The Lancashire rugby league team is an English representative rugby league team consisting of players who were born in the historic county of Lancashire or who first played for a club in Lancashire.[1]
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| Governing body | Rugby Football League |
| Team results | |
| First game | |
Cheshire  0–6  Lancashire(Edgeley Park, Stockport; 21 October 1895) | |
| First international | |
Lancashire 20–4  New Zealand(Watersheddings, Oldham; 18 January 1908) | |
| Biggest win | |
Durham and Northumberland   0–42 Lancashire(Horsley Hill, South Shields; 9 December 1903) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Lancashire 7–33  Australia(Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington; 20 September 1933) | |
Rivalry
editUntil 2003, Lancashire played Yorkshire in the annual War of the Roses game. This match was part of the County Championship until 1983 when the competition stopped and Roses went on to become a stand-alone event.
Results
editLancashire played in the County Championship from its inception in 1895 to its final season in 1983. They have also played against international representative sides during tours to Great Britain.[2]
County Championship Results
editTitles 34:[3] 1895–1896, 1896–1897, 1899–1900, 1900–1901, 1902–1903, 1903–1904, 1905–1906, 1906–1907, 1908–1909, 1910–1911, 1922–1923, 1923–1924, 1924–1925, 1925–1926, 1926–1927, 1928–1929, 1929–1930, 1931–1932, 1935–1936, 1936–1937, 1937–1938, 1938–1939, 1945–1946, 1947–1948, 1952–1953, 1955–1956, 1956–1957, 1960–1961, 1967–1968, 1969–1970, 1973–1974, 1974–1975, 1978–1979, 1979–1980.
War of the Roses
editTitles 44
International Results
editSource:[4]
| Date | Opposition | Result | Venue | Attendance | Tour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 January 1908 |  New Zealand |
20–4 | Watersheddings, Oldham | 6,500 | 1907–08 All Golds tour |
| 25 November 1908 |  Australia |
6–20 | Central Park, Wigan | 4,000 | 1908–09 Kangaroo tour |
| 8 March 1909 | Australia |
19–14 | Wheater's Field, Broughton | 4,000 | |
| 2 October 1911 | Australasia |
12–25 | Ewood Park, Blackburn | 5,000 | 1911–12 Kangaroo tour |
| 30 November 1921 | Australasia |
6–29 | Goodison Park, Everton | 17,000 | 1921–22 Kangaroo tour |
| 14 December 1921 | Australasia |
8–6 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 6,000 | |
| 3 January 1927 | New Zealand |
28–3 | Leigh | 7,000[5] | 1926–27 Kiwis tour |
| 26 September 1929 | Australia |
14–26 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 24,000 | 1929–30 Kangaroo tour |
| 20 September 1933 | Australia |
7–33 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 16,576 | 1933–34 Kangaroo tour |
| 29 September 1937 | Australia |
7–5 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 16,250 | 1937–38 Kangaroo tour |
| 11 October 1939 | New Zealand |
C–C | Wilderspool, Warrington | N/A | 1939 Kiwis tour |
| 8 December 1948 | Australia |
13–8 | Central Park, Wigan | 11,788 | 1948–49 Kangaroo tour |
| 22 November 1951 | New Zealand |
13–12 | Warrington | 7,000[6] | 1951 Kiwis tour |
| 30 November 1952 | Australia |
11–36 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 5,863 | 1952–53 Kangaroo tour |
| 12 October 1955 | New Zealand |
15–17 | Station Road, Swinton | 6,859 | 1955 Kiwis tour |
| 23 September 1959 | Australia |
30–22 | Knowsley Road, St. Helens | 15,743 | 1959–60 Kangaroo tour |
| 13 September 1961 | New Zealand |
15–13 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 9,332 | 1961 Kiwis tour |
| 25 September 1963 | Australia |
13–11 | Central Park, Wigan | 15,068 | 1963–64 Kangaroo tour |
| 30 November 1967 | Australia |
2–14 | The Willows, Salford | 9,369 | 1967–68 Kangaroo tour |
| 14 October 1987 |  Papua New Guinea |
22–22 | Knowsley Road, St Helens | 4,202 | 1987 Kumuls tour |
NCL team
editIn 2010, an amateur Lancashire representative team, selected from the National Conference League (tier 4 of the British rugby league system), played a friendly against Malta.[7]
| Date | Opposition | Result | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 October 2010 |  Malta |
62–0 | Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta |
Women's team
editThe Lancashire women's teams was set up in 2014 for a pilot Roses competition with the aim to help develop the England women's national rugby league team. The pilot was deemed a success, and saw the team return for 2015 played as an annual fixture until 2020.[8] In 2024, the origin fixture returned and formed part of the England selection process.[9]
Current Team
editFor 2024[10]
Emily Baggaley (St Helens), Grace Banks (Wigan Warriors), Leah Burke (St Helens), Mary Coleman (Wigan Warriors), Jodie Cunningham (St Helens), Anna Davies, Eva Hunter, Molly Jones (all Wigan Warriors), Zoe Harris, Tara Jones, Katie Mottershead (all St Helens), Eboni Partington (York Valkyrie), Isabel Rowe (Wigan Warriors), Emily Rudge, Lucy Sams, Beri Salihi, Erin Stott, Georgia Sutherland (all St Helens), Tara Jane Stanley (York Valkyrie), Amy Taylor, Paige Travis, Megan Williams, Vicky Whitfield (all St Helens).
Results
editWar of the Roses
editTitles 5: 2014, 2015 (shared), 2016, 2018, 2020
References
edit- ^ Lush, Peter & Farrar, Dave, eds. (1998). Tries in the Valleys: A history of rugby league in Wales. London League. p. 65. ISBN 978-0952-606437.
- ^ Lancashire at Rugby League Project
- ^ Howes, David and Fletcher, Raymond (1983). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1983-84. Macdonald & Co. p. 410. ISBN 0-356-09729-3.
- ^ https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/teams/lancashire/results-tour-matches.html
- ^ "League Footballers defeat by Lancashire". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXIV, no. 19527. 5 January 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 12 December 2023 – via Paper Past.
- ^ "Rugby League: N.Z. Tourists Beaten: Lancashire wins by one point". The Press. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 26587. 24 November 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2023 – via Paper Past.
- ^ "Results | Malta Rugby League".
- ^ "County Origin Renewed". RFL womens [sic] Rugby League. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ Robinson, Jack (13 June 2024). "Sixteen Saints Women named in National Performance Squad". St.Helens R.F.C. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "England Women Head Coach Stuart Barrow names National Performance squad for Roses clash".