 transfers

Gains Losses

Players

Players earning international caps while at Whitehaven

* Richard Fletcher won caps for ''Scotland'' while at Hull, Castleford and Whitehaven 2001...2007 5-caps + 1-cap (sub) * "Vince" Gribbin won a cap for ''Great Britain'' while at Whitehaven in 1985 1-cap * Bill Holliday won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Whitehaven in 1964 against France, in 1965 against France, New Zealand (3 matches), while at

in 1966 against France, France (sub), in 1967 against Australia (3 matches). Bill Holliday captained Great Britain in 1967 against Australia (3 matches). * Milton Huddart won a cap for ''England'' while at Whitehaven in 1984 against Wales *

won caps for ''England'' while at St. Helens in 1962 against France, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Whitehaven in 1958 against Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), while at St. Helens in 1959 against Australia, in 1961 against New Zealand (3 matches), in 1962 against France (2 matches), Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), in 1963 against Australia * Lee Kiddie won a cap for ''Scotland'' while at Whitehaven in 2003 *

won a cap for ''Great Britain'' while at Whitehaven in 1965 against New Zealand * John J. McKeown won a cap for ''Great Britain'' while at Whitehaven in 1955/56 against France (Internationals against

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

were not granted full Test match status by the RFL until 1957) * Spencer Miller won caps for ''Scotland'' while at Whitehaven in 2003 against Ireland and France, in 2004 against Wales and in 2006 against Wales *

Mick Nanyn Mick Nanyn (born 3 June 1982) is a former Scotland national rugby league team, Scotland international rugby league footballer. He played as a and was a specialist Goal (sport)#Rugby football, goal-kicker. He set point scoring records at severa ...

won caps for ''Scotland'' while at Whitehaven, Widnes and Oldham 2005...present 6-caps + 1-cap (sub) * Arnold 'Boxer' Walker won a cap for ''England'' while at Whitehaven in 1981 against France, and won a cap for ''Great Britain'' while at Whitehaven in 1980 against New Zealand *

Matt Jimmy Dalton Matthew "Jimmy" Dalton (died 2016) was an English professional rugby league footballer. He played at representative level for Great Britain (Under-24s), and at club level for Hensingham ARLFC and Whitehaven R.L.F.C., as a , and he is a member ...

Great Britain v France Feb 1986

Haven immortals (''Hall of Fame'')

1. John McKeown circa-1950s
2. Bill Smith (No. 2) circa-1950s
3. Vince Gribbin
4.

Eppie Gibson Edward Gibson (27 November 1927 – 18 January 2018), also known by the nickname of "Eppie", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for England and Cumber ...

Syd Lowdon Sidney "Syd" A. Lowdon (first ¼ 1936 – 27 February 2017) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played rugby union (RU) for British Army whilst on National Service alongside ...

(No. 5) circa-1950s
6.

circa-1956-65
7. Arnold 'Boxer' Walker
8. Bill McAlone (

Testimonial match A testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, particularly in association football in the United Kingdom and South America, where a club has a match to honour a player for servic ...

1960)
9. Aaron Lester
10. John Tembey circa-1950s
11. Bill Holliday
12.

13. Gordon Cottier
14. Billy Garratt (No. 3) circa-1950s
15. Geoff Robinson (No. 13)
16.

Dave Watson David Watson (born 20 November 1961) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, he was a defender from 1980 to 2001. He played his entire career for Norwich City and Everton. With the Toffees he played in ...

circa-1980s
17. Les Moore (No. 10) circa-1963-65
18.

(No. 2)

Other notable players

*1940s *

*1950s * Billy Banks (No. 7) * John 'Trackie' McVay circa-1956 * Les Moore (No. 10) circa-1956-65 * Dennis Williamson circa-1956-61 (To

) *1960s * Eddie Bowman * Matt McLeod circa-1965 * Brian Shillinglaw, for ''

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

(RU)'' while at

Gala RFC Gala Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Founded in 1875, it plays its home games at Netherdale. The team currently competes in Scottish National League Division One, the second tier of Scottish ...

(RU) 1960–61 5-caps (signed for Whitehaven 1961–62 (No. 7)) *1970s * Alan McCurrie *1980s * Mark Beckwith circa-1980s * Steve Burney (No. 11) *

Gary Hetherington Gary Hetherington (born 1954) is an English professional rugby league executive and former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He is the chief executive officer of the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. Hetherington made his début ...

(No. 13) *

(No. 2) *1990s * Graeme Morton (

2003) *2000s *

Garry Purdham Garry John Purdham (20 October 1978 – 2 June 2010) was an English professional rugby league player and farmer. He was killed in the 2010 Cumbria shootings. Career Purdham began his professional rugby league career in 1999 with Whitehaven. Th ...

