The Yorkshire rugby league team is an English representative rugby league team consisting of players who were born in the historic county of Yorkshire or first played for a Yorkshire club.[1]
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Governing body | Rugby Football League |
Rivalry
editUntil 2003, Yorkshire played Lancashire 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
editYorkshire 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 24:[3] 1897–1898, 1898–1899, 1904–1905, 1909–1910, 1912–1913, 1920–1921, 1921–1922, 1922–1923, 1930–1931, 1946–1947, 1951–1952, 1953–1954, 1954–1955, 1957–1958, 1958–1959, 1962–1963, 1964–1965, 1968–1969, 1970–1971, 1971–1972, 1972–1973, 1975–1976, 1976–1977, 1982–1983.
War of the Roses
editTitles 44
International Results
editWomen'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.[7] In 2024, the origin fixture returned and formed part of the England selection process.[8]
Current Team
editFor 2024[9]
Amelia Brown (Huddersfield Giants), Caitlin Beevers (Leeds Rhinos), Chloe Billington (Featherstone Rovers), Jasmine Bell (York Valkyrie), Keara Bennett, Caitlin Casey, Ruby Enright, Grace Field (all Leeds Rhinos) Liv Gale (York Valkyrie), Amy Hardcastle (Leeds Rhinos), Georgie Hetherington (York Valkyrie), Phoebe Hook (St Helens), Shona Hoyle, Zoe Hornby (both Leeds Rhinos), Emma Kershaw (York Valkyrie), Lucy Murray, Izzy Northrop (both Leeds Rhinos), Jess Sharp (York Valkyrie), Bella Sykes (Leeds Rhinos), Dannielle Waters (Featherstone Rovers), Olivia Whitehead (Leeds Rhinos) Liv Wood (York Valkyrie).
Results
editWar of the Roses
editTitles 2: 2015 (shared), 2019
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ Yorkshire 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.
- ^ "The Pro-Blacks: Yorkshire beaten". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XLIV, no. 13626. 20 December 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 12 December 2023 – via Paper Past.
- ^ "The Yorkshire match: New Zealand defeated". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXIII, no. 19513. 17 December 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 12 December 2023 – via Paper Past.
- ^ "N.Z. team beats Yorkshire". The Press. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 26598. 7 December 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2023 – via Paper Past.
- ^ "County Origin Renewed". RFL Womens 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.
- ^ https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62851/england-women-head-coach-stuart-barrow-names-national-performance-squad-for-roses-clash