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Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League. 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'.
Wakefield Trinity 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 teams.
History
Early years
In 1873 a group of young men from the local Holy Trinity Church formed the Wakefield Trinity club.
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Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League. 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'.
Wakefield Trinity 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 teams.
History
Early years
In 1873 a group of young men from the local Holy Trinity Church formed the Wakefield Trinity club. One of the initial forces in rugby, Trinity won the Yorkshire Cup four times in nine years. In the 1870s and 1880s there were several very strong teams in Wakefield, including Wakefield Thornes and Alverthorpe, but Trinity's rise to pre-eminence eventually ensured that the others would fall by the wayside. Early matches were played at Heath Common (1873), Manor Field (1875-6) and Elm Street (1877) before the club moved to Belle Vue in 1879.
Prior to schism of 1895 which led to the formation of the Northern Rugby Union, Wakefield Trinity participated nine times in thirteen years in the final of the Yorkshire Cup (T'owd Tin Pot), a trophy that is nowadays contested solely by rugby union clubs.
They were one of the initial 22 clubs to form the Northern Union
after the acrimonious split from the Rugby Football Union in 1895.
Belle Vue was purchased in 1895, in order to provide a permanent base for the Trinity. The money was provided by the Wakefield Athletic Club, and was also initially used for cycling and athletics competitions.
Trinity won the Northern Union Challenge Cup for the first time in 1909, beating Hull 17-0 at Headingley. The corresponding 1914 final saw the result reversed, with Hull winning 6-0.
Jonty Parkin signed for Wakefield Trinity as a seventeen-year-old in 1913. In a strangely barren time for Trinity, they won only one Yorkshire Cup (in 1924-5 against Batley) and lost four Yorkshire Cups.
Parkin decided he wanted to leave in 1930, at the age of thirty-four, and he was put on the transfer list at £100. For some reason, Hull Kingston Rovers couldn't or wouldn't find the money; so Parkin paid the fee himself to secure his release. The game's bylaws were adjusted shortly afterwards, so that no player could ever do that again.
On Saturday 27 October 1934, Leeds and Wakefield Trinity met in the final of the Yorkshire Cup at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury. The match ended in a 5-5 draw. Four days later the two clubs drew again, with Leeds eventually lifting the trophy after a second replay, the only occasion it took three attempts to settle a Yorkshire Cup Final. A total of 52,402 spectators watched the three games.
Post war
If the pre-war years were austere then the post-war period was bright and bullish for the Dreadnoughts. On Saturday 3 November 1945, Bradford Northern met Wakefield Trinity in the final of the Yorkshire Cup held at Thrum Hall, Halifax. Wakefield began the match as favourites, they had lost only one of thirteen matches thus far in the season. However, Bradford won 5-2 and lifted the Yorkshire Cup for the fourth time in six seasons. The first Wembley final after the war produced a return to winning ways as Trinity, with names such as James "Jim" Croston and William "Billy" Stott, pipped Wigan to the Cup 13-12.
On Saturday 27 October 1951 25,495 were at Fartown, Huddersfield to see Wakefield Trinity defeat Keighley 17-3 in the Yorkshire Cup Final.
The club was not destined to return to Wembley until 1960 and had to slake its thirst for silverware on two Yorkshire Cup and two Yorkshire League victories in the 1950s. Wakefield returned to Wembley emphatically with a record 38-5 win v Hull FC under the guidance of coach Kenneth "Ken" Traill, masseur Paddy Armour, and loose forward Derek 'Rocky' Turner.
Trinity featured in the first league match to be broadcast on British television, a clash with Wigan at Central Park on 12 January 1952.
Trinity were runners-up in the league championship in 1959-60, losing in the Championship Final against Wigan. Rocky also captained Wakefield Trinity to victory the Yorkshire Cup final of 1960-61.
Wakefield won their third Challenge Cup victory in 1962, running out 12-6 winners against Huddersfield. Many of the scenes from This Sporting Life were filmed at the Belle Vue Stadium during Wakefield's third round Challenge Cup match against Wigan. The club were victorious in a dour 1962 Challenge Cup win over Huddersfield although the Fartowners went on to deny them the double a few days later in the Championship final at Odsal Stadium, Bradford. Wakefield also won the Yorkshire Cup final of 1961-62 and the Yorkshire League of 1961-62.
Wakefield Trinity was invited to visit South Africa during June and July 1962. Neil Fox, Harold Poynton, Gerald "Gerry" Round, Derek 'Rocky' Turner and John "Jack" Wilkinson, were unable to accompany the team on the six-match tour, as they were in Australia with the British Lions. Wakefield Trinity’s Chairman Stuart Hadfield was also touring with the national team as Great Britain manager. Trinity therefore added four South African players who were playing for British clubs at that time to their squad. They were Fred Griffiths (Wigan), Tom van Vollenhoven (St Helens), Wilf Rosenberg (Hull) and Edward "Ted" Brophy (Leigh). Wakefield had three South Africans of their own in the squad in Alan Skene, Jan Prinsloo and Colin Greenwood, with the rest of the party made up of Frederick "Fred" Smith, Kenneth "Ken" Hirst, Kenneth "Ken" Rollin, Keith Holliday, Dennis Williamson, Milan Kosanovic, Geoffrey "Geoff" Oakes, Brian Briggs, Albert Firth and Donald "Don" Vines. It was some squad so, not surprisingly; they were comfortable winners of all six matches. The tour opened on Saturday 30 June 1962 at Milner Park, Johannesburg, where the local Johannesburg Celtic club were overpowered by 52 points to 6.
Despite winning the Challenge Cup for a fifth time in 1963, Wakefield had still not been able to secure the league championship title. The Holy Grail would be achieved in the 1966-67 season when the experienced Harold Poynton led a powerful side, which included Neil Fox, Donald "Don" Fox, Gary Cooper and Ray Owen, to victory over St Helens in a replay of the championship final. They repeated the title feat the following year against Hull KR but were again denied the double when Leeds defeated them in the 1968 'water splash' final at Wembley, a match played during a downpour that saturated the pitch. The game produced the most dramatic of finishes, when Man-of-the-Match, Donald "Don" Fox had a conversion to win it for Wakefield, but missed it to leave Leeds 11-10 winners.
Trinity were crowned Champions for the only time in successive seasons - 1966-67 and 1967-68.
Wakefield absorbed a number of different coaches at the helm in subsequent years but did not return to Wembley until William "Bill" Kirkbride's talented charges fell 12-3 to Widnes in 1979 in front of nearly 100,000 fans.
Derek Turner was Head Coach for Wakefield Trinity from July 1983 until February 1984.
