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Rugby league county leagues

Rugby league county leagues

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The Yorkshire League and the Lancashire League formed two sections of the Rugby League Championship
Rugby League Championship
The Rugby Football League Championship was the major professional competition organised by the Rugby Football League in Great Britain. Since 1996 it has been superseded by the Super League and the Rugby League National Leagues...

 for much of its history. Initially, the 22 clubs that broke away in 1895 played in one combined league, however the following season saw the addition of many clubs, and the League was split into two separate county competitions.

This situation endured until 1901-02, when the top teams in each league resigned and formed a new combined first division.
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The Yorkshire League and the Lancashire League formed two sections of the Rugby League Championship
Rugby League Championship
The Rugby Football League Championship was the major professional competition organised by the Rugby Football League in Great Britain. Since 1996 it has been superseded by the Super League and the Rugby League National Leagues...

 for much of its history. Initially, the 22 clubs that broke away in 1895 played in one combined league, however the following season saw the addition of many clubs, and the League was split into two separate county competitions.

This situation endured until 1901-02, when the top teams in each league resigned and formed a new combined first division. The following season, the remaining clubs formed a second division
Rugby League Championship Second Division
Within British rugby league there have been periods when the Championship has been divided into two divisions, with promotion and relegation between the two...

. From then until 1907, when there was another re-organisation, the county leagues were not played.

The new structure initiated for the 1907-8 season saw the clubs playing every other team in their own county home and away, and playing once each against the clubs from the other county. Results from all games counted towards the Rugby League Championship, whilst results within the county counted towards the respective county leagues.

The championship often included teams from outside the Yorkshire and Lancashire heartlands; these were allocated to a county league on a practical basis. Briefly, in the 1908-09 season, there were enough clubs from Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...

 to add a third Welsh League to the structure. The sole winner of this title was Merthyr Tydfil.

The Yorkshire and Lancashire Leagues were abandoned in 1970.

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SeasonLancashire LeagueYorkshire League
1895-96
1895-96 Northern Rugby Football Union season
The 1895-96 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the first ever season of semi-professional rugby football, which formed the foundation of the modern-day sport of rugby league. Twenty-two English teams from both sides of the Pennines broke away from the Rugby Football Union to create and...

RuncornManningham
Manningham FC
Manningham were an English rugby league football club based in Manningham, Bradford. They were the first ever champions of the Rugby Football League in its first ever season...

1896-97
1896-97 Northern Rugby Football Union season
The 1896-97 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the second ever season of rugby league football. Following the success of the Northern Union's first season, several more clubs from the established Rugby Football Union joined the rebel competition...

1
Broughton Rangers
Broughton Rangers
Broughton Rangers was a British rugby league club. They were based in Broughton, Salford. The club's colours were blue and black. A new club was recently formed with the assistance of Salford RLFC. They have the name of "New Broughton Rangers".-History:...

Brighouse Rovers
1897-981Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds are a English professional rugby league club, currently playing in the Co-operative Championship 1. They are based in Oldham in Greater Manchester....

Hunslet
Hunslet Hawks
Hunslet Hawks is a British professional rugby league club. They are based in Hunslet, to the south of Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club are sometimes known as 'the Parksiders' after their former stadium.-History:-Early years:...

1898-991Broughton Rangers
Broughton Rangers
Broughton Rangers was a British rugby league club. They were based in Broughton, Salford. The club's colours were blue and black. A new club was recently formed with the assistance of Salford RLFC. They have the name of "New Broughton Rangers".-History:...

Batley
Batley Bulldogs
Batley Bulldogs are a British professional rugby league club, from Batley in West Yorkshire. They currently play in The Championship. Batley is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league...

1899-001RuncornBradford FC
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...

1900-011Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds are a English professional rugby league club, currently playing in the Co-operative Championship 1. They are based in Oldham in Greater Manchester....

Bradford FC
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...

1901-022Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1902-07No competition
1907-08Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds are a English professional rugby league club, currently playing in the Co-operative Championship 1. They are based in Oldham in Greater Manchester....

Hunslet
Hunslet Hawks
Hunslet Hawks is a British professional rugby league club. They are based in Hunslet, to the south of Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club are sometimes known as 'the Parksiders' after their former stadium.-History:-Early years:...

1908-09Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, hence the former nickname: The Blue Sox. They share The Shay stadium with football club...

1909-10Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds are a English professional rugby league club, currently playing in the Co-operative Championship 1. They are based in Oldham in Greater Manchester....

Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

1910-11Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

1911-12Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1912-13Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1913-14Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1914-15Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1915-18No competition due to World War I
World War I
World War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance...

1918-19Rochdale Hornets
Rochdale Hornets
Rochdale Hornets is an English professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. They currently play in Co-operative Championship 1...

