Lancashire rugby league team

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]

Lancashire rugby league team
Team information
Governing bodyRugby Football League

Rivalry
See also: Roses rivalry

Until 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

Lancashire 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
Main article: County Championship (rugby league) § Results

Titles 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
Main article: Rugby League War of the Roses

Titles 44

International Results
DateOppositionResultVenueAttendanceTour
18 January 1908 New Zealand20–4Watersheddings, OldhamUnknown1907–08 All Golds tour
25 November 1908 Australia6–20Central Park, Wigan4,0001908–09 Kangaroo Tour
8 March 1909 Australia19–14Wheater's Field, Broughton4,000
2 October 1911 Australasia12–25Ewood Park, Blackburn5,0001911–12 Kangaroo Tour
30 November 1921 Australasia6–29Goodison Park, Everton17,0001921–22 Kangaroo Tour
14 December 1921 Australasia8–6Wilderspool, Warrington6,000
3 January 1927 New Zealand28–3Leigh6,000[4]1926–27 Kiwis tour
26 September 1929 Australia14–26Wilderspool, Warrington24,0001929–30 Kangaroo Tour
20 September 1933 Australia7–33Wilderspool, Warrington16,5761933–34 Kangaroo Tour
29 September 1937 Australia7–5Wilderspool, Warrington16,2501937–38 Kangaroo Tour
8 December 1948 Australia13–8Central Park, Wigan11,7881948–49 Kangaroo Tour
22 November 1951 New Zealand13–12Warrington7,000[5]1951–52 Kiwis tour
30 November 1952 Australia11–36Wilderspool, Warrington5,8631952–53 Kangaroo Tour
23 September 1959 Australia30–22Knowsley Road, St. Helens15,7431959–60 Kangaroo Tour
25 September 1963 Australia13–11Central Park, Wigan15,0681963–64 Kangaroo Tour
30 November 1967 Australia2–14The Willows, Salford9,3691967–68 Kangaroo Tour

NCL team

In 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.[6]

DateOppositionResultVenue
17 October 2010 Malta62–0Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta

Women's team

The 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.[7]

Current Team

For 2024[8]

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).

War of the Roses
Main article: Rugby League War of the Roses § Women's Roses

Titles 6: 2014, 2015 (shared), 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024

References
  1. 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.
  2. Lancashire at Rugby League Project
  3. Howes, David and Fletcher, Raymond (1983). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1983-84. Macdonald & Co. p. 410. ISBN 0-356-09729-3.
  4. "League Footballers defeat by Lancashire". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXIV, no. 19527. 5 January 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 12 December 2023 – via Paper Past.
  5. "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.
  6. https://www.maltarugbyleague.com/results
  7. "County Origin Renewed". RFL Womens Rugby League. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  8. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62851/england-women-head-coach-stuart-barrow-names-national-performance-squad-for-roses-clash
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