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Hunslet RLFC, originally known as Hunslet Northern Union Football Club, were the first club to achieve the feat of ‘all four cups’: Rugby Football League Championship, Challenge Cup, county league (Lancashire League or Yorkshire League) and county cup (Lancashire Cup or Yorkshire Cup). The photo shows the squad pictured at
A packed meeting of Hunslet RLFC fans at South Leeds Stadium on Monday (4 November 2019) has backed plans for the club to move towards a new ownership structure. Hunslet has been run as a supporters-owned club since 2012, but a number of Board members have decided to stand down
South Leeds Life spoke to Hunslet RLFC Coach Gary Thornton to get his views on the key issues of the 2019 season. Q: The playoff performance against Workington Town seemed to sum up Hunslet’s season. Very good in patches but falling away in the second half – is that a
Friday 13 September 2019 saw the coming together of team, staff and fans down in the Phoenix Bar at South Leeds Stadium to make the annual awards to Hunslet RLFC team members. Players brought along their families to see who had won the votes and to watch a review of
Long standing Chairman, Neil Hampshire has announced he’s stepping down from Hunslet RLFC‘s board and signalled that the club, currently owned by its supporters, could return to private hands. Neil Hampshire said in a statement: “After much consideration and serving almost 8 years as Chairman, I have decided to step
Hunslet 24-32 Workington Town Hunslet RLFC ended the 2019 season in disappointment yesterday (15 September 2019) as they were knocked out of the Betfred League 1 Elimination Playoff by a Workington Town side that had beaten the Parksiders four times over the course of the season. The home and second
Red Ladder’s new play The Parting Glass, exploring men’s mental health and the culture of silence that can prevent men from opening up about their experiences, is coming to South Leeds as part of a Yorkshire tour. Jim’s always been a bit of a character – cracking jokes, telling funny
A HERO for Hunslet on the rugby league pitch and as a submariner during the Second World War, Alf ‘Ginger’ Burnell has died, aged 95. Remembered as one of the sport’s most talented half-backs in the immediate post-war period, Burnell was a member of Hunslet’s hall of fame. He agreed
Hunslet RLFC 20-34 Oldham RLFC Hunslet’s regular league season finished on a disappointing note with a defeat to second placed Oldham yesterday (Sunday 8 September 2019) at the South Leeds Stadium. It meant Hunslet had failed to beat any of the top 6 sides on their home patch, but with
Hunslet RLFC 16-30 Workington Town Hunslet’s poor home form this season continued as Workington Town took the points and inflicted a third defeat on the South Leeds outfit this campaign yesterday (2 September 2019). The Cumbrians always looked the hungrier as they needed the win to secure a play-off place