The ensuing decline was temporarily halted when 'the King' Wally Lewis signed up for a brief spell with the club. But even the presence of the mercurial Kangaroo Stand-off/five-eighth couldn't prevent an inconsistent Wakefield from fluctuating between the two divisions.
Former player David Topliss stabilised the Dreadnoughts' ship in 1987. He won immediate promotion in 1988 back to the First Division, retiring as a player after the final match of the campaign. He remained at Wakefield purely as a coach and consolidated the club's top tier status by acquiring the services of seasoned internationals like Stephen "Steve" Ella, Mark Graham, Brian Jackson as well as now former Wildcats' coach Andrew "Andy" Kelly and later John Harbin.
Topliss stepped down as coach to concentrate on his business. David Hobbs joined Wakefield Trinity as coach in May 1994. He then went to Halifax as Director of Football in January 1995.
Super League era
When a Rupert Murdoch-funded Super League competition was proposed, part of the deal was that some traditional clubs would merge. Wakefield were down to merge with Castleford and Featherstone Rovers to form a new club Calder which would compete in the newly formed Super League. Although Wakefield voted to merge, the other clubs refused to do so; Wakefield finished below the cut-off point of 10th in the existing top flight and were excluded from the new Super League.
Under coach Andrew "Andy" Kelly, Wakefield earned their place in the top flight on the back of their controversial victory over Featherstone Rovers in the inaugural Division One Grand Final in 1998. Wakefield adopted the "Wildcats" nickname in 1998: the year they entered Super League, having won promotion from the first division.
Wakefield put together a startling series of results early in the 1999 season, beating some of the most fancied sides and ensuring early in the campaign that they would be safe. The club invested heavily in newcomers.
John Harbin was the coach of Wakefield between October 2000 and October 2001, Wakefield's final game of the 2001 season was a relegation battle with Salford City Reds with Wakefield condemning the Huddersfield Giants to relegation. He decided to leave the club at the end of 2001.
Peter Roe was appointed Head Coach in October 2001. After years of struggling to keep up with the Super League pace which saw the Wildcats finish next to bottom on most of their attempts they finally got around to making headway up the league. Peter Roe was sacked in July 2002 and was replaced by his assistant Shane McNally. With Adrian Vowles as his co-coach the pair guided the Wildcats to their first-ever SL play-off position, finishing in 6th place.
In 2004 after a slow start to the season the Wildcats finished stronger than any other team in the competition giving their fans some hope of a little glory at the club which had been missing for too long. Away at the KC Stadium in Hull the Wildcats produced a remarkable performance and managed to beat Hull despite having 2 men sin-binned.
The semis saw a visit to Wigan and there was real hope in the camp that Wakefield would make the elimination final play off and all looked to be going that way when the Wildcats led 14-0 but some strange decisions went the way of the Wiganers so it wasn't yet to be but Wakefield fans will look back on these 2 games with fondness for many years, The away support was outstanding for both efforts.
Shane McNally was sacked in June 2005 after a disappointing start to the season. Tony Smith took over as caretaker coach from Shane McNally and led Trinity to survival in 2005 but following four straight defeats which saw Wakefield drop into the relegation zone Smith was sacked on Monday, 17 July 2006. Smith's last game in charge was a 26-20 defeat against Huddersfield, a match in which his side squandered a 20-point lead - one of several occasions this season the Wildcats have collapsed in the second half.
On the 24 July 2006, Wakefield announced former Hull F.C. coach John Kear as Head Coach until the end of the season.
The Wildcats defeated their arch-rivals Castleford Tigers by 29-17 at Belle Vue on Saturday 16 September 2006 to preserve their Super League status in an epic match which saw both teams leading for spells of the game. Had Wakefield not won the match they would have been relegated. Instead, their win, dubbed as "The Battle of Belle Vue" sent Castleford Tigers down to the National League One. The match was attended by a sell out crowd of 11,000.
In November 2006 the Wakefield Metropolitan District Council set out plans for a new sporting village to be built at Thornes Park that would incorporate a new stadium to be used by the Wildcats, along with gymnastics and boxing facilities and swimming pools. The council recently published results of a feasibility study into the project and this has shown that it is not feasible for a new stadium at Thornes Park.
This now leaves Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in a precarious position - Belle Vue is not suitable for the long-term future, and a new stadium is crucial to their Super League survival.
On 22 July 2008 Rugby Football League awarded the Wildcats with a Super League licence for the 3 seasons from 2009 to 2012. They had been widely tipped as one of the existing Super League clubs (along with Castleford Tigers) who were most at risk of missing out on one of the new licences.
Honours
Rugby League Honours
- Championship: 1966-67, 1967-68 (twice)
- Challenge Cup: 1908-09, 1945-46, 1959-60, 1961-62, 1962-63 (5 times)
- Yorkshire Cup: 1910-11, 1924-25, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1951-52, 1956-57, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1964-65, 1992-93 (10 times)
- Yorkshire League: 1909-10, 1910-11, 1945-46, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1961-62, 1962-63 (7 times)
- Division One1: 1998
- Challenge Cup (Runners Up): 1913-14, 1967-68, 1978-79 (3 times)
- Yorkshire Cup (Runners Up): 1926-27, 1932-33, 1934-35, 1936-37, 1939-40, 1945-46, 1958-59, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1990-91 (10 times)
- Player's No.6 Trophy (Runners Up): 1971-72
Footnote
- For the seasons 1996 onwards the term Division One in fact denoted the second rank of rugby league, coming below Super League.
Rugby Union Honours
Prior to schism of 1895 which led to the formation of the Northern Rugby Union, Wakefield Trinity participated nine times in thirteen years in the final of the Yorkshire Cup (T'owd Tin Pot), a trophy that nowadays only rugby union clubs compete for.