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

1919-20Widnes
Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings RLFC is a professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire. They play in the Co-Operative Championship, which is the second tier of European Rugby League...

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1920-21Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, hence the former nickname: The Blue Sox. They share The Shay stadium with football club...

1921-22Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds are a English professional rugby league club, currently playing in the Co-operative Championship 1. They are based in Oldham in Greater Manchester....

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1922-23Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

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

1923-24Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Batley
Batley Bulldogs
Batley Bulldogs are a British professional rugby league club, from Batley in West Yorkshire. They currently play in The Championship. Batley is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league...

1924-25Swinton
Swinton Lions
Swinton Lions is a British professional rugby league club from Swinton and Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, England. The club has an impressive record in rugby league considering the size of the town with six Championships and three Challenge Cup wins....

Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British professional rugby league football club that competes in Super League, having won promotion from National League One in 2006. Their ground is New Craven Park in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. In Super League 2009 Hull KR play in their traditional...

1925-26Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British professional rugby league football club that competes in Super League, having won promotion from National League One in 2006. Their ground is New Craven Park in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. In Super League 2009 Hull KR play in their traditional...

1926-27St Helens Recs
Pilkington Recs
The Recs Rugby Football Club is an amateur rugby league team based in St Helens, Merseyside.-History:The club was founded in 1878 as part of the sports and recreational section of Pilkington Glass. The side played rugby, and occasionally association football.However, on 14 June 1913, to discuss the...

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

1927-28Swinton
Swinton Lions
Swinton Lions is a British professional rugby league club from Swinton and Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, England. The club has an impressive record in rugby league considering the size of the town with six Championships and three Challenge Cup wins....

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1928-29Swinton
Swinton Lions
Swinton Lions is a British professional rugby league club from Swinton and Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, England. The club has an impressive record in rugby league considering the size of the town with six Championships and three Challenge Cup wins....

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1929-30St HelensHuddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1930-31Swinton
Swinton Lions
Swinton Lions is a British professional rugby league club from Swinton and Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, England. The club has an impressive record in rugby league considering the size of the town with six Championships and three Challenge Cup wins....

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1931-32St Helens Hunslet
Hunslet Hawks
Hunslet Hawks is a British professional rugby league club. They are based in Hunslet, to the south of Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club are sometimes known as 'the Parksiders' after their former stadium.-History:-Early years:...

1932-33Salford
Salford City Reds
Salford City Reds is a professional rugby league club based in Salford in Greater Manchester, England. They play in the European Super League....

Castleford
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas' 'Cas Tigers' or 'Classy Cas'...

1933-34Salford
Salford City Reds
Salford City Reds is a professional rugby league club based in Salford in Greater Manchester, England. They play in the European Super League....

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1934-35Salford
Salford City Reds
Salford City Reds is a professional rugby league club based in Salford in Greater Manchester, England. They play in the European Super League....

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1935-36Liverpool Stanley
Liverpool City (rugby league)
Liverpool City were a professional rugby league team from the city of Liverpool in England.-The first Liverpool City :A professional club first emerged in Liverpool, called Liverpool City, in 1906. They hold an unwanted record in the professional game in the United Kingdom as being a team who lost...

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

1936-37Salford
Salford City Reds
Salford City Reds is a professional rugby league club based in Salford in Greater Manchester, England. They play in the European Super League....

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1937-38Warrington
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt...

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1938-39Salford
Salford City Reds
Salford City Reds is a professional rugby league club based in Salford in Greater Manchester, England. They play in the European Super League....

Castleford
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas' 'Cas Tigers' or 'Classy Cas'...

1939-45No competition due to World War 2
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

1945-46Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

1946-47Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Dewsbury
Dewsbury Rams
Dewsbury Rams RLFC are a professional rugby league team based in the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. They will compete in the Co-operative Championship in 2010 after being crowned Championship 1 champions in 2009...

1947-48Warrington
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt...

Bradford Northern
1948-49Warrington
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt...

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1949-50Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1950-51Warrington
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt...

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1951-52Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

1952-53St HelensHalifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, hence the former nickname: The Blue Sox. They share The Shay stadium with football club...

1953-54Warrington
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt...

Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, hence the former nickname: The Blue Sox. They share The Shay stadium with football club...

1954-55Warrington
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt...

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1955-56Warrington
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt...

Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, hence the former nickname: The Blue Sox. They share The Shay stadium with football club...

1956-57Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds are a English professional rugby league club, currently playing in the Co-operative Championship 1. They are based in Oldham in Greater Manchester....

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1957-58Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds are a English professional rugby league club, currently playing in the Co-operative Championship 1. They are based in Oldham in Greater Manchester....

Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, hence the former nickname: The Blue Sox. They share The Shay stadium with football club...

