Halifax Panthers Wheelchair

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Halifax Panthers
Club information
Full nameHalifax Panthers Wheelchair Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)The Panthers
Fax
ColoursBlue and White
Founded2005;19 years ago (2005)
Website halifaxpanthers.co.uk
Current details
Competition Super League
2023 4th (Semi-finalists)
Rugby football current event.png Current season
Uniforms
Kit left arm white hoops.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body whitehoops.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm white hoops.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks white hoops.png
Kit socks long.svg
Home colours
Kit left arm blueborder.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body goldcollar.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm blueborder.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Away colours
Records
Championships 5 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)
Challenge Cups 4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
European Club Challenges 1 (2023)

The Halifax Panthers Wheelchair Rugby League Football Club are an English wheelchair rugby league club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The club competes in the RFL Wheelchair Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system. The club was formed in 2005.

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History

In July 2005, wheelchair rugby league was introduced to England by a French team who played against a team from Halifax. [1] [2] [3] The team was known as Calderdale in 2008 when several players were selected for the England world cup squad, [4] but became Halifax RLFC Wheelchair Tag Rugby League in 2009. [5] [6]

Halifax Panthers wheelchair team was one of the three founding members of the wheelchair rugby league competition in the United Kingdom along with Bury Jigsaw and Mersey Storm, with the former beating the Panthers in the inaugural competition grand final. [7] [8] Bury would be the dominant force in the early days of the competition, winning the round robin format national championship in 2012 and 2013. [9] [10] 2015 saw Halifax's first silverware winning the league and cup double, [11] [12] which they would retain twice over winning the double again in 2016 and 2017. [13] Halifax missed out of the league in 2018 but retained the cup for a fourth year running. [14] Halifax won the first official Super League in 2019. [15] Halifax's next league title came in 2022, [16] [17] [18] qualifying them for the newly formed European Club Challenge in which they shared the inaugural title with French champions Catalans Dragons after a 32–32 draw. [19]

Seasons

SeasonLeague Challenge
Cup 		European Club Challenge
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPlay-offs
2011Super LeagueUnknown2nd/3rdNo CompetitionNo Competition
2012National ChampionshipUnknown2nd/3rd
2013National ChampionshipUnknown2nd/3rd
2014National ChampionshipUnknown2nd/3rd/4th
2015Premier LeagueUnknownChampionsChampions
2016Premier LeagueUnknownChampionsChampions
2017Premier LeagueUnknownChampionsChampions
2018Premier LeagueUnknownRunners-upChampions
2019 Super League UnknownChampionsSemi-finals
2020 Super League Season due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Super League 743031231683rdLost in Semi-finalThird-place
2022 Super League 111001675487162ndChampionsFourth-place
2023 Super League 10550519351104thLost in Semi-finalFourth-placeChampions

Honours

Leagues

Winners (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022

Cups

Winners (4): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

International

Winners (1): 2023

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