Records
Player records
- Most Tries In A Season: 38 by Frederick "Fred" Smith 1951-52, David Smith 1973-74
- Most Goals In A Season: 163 by Neil Fox, 1961-62
- Most Points In A Season: 407 by Neil Fox, 1961-62
Team records
Head Coach History
| Name
| Former Wakefield Player
| Contract Started
| Contract Ended |
|---|
| James "Jim" Croston | Yes | 1946 +/- | 1946 +/- | | Kenneth "Ken" Traill | Yes | 1958 | 1970 | | ? | ? | 1970 | 1974 | | Peter Fox | Yes (First-Half in 27-13 Defeat at Swinton on 17/9/1966) | June 1974 | May 1976 | | Geoffrey "Geoff" Gunney (MBE) | No | June 1976 | November 1976 | | Brian Lockwood | No | November 1976 | January 1978 | | Ian Brooke | Yes | January 1978 | January 1979 | | William "Bill" Kirkbride | No | January 1979 | April 1980 | | William "Bill" Ashurst | Yes | June 1981 | April 1982 | | Raymond "Ray" Batten | No | May 1982 | July 1983 | | Derek 'Rocky' Turner | Yes | July 1983 | February 1984 | | Geoffrey "Geoff" Wraith | Yes | February 1984 | May 1984 | | David Lamming | Yes | October 1984 | April 1985 | | Leonard "Len" Casey | No | April 1985 | June 1986 | | Anthony "Tony" Dean | No | June 1986 | December 1986 | | Trevor Bailey | No | December 1986 | April 1987 | | David Topliss | Yes | May 1987 | April 1994 | | David Hobbs | No | May 1994 | January 1995 | | Paul Harkin | Yes | January 1995 | January 1996 | | Mitch Brennan | No | January 1996 | June 1997 | | Andrew "Andy" Kelly | Yes | June 1997 | May 2000 | | Tony Kemp | Yes | May 2000 | October 2000 | | John Harbin | No | October 2000 | November 2001 | | Peter Roe | No | November 2001 | July 2002 | | Shane McNally & Adrian Vowles | No & Yes | August 2002 | September 2003 | | Shane McNally | No | October 2003 | June 2005 | | Tony Smith | No | June 2005 | July 2006 | | John Kear | No | July 2006 | Current |
Players Earning International Caps Whilst At Wakefield Trinity
68 Players Earning International Caps Currently Identified.
Country names without capital letters indicate a player’s appearance as a substitute.
- Ryan Atkins, for England whilst at Wakefield 2006 Samoa, Tonga
- Monty Betham, for New Zealand whilst at Wakefield 2006 Great Britain
- Damien Blanch, for Ireland whilst at Wakefield 2008 Tonga, Samoa, Fiji
- Denis John Boocker (from Newtown Jets) circa-1947+, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1948/49, 1949/50 5-Caps?
- Leonard "Len" Bratley, for England whilst at Wakefield 1945 Wales, for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1945/46
- Ian Brooke (#2/#3), for Great Britain whilst at Bradford 1966 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; whilst at Wakefield 1967 Australia x 3; 1968 France x 2, Australia, France, New Zealand (World Cup 1968 3-caps, 2-tries)
- Danny Brough, for Scotland whilst at Wakefield 2008 France, Fiji
- Colin Clifft (#13), for England whilst at Wakefield 1956 France
- Stephen "Steve" Diamond (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#1/#4) circa-1979…81, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1980 France, england; 1981 France
- Gareth Ellis, for England, 2003 ?, for Great Britain, 2003 ?
- G. H. "Mick" Exley (#11/#12), for England whilst at Wakefield 1932 Wales; 1933 Other Nations; 1939 France
- Neil Fox (Testimonial matches 1966 & 1979), for England whilst at Wakefield 1962 France, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1959 France, Australia x 2; 1960 France x 3; 1961 New Zealand x 2; 1962 France x 3, Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; 1963 Australia x 2, France; 1964 France; 1965 France; 1966 France; 1967 France x 2, Australia; 1968 France x 3; 1969 France, for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1958/59 1959/60
- Donald "Don" Froggett, for England whilst at Wakefield 1953 France, for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1953/54 1954/55 1955/56 1956/57
- Sean Gleeson, for Ireland whilst at Wakefield 2008 Tonga, Samoa, Fiji
- Charles "Charlie" Glossop, for England whilst at Wakefield 1930 Other Nations
- Harry Goodfellow, for England whilst at Wakefield 1939 Wales, for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1945/46
- B. P. Gould, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1922 England; 1923 England
- Colin Greenwood, for South Africa whilst at Wakefield 1963 Australia x 2
- Darrell Griffin, for England whilst at Wakefield france, new zealand
- Scott Grix, for Ireland whilst at Wakefield 2008 Tonga, Samoa, Fiji
- Bob Haigh (#12), for England whilst at Wakefield 1969 Wales, France; 1970 Wales, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1968 Australia, France; whilst at Leeds 1970 New Zealand, australia; 1971 France, New Zealand (World Cup 1968 2-caps; 1970 2-caps)
- Kevin Henderson, for Scotland whilst at Wakefield 2008 France, Fiji, Tonga
- Leonard "Len" Higson (#8), for England whilst at Wakefield 1932 Wales; whilst at Bradford 1941 Wales
- Keith Holliday, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1955/56 France (Internationals against France were not granted full Test match status by the RFL until 1957), for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1956/57
- William "Bill" Horton, for England whilst at Wakefield 1928 Wales; 1929 Other Nations; 1932 Wales; 1933 Australia; 1936 Wales, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1928 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 3; 1929-30 Australia; 1932 Australia x 3, New Zealand; 1933 Australia x 3
- W. J. D. Howes, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1948/49, 1949/50 ?-Caps, for British Empire XIII whilst at Wakefield 1947/48 France
- Michael Jackson, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1991 Papua New Guinea; 1992 France, australia, new zealand; whilst at Halifax 1993 new zealand x 2
- David Jeanes (#8/#10) circa-1970…72, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1971 France, New Zealand x 2; 1972 France x 2; whilst at Leeds 1972 Australia x 2, New Zealand (World Cup 1972 3-caps, 1-try)
- Berwyn Jones (#2), for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield Trinity 1964 France; 1965 France; 1966 France
- Brian Juliff (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#5/#12) circa-1979…80, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1979 France, England; 1980 France, England; 1981 France, England; whilst at Wigan 1982 Australia; 1984 England
- Robert "Bob" Kelly (Ireland) (#10/#11), for Other Nations whilst at Wakefield 1955-56? England?, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1955-56? France?
