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Jimmy Watson, who is enjoying his benefit year with Hunslet RLFC, was hailed as the Geoff Gunney MBE Clubman of the Year at the Betfred League 1 promotion aspirants’ presentation night, which also doubled as the long-serving fullback’s testimonial dinner. A packed house enjoyed a litany of insights by legendary
Hunslet RLFC 66-0 Drighlington ARLFC It’s not often in professional sport these days you get a player that sticks with a club for 10 years. If you can get that loyalty it’s a special thing. Hunslet celebrated one of those players yesterday (29 April 2023) in full-back Jimmy Watson. Watson
Hunslet RLFC 39-32 Whitehaven RLFC This season at the South Leeds Stadium has been good value for thrillers, and today’s game (2 June 2018) was one of the best. Looking defeated at 22-32, Hunslet came back from the dead to take the points 39-32. All photos by Paul Johnson Phoenix
Hunslet RLFC won a close match against Newcastle Thunder on Sunday (16 July 2017) with the last kick of the match at South Leeds Stadium. The match swung back and forth but neither side were ever more than one score ahead throughout the game. The final score: Hunslet RLFC 26-25
Hunslet RLFC 30-22 Workington Town After last week’s shock defeat at Oxford and the surprise departure of Coach James Coyle, Hunslet got back to winning ways today (21 May 2017) at the South Leeds Stadium defeating Cumbrians, Workington Town by 30 points to 22. Town started the stronger and took
There’s been lots of news coming out of South Leeds Stadium this week ahead of Saturday’s clash with top of the table Toulouse Olympique. The match, the Hawks’ last scheduled home match of the season, kicks off at 3pm on Saturday (3 September 2016) and the club have announced that
Hunslet Hawks 46-12 Barrow Raiders All is forgiven after last week’s disappointing showing against York after the Hawks booked their place in the fourth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup with a ruthless and disciplined dismantling of fellow league one promotion rivals Barrow. Nerves were jangling in South Leeds after
Life doesn’t get any easier for Hunslet Hawks fans, but after the latest in a run of defeats against the sides at the top of the Kingstone Press Championship, there was no reason to be downhearted. In fact the performance on Sunday against Featherstone Rovers should give the supporters real
A mistake riddled second half saw Hunslet Hawks lose their home opener in the Kingstone Press Championship on Sunday as Batley Bulldogs scored 18 unanswered points to register a 26-14 win at the South Leeds Stadium. Hunslet had named an unchanged side, Barry Eaton sticking with the same starting 13 who had
At about 6.15pm on Sunday evening the words of a little known (outside Hunslet!) Russian sea shanty – “We’ve swept the seas before boys and so we shall again” reverberated from the Western Terrace and Section B of the Main Stand at Headingley Carnegie Stadium north of the river