The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C.. Huddersfield 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. The club was founded in 1864 and is the world's oldest professional rugby league club. They have won 7 Championships and 6 Challenge Cups, but have not won a major trophy since 1962, Although they did win the 2013 League Leaders Shield after topping the table for the first time in 81 years.
Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England.
The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, currently playing in the Championship. They have won the Challenge Cup five times, the league championship six times and the World Club Challenge three times. Having vacated Odsal Stadium, Bradford intend to play their home games next year at Tetley’s Stadium. The team jersey is white with red, amber and black chevrons.
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1870, they compete in the Super League, the top-level rugby league club competition for an English club, and have won the competition a record eight times since its inception in 1996. They play their home matches at Headingley Rugby Stadium, and were the 2017 Super League champions.
Halifax R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in Halifax, West Yorkshire, which formed in 1873. Halifax were one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. They have been Rugby League Champions four times and have won the Challenge Cup five times. They were known as the Halifax Blue Sox between 1996 and 2002.
The Batley Bulldogs are an English professional rugby league club in Batley, West Yorkshire, who play in the Championship. Batley were one of the original twenty-two rugby football clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. They were League Champions in 1924 and have won three Challenge Cups.
The Keighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England who compete in League 1, the third tier of English rugby league. Keighley's home ground, Cougar Park has a capacity of 7,800.
Karl Harrison is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for both Great Britain and England, and at club level for Bramley, Featherstone Rovers, Hull F.C. and Halifax, as a prop. and has coached at representative level for England, and at club level for Halifax Blue Sox, the Keighley Cougars, the Bradford Bulls, the Salford City Reds, the Huddersfield Giants, the Batley Bulldogs and Halifax. Harrison is a Halifax Hall of Fame Inductee.
Tony Smith is a professional rugby league coach who is the Head Coach of Hull Kingston Rovers in the Betfred Super League, and a former player.
Michael Anthony Collins is a football player and coach who plays for Alfreton Town.
Marcus St Hilaire, also known by the nickname of "Junior", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback, wing and centre in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for England and Ireland, and at club level for the Huddersfield Giants, Leeds Rhinos, Halifax, Bradford Bulls and Oldham.
Philip John Larder MBE, is an English rugby league and rugby union coach, and former player in both codes.
Mike A. Ford is an English rugby union coach, and former professional rugby league footballer. He was named as the Director of Rugby for Dallas Griffins in Major League Rugby, which is planned to begin in 2020. In March 2019 he joined Leicester Tigers as a temporary assistant coach for the remainder of the 2018–2019 Premiership Rugby season.
Paul Rowley is an English rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. An England representative hooker, he played at club level for the Leigh Centurions, Halifax and the Huddersfield Giants. After retiring as a player, Rowley began a coaching career and was appointed head coach of the Leigh Centurions in 2012, leading the club to Championship titles in 2014 and 2015 before departing at the beginning of the 2016 season. He subsequently was the head coach of the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Championship.
Rob "Bob" A. Valentine is a Scottish rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s.
Loughborough Students Rugby Union Football Club is the rugby club that represents Loughborough University in rugby union competition. Of the British universities, Loughborough has unparalleled success, having won the BUCS championship on twenty-seven occasions. It fields sides in the BUCS league, (inter-university) and in the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, National League 2 North. The club has fielded over seventy internationals, many of whom won caps while playing for the club.
Patrick "Paddy" Joseph Reid was an Irish dual-code rugby centre. Reid played club rugby under the rugby union code for Garryowen, and played international rugby for Ireland, and was part of the Grand Slam winning team of 1948. The following season, he switched codes, joining professional rugby league side Huddersfield, before ending his league career with Halifax.
Greg Austin is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A prolific try scorer, Austin spent the majority of his playing career in England.
Hubert Lockwood was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and cricketer. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Huddersfield R.U.F.C., and representative rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield and Halifax, as a goal-kicking fullback, i.e. number 1.
Jack Scroby is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s. He played rugby union (RU) for Army Rugby Union and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Ovenden ARLFC, Bradford Northern and Halifax, as a prop, second-row or loose forward, i.e. number 8 or 10, 11 or 12, or 13, and coached at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield and Halifax.