- Herbert Kershaw, for England whilst at Wakefield 1910 Wales; 1911 Wales, Australia, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1910 Australia, New Zealand
- Tevita Leo-Latu, for Tonga whilst at Wakefield 2008 Ireland, Somoa, Scotland
- William "Billy" Lynch, for England whilst at Wakefield 1910 Wales
- Duncan MacGillivray, for Scotland whilst at Wakefield 2008 France, Tonga
- Ian Marlow, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1993 New Zealand; 1994 france, Australia
- Leonard "Len" Marson (Testimonial match 1951), for England whilst at Wakefield 1949 France, for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1947/48 1948/49 1949/50 1950/51
- Michael "Mick" Morgan (Testimonial match 1977), for England whilst at Wakefield 1975 france, Wales, france, Wales, new zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea (#9/#13) circa-1971…77
- Frank Mortimer (#1), for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1956 Australia x 2, for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1955/56 1956/57
- Harry Murphy, for England whilst at Wakefield 1946 France, Wales, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1950 Australia, for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1948/49 (Later joined whilst at Keighley)
- Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Newbould, for England whilst at Wakefield 1909 Australia, Wales, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1910 Australia
- Jonathon "Jonty" Parkin, for England whilst at Wakefield 1921 Wales, Other Nations, Australia; 1922 Wales; 1923 Wales; 1924 Other Nations; 1925 Wales; 1926 Wales, Other Nations; 1927 Wales; 1928 Wales x 2, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1920 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 3; 1921-22 Australia x 2; 1924 Australia x 3, New Zealand; 1926-27 New Zealand x 2; 1928 Australia, New Zealand; 1929 Australia x 2
- Willie Poching, for Samoa whilst at Wakefield 2000 ?-caps
- Charles "Charlie" Pollard (Father of whilst at Dewsbury's whilst at Roy Pollard), for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1924 1-cap?
- Ernest "Ernie" Pollard (#6) , for England whilst at Wakefield 1932 Wales x 2, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1932 Australia x 2
- Harold Poynton (Testimonial match 1968), for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1962 Australia x 2, New Zealand
- Thomas "Tommy" Poynton, for England whilst at Wakefield 1911 Australia (Was permanently disabled in whilst at World War I)
- Gary Price, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1991 papua new guinea
- S. Ray, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1930 England
- Keith Rayne, for England whilst at Wakefield 1980 Wales, France, for Great Britain whilst at Leeds 1984 France x 2, Australia, Papua New Guinea
- Donald "Don" Robinson (#12) , for England whilst at Wakefield 1951 France; 1955 Other Nations; whilst at Leeds 1956 France, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1954 France x 2, New Zealand, Australia; 1955 New Zealand; whilst at Leeds 1956 Australia x 2; 1959 Australia x 2; 1960 France (World Cup 1954 4-caps), for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1951/52 1954/55 1955/56
- Jamie Rooney, for England whilst at Wakefield 2006 France, Tonga x 2, Samoa
- Gerald "Gerry" Round, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield? 1959-62 1959 Australia, 19xx France x 2, 1962 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2
- Ronald "Ron" Rylance, for England whilst at Wakefield 1947 Wales, for Great Britain whilst at Huddersfield (World Cup 1954 Squad 0-caps), for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1945/46 1946/47
- Leslie "Les" Sheard, for England whilst at Wakefield 1975 Wales (#1/#3) circa-1974…79
- Alan Skene, for South Africa whilst at Wakefield 1963 Australia x 2
- Trevor Skerrett (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#10/#11/#12) circa-1975…79, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1978 Australia; 1979 France, England; 1980 France; whilst at Hull 1981 France, England; 1984 England, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1979 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 2; whilst at Hull 1980 New Zealand x 2; 1981 France x 2, 1982 Australia x 2
- F. G. Smart, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1933 England
- David Smith (#2/#5) circa-1973…75, for England whilst at Wakefield 1975 Australia; whilst at Leeds 1977 France
- Keith Smith (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#3/#6) circa-1978…81, for England whilst at Wakefield 1979 Wales
- Stanley "Stan" Smith (#5) (Nephew of Billy Batten ), for England whilst at Leeds 1931 Wales; 1932 Wales x 2; 1934 Australia, France; 1935 France, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1929-30 Australia; whilst at Leeds 1929-30 Australia x 2; 1932 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 3; 1933 Australia x 2
- Francis Stephenson, for England whilst at Wakefield 2000 Russia, Fiji
- Kris Tassell, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 2002 New Zealand
- Tony Tatupu, for Samoa whilst at Wakefield 2000 ?-caps
- David Topliss (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up & whilst at Lance Todd Trophy Winner) (Wakefield Testimonial match 1980) circa-1970…80 (#6), for England whilst at Wakefield 1975 France, australia, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield 1973 Australia x 2; 1979 Australia; whilst at Hull 1982 Australia (World Cup 1972 Squad 0-caps)
- Derek 'Rocky' Turner (#13/#12), for England whilst at Wakefield 1962 France, for Great Britain whilst at Oldham 1956 Australia x 2; 1957 France x 5, France, Australia, New Zealand; 1958 France; whilst at Wakefield 1959 Australia; 1960 France x 3, New Zealand, Australia; 1961 France, New Zealand; 1962 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 2, France (World Cup 1957 3-caps; 1960 2-caps), for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1959/60
- Donald "Don" Vines, for Wales whilst at Wakefield 1958/59 ?-Caps, for Great Britain whilst at Wakefield? 1959 Australia
- Oliver Wilkes, for Scotland whilst at Wakefield 2008 france, Fiji, Tonga
- Harry Wilkinson, for England whilst at Wakefield 1943 Wales; 1944 Wales; 1945 Wales; 1946 France, for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1945/46 1946/47
- John "Jack" Wilkinson (Halifax Testimonial match 1958) (#8), for England whilst at Halifax 1953 Other Nations; 1955 Other Nations, for Great Britain whilst at Halifax 1954 Australia, New Zealand x 2; 1955 New Zealand x 3; whilst at Wakefield 1959 Australia; 1960 France x 2, New Zealand, France, Australia; 1962 New Zealand (World Cup 1960 3-caps, 1-try), for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1959/60
- Nigel Wright, for England whilst at Wakefield 1995 France
Challenge Cup & Championship Winning Players
- 1909 Challenge Cup
- J. Auton (#14 in 1905, #9 in 1909) circa-1905…1909 (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- H. Beaumont (#15 in 1905, #13 in 1909) circa-1905…1909 (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Ernest W. Bennett (#2) circa-1905…1909 (1909 Challenge Cup Winner) (Maternal Grandfather of Donald "Don" Metcalfe)
- A. K. Crossland (#8) circa-1905…1909 (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Herbert Kershaw (#12) (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- William "Billy" Lynch (#3) (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- James "Jimmy" D. Metcalfe (#1) (1909 Challenge Cup Winner) 1897…1911 (Paternal Grandfather of Donald "Don" Metcalfe)
- Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Newbould (#7) circa-1905…1909 (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- E. Sidwell (#4) circa-1905…1909 (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- W. G. Simpson (#5) (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Harry Slater (#6) (from Wakefield Balne Lane RLFC) (1909 Challenge Cup Winner & Captain)