(1999–2004) *

Brett McDermott Brett McDermott (born 10 September 1978) is an English mixed martial artist, and former professional rugby league footballer. In rugby he represented Ireland, and played club level for every Cumbrian clubs except Carlisle Border Raiders. In MMA, ...

Leroy Joe Leroy Joe is a former Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level in England for Whitehaven ( League 1), and Hull Kingston Rovers. Background Joe was born in New Zea ...

* David Fatialofa

Past coaches

Also see '' :Whitehaven R.L.F.C. coaches.'' *

Jack Kitching Jack Kitching was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern, Whitehaven ...

1948 * Billy Little 1950 * Neville Emery 1951–56 *

1956–62 *

Jim Brough James Wasdale Brough (5 November 1903 – 16 September 1986), also known by the nickname of 'Gentleman Jim' , was an English dual-code international rugby union, association football (soccer) footballer, and professional rugby league football ...

1962–?? *

Gus Risman Augustus "Gus" John Ferdinand Risman (21 March 1911 – 17 October 1994) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s through to the 1950s, and coached in the 1940s through to the 1970s. A devastating three-quarter ...

1968 *

1970–71 *

1971–? * Bill Smith 197?–78 *

Ray Dutton Raymond "Ray" F. Dutton (born c. 1946) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and a ...

1978–79 *

1980–81 * Arnold Walker 1981 * Tommy Dawes 1982–83 * Frank Foster 1984–85 *

1986–87 * Barry Smith 1988–89 * Gordon Cottier 1993 *

Norman Turley Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

1990–91 *

1994–95 * Stan Martin 1995-99 *

Colin Armstrong Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ...

* Edgar *

1999–2000 * Paul Cullen 2000–02 * Peter Smith 2002–? *

2004–05 *

2006 *

?-2008 *

2008–10 * David Seeds 2011 * Don Gailer 2012 * Dave Woods 2013–2015 *

2015 *

2015–2016 *

Carl Forster Carl Forster (born 4 June 1992) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and is the head coach for the North Wales Crusaders in Betfred League 1. He played for St Helens in the Super League, and on loan from Saints ...

2017-2018 *

Gary Charlton Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places ;Iran * Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;Uni ...

2018–2021 * Jonty Gorley 2022-present

Seasons

Super League era

Honours

* Division 2 / Championship: ::Winners (1): 2005 ::: RFL Championship Leaders' Shield :::Winners (1): 2005 * Division 3 / League 1: ::Winners (1): 2019 *

Cumberland County Cup The Cumberland County Cup is the second oldest rugby league knock-out competition in the world after the Challenge Cup. It is open to every amateur club in the county of Cumberland and is administered by British Amateur Rugby League Association. T ...

::Winners (2): 1905–06, 1906–07 *

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 ...

::Winners (1): 1905–06

U23's

*U23's League Leaders (1) : 2010 *U23's Grand Final Winners (1): 2010 Source: * Ike Southward Memorial Trophy:

Club records

Team

*Highest score: 86–6 vs Highfield 1995 *Heaviest defeat: 106–8 vs

12 May 2008 *Record attendance: 18,650, vs

1960

Individual

*Tries in a career: 238 Craig Calvert (2004–2017) *Tries in a season: 34 Mick Pechey ( 1994–95) *Tries in a match: 6 "Vince" Gribbin (vs Doncaster 18 November 1984) & Andrew Bulman (vs Wigan St Patricks 10 March 2019) *Goals in a career: 1,050 John McKeown (1948–61) *Goals in a season: 141 John McKeown (1956–57) *Goals in a match: 13 Lee Anderson (v Highfield 25 January 1995) *Points in a career: 2,133 John McKeown (1948–61) *Points in a season: 400

(2004) *Points in a match: 32

(vs Batley 22 August 2004) & Greg McNally (vs Featherstone Rovers 22 March 2009) *Appearances in a career: 417 John McKeown (1948–61) *Appearances in a season: 42 John McKeown (1956–57) *Consecutive appearances: 83 Gary Broadbent (C)

Notes

References

http://www.whitehavenrl.co.uk/club/internationals

External links

Official site

Alternative site

The Unofficial Whitehaven RLFC Forum

Whitehaven RLFC forum on rlfans.com

Co-operative Championship website

Whitehaven RLFC Fans Forums – RugbyLeague.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehaven Rlfc Rugby league teams in Cumbria Rugby clubs established in 1948 English rugby league teams