Lancashire rugby league team

English representative rugby league team

Lancashire rugby league teamTeam 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)

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]

## Rivalry

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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

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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

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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

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Main article: Rugby League War of the Roses

Titles 44

### International Results

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Source:[4]

Date | Opposition | Result | Venue | Attendance | Tour

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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

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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.[7]

Date | Opposition | Result | Venue

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17 October 2010 |  Malta | 62–0 | Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta

## Women's team

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The Lancashire women's teams was set up in 2014 for a pilot Origin 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

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For 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

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#### Women's Origin

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Main article: Women's Origin

Titles 5: 2014, 2015 (shared), 2016, 2018, 2020

## References

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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. ^ https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/teams/lancashire/results-tour-matches.html
5. ^ "League Footballers defeat by Lancashire". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXIV, no. 19527\. 5 January 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 12 December 2023 - via Paper Past.
6. ^ "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.
7. ^ "Results | Malta Rugby League".
8. ^ "County Origin Renewed". RFL womens [sic] Rugby League. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
9. ^ Robinson, Jack (13 June 2024). "Sixteen Saints Women named in National Performance Squad". St.Helens R.F.C. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
10. ^ "England Women Head Coach Stuart Barrow names National Performance squad for Roses clash".

## External links

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* The Rugby Football League