- G. Taylor (#10) (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- John "Jack" Walton (#11) circa-1905…1909 (1909 Challenge Cup Winner)
- 1946 Challenge Cup
- Dennis Baddeley (#5) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner) , for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1945/46
- Leonard "Len" Bratley (#13) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- James "Jim" Croston (#4) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner) (Captain)
- G. H. "Mick" Exley (#11) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Herbert Goodfellow (#7) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- James "Jim" Higgins (#10) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Johnny Jones (#6) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Leonard "Len" Marson (Testimonial match 1951) (#9) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Ronald "Ron" Rylance (#2) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- William "Billy" Stott (#3) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner & Captain) (1946 Lance Todd Trophy Winner)
- W. Teall (#1) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Harry Wilkinson (#8) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- W. J. D. Howes (#12) (1946 Challenge Cup Winner)
- 1960s Challenge Cup & Championship
- John Bath (#8) (1966/67 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Kenneth "Ken" Batty (#5) 1965…70 (1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Brian Briggs (#11) (1962 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Ian Brooke (#3) (1963 Challenge Cup Winner), (1966/67, 1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Edward "Ted" Campbell (1966/67 Rugby League Championship Winner) (#10) circa-1966…75
- Leslie "Les" Chamberlain (#12) (1960 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Geoffrey "Geoff" Clarkson (#11) (1966/67 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Gert 'Oupa' Coetzer (#5) (1963 Challenge Cup Winner), (#5/#2) (1966/67, 1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Gary Cooper (1966/67, 1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner) (1967/68 Harry Sunderland Trophy winner) (#1/#3) circa-1966…70
- John Etty, for British Empire XIII whilst at Oldham 1951 Wales XIII (#5) (1960 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Albert Firth (#11/#10) (1960, 1962 Challenge Cup Winner), for Yorkshire whilst at Wakefield 1959/60
- Donald "Don" Fox (#13/#10) (1966/67, 1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner) (1967/68 Lance Todd Trophy Winner)
- Neil Fox (Testimonial matches 1966 & 1979) (#5) (1960, 1962, 1963 Challenge Cup Winner) (1962 Lance Todd Trophy Winner), (1966/67, 1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Colin Greenwood (#2) (1963 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Robert "Bob" Haigh (#12/#11) (1966/67, 1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- David "Dave" Hawley (1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner) (#13) circa-1967…70
- Kenneth "Ken" Hirst (#5) (1962 Challenge Cup Winner), (1966/67 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Keith Holliday (#7) (1960, 1962, 1963 Challenge Cup Winner)
- 1960s Challenge Cup & Championship
- David Jeanes (#8) (1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Milan Kosanovic (#9) (1963 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Matthew "Matt" McLeod (#12) (1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Geoffrey "Geoff" Oakes (#9) (1960, 1962 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Raymond "Ray" Owen (#7) (1966/67, 1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner) (1966/67 Harry Sunderland Trophy winner)
- Roger Pearman (#13) (1963 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Harold Poynton (Testimonial match 1967/68) (#6) (1962, 1963 Challenge Cup Winner) (1963 Lance Todd Trophy Winner), (1966/67, 1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner & Captain)
- Bernard Prior (#9) (1966/67 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Kenneth "Ken" Rollin (#6) (1960 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Gerald "Gerry" Round (#1) (1960, 1962, 1963 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Alan Skene (#3) (1960, 1962 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Malcolm Sampson (#10) (1963 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Gary Shepherd (#9) (1967/68 Rugby League Championship Winner)
- Frederick "Fred" Smith (#2) (1960, 1962 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Derek 'Rocky' Turner (#13/#13/#12) (1960, 1962, 1963 Challenge Cup Winner & Captain)
- Donald "Don" Vines (#10/#11) (1960, 1963 Challenge Cup Winner)
- John "Jack" Wilkinson (#8) (1960, 1962, 1963 Challenge Cup Winner)
- Dennis Williamson (#12) (1962 Challenge Cup Winner) (From Whitehaven)
Other Notable Players 1873…1914
- Rugby league was still a 15-a-side game until 1906, so #14 and #15 do not indicate substitutes as they were not actually introduced until 1964
- J. Allchurch (#8) circa-1895
- J. Anderton (#7) circa-1895
- G. Appleyard (#10) circa-1898
- E. C. Bartram circa-1883
- W. L. Beattie circa-1914 (Was invited to tour Australia with Great Britain, but declined due to business reasons. Was Killed in World War I)
- T. O. Bennett circa-1873 (Maternal Great-Grandfather of Donald "Don" Metcalfe)
- W. Binns (#12) circa-1895
- Joshua "Jos" Breakwell (#7) circa-1898
- E. Broadbent circa-16/09/1905 (from Wakefield Balne Lane RLFC)
- A. Cockcroft (#2/#5/#3/#4) circa-1914 (Was Killed in World War I)
- C. Crossland (#9/#13) circa-1895…98
- F. Crowther circa-1883
- H. Dawson circa-1883
- J. Day (#10) circa-1895
- Thomas "Tommy" Dixon (#7) circa-1905
- J. T. Ducker (#11) circa-1895
- W. Ellis circa-1883
- Edward "Ted" Evans (#F)
- J. Eyre (#9) circa-1895
- J. R. Fallas circa-1883
- H. Fallas circa-1883
- H. Finnigan (#2/#5/#3/#4) circa-1914 (Was Killed in World War I)
- A. Fisher circa-1883
- ?. Gallimore (#14) circa-1898
- W. Gameson (#4) circa-1895
- J. Goldthorpe (#5) circa-1895
- John "Jack" Goodyear (#2/#5/#3/#4)
- ?. Hale (#12) circa-1898
- H. O. Hanshaw circa-1883
- T. B. Hartley circa-1883
- David "Dave" Holmes (#3) circa-1909 (did not appear in 1909 Challenge Cup final)
- ?. Horbury (#13) circa-1905
- Thomas "Tommy" Howell (#2/#3) circa-1895…98
- H. Hutchinson circa-1883
- W. Jackson circa-1883
- Robert "Bob" Jacques (#2/#5/#3/#4)
- B. or G. Johnson (Was permanently disabled in World War I)
- Joseph "Joe" Jones
- G. Jubb circa-1883
- Harry Kershaw (#1/#6) circa-1895…98
- Joseph "Joe" Latham circa-1883
- Richard "Dicky" E. Lockwood (#4) circa-1898
- F. W. Lowrie , for England RU whilst at Wakefield 1889 New Zealand Natives 02/02/1889 The Spa in Gloucester
- William "Billy" Malkin (#3) circa-1898…1905
- ?. McDonald (#12) circa-1905
- Robert "Bob" McPhail (#2/#5/#3/#4) circa-1905…09 (did not appear in 1909 Challenge Cup final)
- ?. Measor (#1) circa-1905
- W. Milsom (#6) circa-1895
- B. Oldroyd circa-1883
- ?. Parker (#13) circa-1898
- Samuel "Sammy" Parkes circa-1909 (did not appear in 1909 Challenge Cup final)
- T. B. Perry circa-1883
- Horace Price (#5) circa-1898
- ?. Riley (#11) circa-1905
- J. Scaife circa-1883
- T. Shires circa-1883
- Frederick "Fred" Smales (#F)
- G. Steele circa-1883
- J. Tattersall circa-1883
- Joseph "Joe" Taylor circa-1909 (did not appear in 1909 Challenge Cup final due to broken finger)
- George Thresh (#11) circa-1898
- P. Unsworth circa-1909 (did not appear in 1909 Challenge Cup final)
- W. Varley (#14) circa-1895
- William "Bill" Walton (#8) (captain) circa-1895…1905
- H. Ward circa-1883
- ?. Ward (#3) circa-1905
- T. Westerby (#15) circa-1895
- Herbert Whiteley circa-1883
- L. Whittaker (#15) circa-1898
- R. B. Wood (#2) circa-1895
Other Notable Players 1918…1939
- C. Agar (#12) circa-1922
- H. Armstrong circa-1922
- J. Barraclough (#13) circa-1922
- E. Bateson (#2) circa-1930?