1958-59Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

1959-60
1959-60 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1959-60 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 65th season of rugby league football played in England. The championship, which involved thirty teams, started in August, 1959 and culminated in a finals play-off series in May, 1960 which resulted in a championship final between Wigan and...

St HelensWakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

1960-61Swinton
Swinton Lions
Swinton Lions is a British professional rugby league club from Swinton and Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, England. The club has an impressive record in rugby league considering the size of the town with six Championships and three Challenge Cup wins....

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1961-62Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

1962-633Workington Town
Workington Town
Workington Town is a professional rugby league club playing in Workington in West Cumbria. They play in Co-operative Championship . Their stadium is called Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team....

Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

1963-643St HelensHalifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, hence the former nickname: The Blue Sox. They share The Shay stadium with football club...

1964-65St HelensCastleford
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas' 'Cas Tigers' or 'Classy Cas'...

1965-66St HelensLeeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1966-67St HelensHull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British professional rugby league football club that competes in Super League, having won promotion from National League One in 2006. Their ground is New Craven Park in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. In Super League 2009 Hull KR play in their traditional...

1967-68Warrington
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt...

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1968-69St HelensLeeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

1969-70Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...


Number of Championship Titles

Wins Lancashire League Yorkshire League
18 Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The first team competes in Europe's engage Super League competition, playing its home matches at the DW Stadium, Wigan....

15 Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or The Rhinos, are an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are the current European Super League champions. Leeds introduced the Rhinos nickname and logo in 1997...

11 Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

9 St Helens RLFC
8 Warrington
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt...

7 Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds are a English professional rugby league club, currently playing in the Co-operative Championship 1. They are based in Oldham in Greater Manchester....

Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, hence the former nickname: The Blue Sox. They share The Shay stadium with football club...

Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

5 Salford
Swinton
Swinton Lions
Swinton Lions is a British professional rugby league club from Swinton and Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, England. The club has an impressive record in rugby league considering the size of the town with six Championships and three Challenge Cup wins....

4 Hull
3 Castleford
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas' 'Cas Tigers' or 'Classy Cas'...

Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British professional rugby league football club that competes in Super League, having won promotion from National League One in 2006. Their ground is New Craven Park in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. In Super League 2009 Hull KR play in their traditional...

Hunslet
Hunslet Hawks
Hunslet Hawks is a British professional rugby league club. They are based in Hunslet, to the south of Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club are sometimes known as 'the Parksiders' after their former stadium.-History:-Early years:...

2 Broughton Rangers
Broughton Rangers
Broughton Rangers was a British rugby league club. They were based in Broughton, Salford. The club's colours were blue and black. A new club was recently formed with the assistance of Salford RLFC. They have the name of "New Broughton Rangers".-History:...

Batley
Batley Bulldogs
Batley Bulldogs are a British professional rugby league club, from Batley in West Yorkshire. They currently play in The Championship. Batley is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league...

Runcorn Bradford FC
1 Liverpool Stanley Bradford Northern
Rochdale Hornets
Rochdale Hornets
Rochdale Hornets is an English professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. They currently play in Co-operative Championship 1...

Brighouse Rovers
St Helens Recs
Pilkington Recs
The Recs Rugby Football Club is an amateur rugby league team based in St Helens, Merseyside.-History:The club was founded in 1878 as part of the sports and recreational section of Pilkington Glass. The side played rugby, and occasionally association football.However, on 14 June 1913, to discuss the...

Manningham
Manningham FC
Manningham were an English rugby league football club based in Manningham, Bradford. They were the first ever champions of the Rugby Football League in its first ever season...

Widnes
Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings RLFC is a professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire. They play in the Co-Operative Championship, which is the second tier of European Rugby League...

Workington Town
Workington Town
Workington Town is a professional rugby league club playing in Workington in West Cumbria. They play in Co-operative Championship . Their stadium is called Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team....


Footnotes

  1. During the period 1896-1901 the county leagues were titled senior competitions. There was no national league championship during this period.
  2. For the 1901-02 season the top teams from each senior competition resigned to form a single league championship. The lower clubs continued to contest separate county leagues for that year only.
  3. During the 1962-3 and 1963-4 two division campaigns the county leagues were officially retitled Eastern and Western divisions.

See also

  • Rugby league county cups
    Rugby league county cups
    Historically, British rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition for several years prior to the schism of 1895...

  • Rugby League Championship
    Rugby League Championship
    The Rugby Football League Championship was the major professional competition organised by the Rugby Football League in Great Britain. Since 1996 it has been superseded by the Super League and the Rugby League National Leagues...

  • Superleague
  • All Four Cups
    All Four Cups
    Between 1905 and 1970 there were four trophies available to any British rugby league side:* Challenge Cup* Rugby League Championship* County league * County cup...