1939 had seen the outbreak of war and the suspension of competitive rugby. On the 14th of September the Rugby League decided County Competitions could be arranged and Secretaries of those clubs wishing to compete should confirm to the Rugby League so fixtures could be arranged. Gates were to be shared and players who had…
The first competitive game for the newly formed Hunslet Rugby club was approaching and today in 1883 a second practise match was held at Woodhouse Hill to determine the players for the fixture. In 1962/63 the Rugby League started a three year trial of two Divisions. With 16 teams in each division more fixtures were…
One feature of the Rugby League from it’s inception in 1895 until 1970 were the Yorkshire and Lancashire Leagues. As there were too many clubs for all to play each other home and away the clubs played all the teams in their county, the results being tabulated into leagues and these leagues’ leaders being awarded…
Club Hall Of Famer John Wolford made his debut today at Halifax in 1981. He had played previously for Bramley, Bradford Northern and signed for Hunslet from Dewsbury. He debuted for Bramley as a 16 year old against Hunslet, played for Great Britain Under-24s, won a Yorkshire cap and he was part of the team…
Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Barry Anderson, and wife Caroline were in attendance on Friday at the Clubs heritage night which took place in the Phoenix Bar.
Hunslet are sad to announce the departure of Director of Rugby, Darren Higgins.
Hunslet RLFC are exploring a potential change in our ownership model — moving from fan ownership to bringing in a traditional individual investor / consortium model.
An update from CEO Neil Hampshire following the news that the Championship and League One will merge into one single division in 2026.
Hunslet RLFC are delighted to announce that club legend Jimmy Watson is back in the myrtle, white and flame for 2026 after signing a 12-month contract extension.
Hunslet RLFC are delighted to announce the signing of Jamaican International winger Mo Agoro.
Hunslet RLFC are delighted to announce that 2025 Player of the Season Billy Jowitt has signed a new 12-month contract with the Club.
It was a clean sweep for Billy Jowitt at Saturdays end of season awards.
Hunslet RLFC-sponsored Handwriting Competition , now in its second year, had a bumper number of entries on display at The Great Middleton Park Show this September.
The 2026 North v South Series kicked off in style at South Leeds Stadium on Saturday with 120 youngsters from either side of the river wearing their colours with pride. The player development programme is organised by the Leeds Rhinos Foundation, and we are proud to play our part in supporting it. Spectators were treated…
For the second year running Hunslet are running a handwriting competition at 6 of our local schools. The initiative is the idea of Club Volunteer Pat Benatmane. Pat explained “Year 4 children, aged 8 to 9 years are competing to win the Handwriting Competition. In its inaugural year, Beeston Primary and Middleton St Mary’s were…
The 1946 Challenge Cup Semi–final at Headingley against Wakefield Trinity certainly had plenty of incidents. Anticipating a 35,000 attendance, the police had announced plans to control traffic and spectators using police radio cars, quite an innovation at time. As it happened the crowd of 33,000 didn’t cause the problems the police anticipated and all were…
Members of HIST you are invited to the Hunslet RLFC Annual General Meeting on the 18 January 2022 at 7pm. Once again this will be online, members should have been sent an email with the meeting link, please also check your junk email boxes. This is your annual opportunity to review the performance of our…
The Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday 6th May at 10.00am in the Phoenix Lounge at South Leeds Stadium.
| N. | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | PD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 764 | 299 | 465 | 40 |
| 2 |  | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 651 | 314 | 337 | 38 |
| 3 |  | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 678 | 366 | 312 | 36 |
| 4 |  | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 602 | 450 | 152 | 32 |
| 5 |  | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 594 | 424 | 170 | 29 |
| 6 |  | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 640 | 461 | 179 | 28 |
| 7 |  | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 454 | 475 | -21 | 24 |
| 8 |  | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 528 | 533 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 |  | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 525 | 559 | -34 | 21 |
| 10 |  | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 468 | 548 | -80 | 16 |
| 11 |  | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 381 | 689 | -308 | 12 |
| 12 |  | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 386 | 751 | -365 | 10 |
| 13 |  | 24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 256 | 1058 | -802 | 4 |