- Billy Batten circa-1924…27?
- T. Brennan circa-1923
- W. Clements (#11) circa-1930?
- ?. Durkin (#8) circa-1922
- Harry Field (#9) circa-1930?
- F. Gibson (#8) circa-1930?
- Samuel "Sam" Lee circa-1938 111-goals in 1938/9 season
- John Malpass (#2/#5/#3/#4) circa-1930…47 Trainer-Coach >1947
- J. Metcalfe circa-1930 (Father of Donald "Don" Metcalfe)
- W. Moss (#10) circa-1930?
- Joseph "Joe" Pearce (#7) circa-1930?
- Clifford "Cliff" Pepper circa-1923
- Thomas "Tommy" Pickup (#3) circa-1922…26 (Wakefield Trinity in the Yorkshire Cup finals of 1924 and 1926 )
- H. Rafter (#11) circa-1922
- Gilbert Robinson (#3/#4) circa-1932
- E. or J. Rogers (#6) circa-1922
- Albert Rosenfeld (#5) circa-1922
- Archibald "Archie" Siswick (#4) circa-1922…30? (Testimonial match circa-1930)
- A. W. Thompson (#2) circa-1922
- C. D. Webb (#10) circa-1922
Other Notable Players 1940s
- John "Jack" Booth (#8/#10/#11/#12) (Yorkshire 1947/48 1950/51 1951/52) 257-apps
- John Leighton Davies circa-1948…52 (from Neath RUFC)
- J. Duggan (#2) (from Wakefield RUFC) circa-1948
- Arthur Fletcher (#4) circa-1946…48 (Yorkshire 1947/48 1948/49 1953/54 1954/55) 290-apps
- L. Gant (#F) circa-1947- (to Featherstone Rovers)
- A. Gray (#1) circa-1947+ (for England RUFC whilst at Otley RUFC 1946/47 Wales, Ireland, Scotland)
- E. Greenaway (#13) circa-1947+ (from )
- G. Heeley (#7) circa-1947+
- W. Ivill (#3) circa-1948
- H. Jones (#3/#4) circa-1947+ (Trinity Junior)
Other Notable Players 1950s
- Wilfred "Wilf" Adams (#10) circa-1951…60
- Colin Bell circa-1955
- David Blakeley
- K. Bridges (#9) circa-1955
- Harry Burton circa-1956
- Eric Cooper (#2) circa-1955
- Robert "Bob" Coverdale (#10) circa-1957…62 | (for Great Britain whilst at Hull 4-caps (World Cup 1954 4-caps)) (From Hull To Hull K.R.)
- Ivor Dorrington South African (F) circa-1959 12-apps|1-try|3-points
- Ronald Evans (#7) circa-1955…58
- S. Evans (F) circa-1957…60 28-apps|1-try|3-points
- R. Fewster (#5) circa-1955
- F. Haigh circa-1960 84-apps|11-tries|22-points
- D. Harrison (#8) circa-1955…60 154-apps|20-tries|60-points
- Leslie "Les" Hirst circa-1951…54 107-goals 1951/52 103-goals 1953/54
- A. Houlden (#5) circa-1958 57-apps|14-goals|30-tries|118-points
- William "Bill" Hudson (#13) (Yorkshire 1950/51)
- Reginald "Reg" Hughes (#13) circa-1951
- Alan Jubb
- David Lamming (#12) circa-1959…60
- J. Lindley (#10) circa-1958…60 87-apps|5-tries|15-points
- Eric Lockwood (#6/#1) circa-1955…61 (to Doncaster)
- Donald "Don" Metcalfe (#1) circa-1957…65
- David Mortimer 13-apps|2-goals|2-tries|10-points (to Doncaster)
- R. Parker (F) circa-1957
- Ripley? (#1) circa-1955
- S. J. Shaw (#9) circa-1958 194-apps|35-tries|105-points (Yorkshire 1958/59)
- Stanley "Stan" Smith circa-1954…61 (To Bramley)
- Guy Taylor circa-19
- Kenneth "Ken" Traill (#13) circa-1958 (Yorkshire 1958/59)
- Eric Varley circa-1956
- David Wakefield circa-1961 (to Doncaster)
Other Notable Players 1960s
- Edgar Bate (#8) circa-1965
- ?. Bell (#11) circa-1966
- Joseph "Joe" Bonnar (#7) circa-1969…75
- ?. Carlton (#3) circa-1969
- Noel Dolton (#8) circa-1965…66
- David Garthwaite (#5) circa-1965…69
- Roy Hawksley (#9) circa-1961…64
- Anthony "Tony" Hill (#9) circa-1969…71
- M. Hunte (#2/#12) circa-1966…72
- ?. Mann (#2/#5) circa-1962…64
- ?. Payley (#1) circa-1966…69
- ?. Payne (#11) circa-1964
- D. Plumstead (#12) circa-1964…66
- Jan Prinsloo (#5) 01/1961…? (1961/62 R.L. XIII 1-cap)
- Terrence "Terry" Ramshaw (#8/#11/#12) circa-1969…71
- Willis Rushton (#3/#4) circa-1965…66
- David Sampson
- K. Slater (#2) circa-1969…71
- ?. Steel (#11/#2) circa-1962…66
- ?. Storey (#10/#12) circa-1964
- Anthony "Tony" Thomas (#2/#7) circa-1965…66
- ?. Turnbull (#11/#12) circa-1964
- ?. Ward (#7) circa-1969
- Geoffrey "Geoff" Wraith (#1/#3) circa-1966…73
Other Notable Players 1970s
- John Archer (#4/#5) circa-1974…75
- William "Bill" Ashurst (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#11/#12) circa-1979…82
- ?. Backhouse (#5) circa-1971
- ?. Ballantyne (#8/#12) circa-1970…78
- ?. Barends (#5) circa-1971…72
- ?. Barlow circa-1970
- Roy Bratt (Testimonial match 1983) (#8/#10) circa-1973…83
- ?. Brown (#4) circa-1978…79
- John Burke (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#8) circa-1979
- Alan Butterfield (#2) circa-1974…75
- Terrence "Terry" Clawson 1978/79 8-games
- Norman Cooper (#8) circa-1974
- Terrence "Terry" Crook (Testimonial match 1977) (#1/#3) circa-1967…77
- ?. Ellis (#11/#12/#13) circa-1973…75
- Kenneth "Ken" Endersby (#12) circa-1973
- ?. Evans (#10) circa-1975
- Andrew "Andy" Fletcher (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#2/#5/#6) circa-1974…89
- Max Fletcher circa-1975
- ?. Godfrey (#10) circa-1972
- Neil Goodwin (#11) circa-1974
- ?. Gregory (#11) circa-1979
- Anthony "Tony" Handforth (#9) circa-1974
- ?. Handscombe (#9) circa-1974…75
- Kevin Harkin circa-1973
- Paul Harkin? (#7) circa-1971
- ?. Harrison (#12) circa-1971
- ?. Hegarty (#4) circa-1972…74
- Gary Hetherington circa-1974
- Ernest Holmes (#7) circa-1974
- ?. Hudson (#7) circa-1975…78
- Graham Idle (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#11/#12/#13) circa-1978…79
- Eric Ingham (#9) circa-1975
- ?. Kelley (#10) circa-1970
- ?. Knowles (#11) circa-1974
- Michael "Mike" Lampkowski (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#7/#13) circa-1978…80
- Barry Langton (#6/#7) circa-1975
- Terrence "Terry" Langton (#6/#7) circa-1975
- Raymond "Ray" Leighton circa-1975
- ?. Lockwood (#10) circa-1978
- ?. Lumb (#5) circa-1975
- Stephen "Steve" Lyons (#10) circa-1973
- Michael "Mick" Major (#2) circa-1972
- ?. Marston (#3/#5) circa-1970…72
- Alan McCurrie (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#9) 1979…81
- Paul McDermott (#13) circa-1979…84
- ?. McDonagh (#5) circa-1970
- Trevor Midgley (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#1/#3) circa-1978…80
- Nigel Murray (#8/#10) circa-1979…81
- ?. Needham (#2/#7) circa-1979
- ?. Oswald (#11) circa-1970
- Henry Oulton (#1/#2/#5) circa-1975
- ?. Parker (#5) circa-1973
- Keith Rayne (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#4/#8/#11) circa-1978…88
- Kevin Rayne (1979 Challenge Cup Runner-up) (#11/#12) circa-1975…81
- ?. Rigg (#2) circa-1978
- ?. Robinson circa-1979
- ?. Spencer circa-1970
- ?. Stephens (#2) circa-1975
- ?. Stringer (#9) circa-1978
- ?. Sutcliffe (#4) circa-1975
- John Thompson (Testimonial match 1988) (#8/#10/#11/#12) circa-1978…95
- Steve Tinker (#4/#5/#6/#7) circa-1979…81
- Alan Tonks (#12) circa-1974
- Leslie "Les" Tonks (#8) circa-1974…75
- Rob Valentine (Dave Valentine's younger brother) (#10/#11/#12) circa-1970…73 | Great Britain RL: Huddersfield 1967 (A/a)ustralia 1-cap | Scotland RU: Hawick RUFC 1963 3-caps | Other Nations: Keighley 1975 Lancashire (1 or 2)-caps (signed for Huddersfield 11/1963)
- ?. Wandless circa-1979
- Geoffrey "Geoff" Wriglesworth circa-1973
Other Notable Players 1980s
- ?. Adams circa-1984
- Allan Agar (#7) circa-1980…81
- Adrian Barwood (#2/#5) circa-1980…81
- Nigel Bell (#7/#8/#9/#10/#12/#13) circa-1984…95
- ?. Box (#1/#13) circa-1983…84
- David "Dave" Busfield
- Peter Clarkson circa-1980
- Gary Cocks (Dewsbury >1984) circa-1984
- ?. Coventry (#4) circa-1984
- Mark Conway (#6/#7) circa-1987…1993
- William "Billy" Conway (#7/#9) circa-1984…1995
- Terry Day (#3/#6) circa-1980…81
- Steve Diamond (#1/#4) circa-1979…81
- Ian Douglas (#12) circa-1987…88
- Phil Eden (#2/#3/#4/#5) circa-1984…90
- Stephen "Steve" Ella (#6/#7) circa-1988…89
- Dale Fennell circa-1981…82 (to Bradford Northern 1982/83)
- Colin Forsyth (#10) circa-1980…81
- ?. Fox (#5) circa-1987
- ?. Gearey (#11/#12) circa-1983…84
- ?. Gerard (#6) circa-1984
- ?. Gill (#12) circa-1984
- John Glancy (#8/#10/#11/#12/#13) circa-1988…92
- Mark Graham (#13) circa-1988
- Mark Guest (#1) circa-1982
- Gary Haggerty circa-1988
- ?. Hampson (#5) circa-1984
- Kevin Harcombe (#1/#5) circa-1987…90
- William "Billy" Harris (#8/#10) circa-1980…84
- ?. Harrison (#3) circa-1983
- ?. Hendry (#3) circa-1984…87
- Ian Hopkinson (#8/#10) circa-1982…87
- ?. Hughes (#11) circa-1983…84
- Alan Hunte
- Richard "Dick" Jasiewicz (#13) circa-1987
- David Jones (#2/#5) circa-1983…92
- Ian Jowitt (#2/#5) circa-1987…88
- Andrew "Andy" Kelly (#11/#12) circa-1980…90
- Neil Kelly circa-1987
- Richard Kelly (#1/#4/#6) circa-1984 to 1992
- Tracey Lazenby (#12) circa-1988…92
- James Leuluai (#1/#5/#6) circa-1988…89
- Wally Lewis (#6) circa-1983…84
- John Lyons (#4/#6) circa-1982…83
- Paul Mallinder (#10) circa-1988…89
- Colin Maskill (#9) circa-1982…84
- Andrew "Andy" Mason (#3/#4) circa-1987…92
- Gary Moore (#5) circa-1982
- Wayne Morrell (#4) circa-1980…81
- Stephen "Steve" 'Knocker' Norton (#11/#12/#13) circa-1988…89
- ?. Oglethorpe circa-1984
- Derek Parker (#4) circa-1982
- Clive Pickerill (#7) circa-1982…83
- Adrian Plummer (#1) circa-1980
- Stephen "Steve" Potts (#10/#11) circa-1988
- ?. Rollin (#1) circa-1984
- Lindsay Rotherforth (#2/#5) circa-1984…88
- Ian Sheldon (#9) circa-1987…89
- Richard Slater (#1/#6/#13) circa-1988…95
- ?. Snell (#4) circa-1984
- Nigel Stephenson (ex-Dewsbury 1973 Championship) (#6/#13) circa-1983…84
- ?. Stringer (#9) circa-1984
- ?. Swann (#3/#12) circa-1984
- Andrew "Andy" Sygrove (#1) circa-1984..89
- Gary Thornton (#2/#5) circa-1988
- Brent Todd (#8/#10) circa-1988
- ?. Tosney circa-1984
- ?. Van Bellen (#8) circa-1987
- Granam Walters (#3) circa-1982
- ?. Waters (#12) circa-1984
- ?. Waugh (#10) circa-1984
- ?. Wild (#3) circa-1984
- ?. Williams (#13) circa-1983…84
- Andrew "Andy" Wilson (#3/#4/#5) circa-1988…95
Other Notable Players 1990s Pre-Super League
Martin Law circa-1998
?. Lord (#10) circa-1998
Paul Lord (#2) circa-1992
Wayne McDonald (#11) circa-1995…1999
Stephen "Steve" McGowan circa-1995
Ian Marlow circa-1993…95
Lynton Morris (?#11) circa-1990
James Mosley circa-1995
David Mycoe (#6) circa-1998
David Nelson circa-1995
Brian Noble circa-1995
Henry Paul
Christopher "Chris" Perry (#1/#6) circa-1990
Robert Piva circa-1995
Daio Powell circa-1995
Raymond "Ray" Price circa-1998
Andrew "Andy" Proctor circa-1998
?. Richardson circa-1998
Craig Rika (#2) circa-1998
Paul Round (#11) circa-1992
Paul Seabine circa-1998
Mark Sheals circa-1995
Adrian Shelford (#8) circa-1990
Gary Spencer (#1) circa-1992…95
Francis Stephenson circa-1995…00
Mark Webster (#10) circa-1992…95
Sonny Whakarau (#12/#13) circa-1998
Aaron Whittaker circa-1995
Jon Wray (#5) circa-1998
Nigel Wright (#6) circa-1992…95
Other Notable Players 1990s…2000s Super League (Including Current Players)
Mark Applegarth
Ryan Atkins
Mark Barlow
Nathan Batty
Monty Betham
Kyle Bibb
Ricky Bibey
Deon Bird
Matthew Blake
Luke Blake
Damien Blanch
Matt Blaymire
Paul Broadbent
Justin Brooker
Danny Brough
Adrian Brunker
Austin Buchanan
Liam Campbell
Ned Catic
Jason Critchley
Kevin Crouthers
Brad Davis
Matty Dale
Jason Demetriou
Sid Domic
Dane Dorahy
Brad Drew
Olivier Elima
James Evans
Vince Fawcett
Chris Feather
Dale Ferguson
Brett Ferres
Mark Field
Jamie Field
Liam Finn
Andrew "Andy" Fisher
Peter Fox
Andrew "Andy" Frew
Luke George
Sean Gleeson
Jason Golden
Bobbie Goulding
Maxime Grésèque
Darrell Griffin
Josh Griffin
Scott Grix
Dave Halley
Danny Halliwell
Colum Halpenny
Paul Handforth
Lionel Harbin
Phil Hassan
Tommy Haughey
Kevin Henderson
Paul Hicks
Joe Hirst
Andrew "Andy" Hodgson
Martyn Holland
Dallas Hood
Sylvain Houles
Ryan Hudson
Adam Hughes
Paul Jackson
Ben Jeffries
Darren Jordan
Warren Jowitt
Damon Keating
Tony Kemp
Shane Kenward
Kevin King
Andrew "Andy" Kirk
Ian Knott
Michael Korkidas
Graham Law
Neil Law
Tevita Leo-Latu
Danny Lima
Duncan MacGillivray
Francis Maloney
David March
Paul March
Tony Martin
Martin Masella
Keith Mason
Steve McNamara
Martin Moana
Richard Moore
Aaron Murphy
Richard Newlove
Clinton O'Brien
Sam Obst
Julian O'Neill
Julian O'Neill
Martin Pearson
Matthew Petersen
Jay Pitts
Willie Poching
Steve Prescott
Waine Pryce
Ben Rauter
Paul Reilly
Sean Richardson
Julien Rinaldi
Craig Robinson
Jamie Rooney
Justin Ryder
Paul Sampson
Tommy Saxton
Danny Sculthorpe
Matt Seers
Troy Slattery
Richard Smith
Steve Snitch
Bright Sodje
David Solomona
Alfred Songoro
Cain Southernwood
Roy Southernwood
Waisale Sovatabua
Andrew "Andy" Speak
Rob Spicer
Lynton Stott
James Stosic
Semi Tadulala
Ian Talbot
Albert Talipeau
Kris Tassell
Tony Tatupu
Glen Tomlinson
George Truelove
Adrian Vowles
Michael Wainwright
Adam Watene
Frank Watene
Jon Wells
Benjamin "Ben" Westwood
David White
Paul White
Jon Whittle
Oliver Wilkes
Kyle Wood
Nathan Wood
Matt Wray
David Wrench
Belle Vue
Situated on the A638 to the south of Wakefield city centre, Belle Vue, known as the Atlantic Solutions Stadium in 2005, has been the home of Wakefield Trinity for over 100 years.
The stadium certainly has seen better days but recent and on going improvements such as adding the hospitality suite (known as the Benidorm holiday flats by home and away fans alike) at the south end of the ground and new players' facilities have improved the ground.
The club announced plans to build a brand new 12,000 seat stadium in nearby Thornes Park, but these were rejected by the local council on 12 September 2008 due to likelihood of failing to meet either the £60m budget and the 2012 deadline.
Chants
Like other rugby league clubs, Wakefield’s fans have a number of chants. The most commonly heard is “When the Trin come marching in"
2009 Squad
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