The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. Before 1996, the club was known simply as Swinton RLFC.
Steve McCormack is a rugby league coach. He was head coach of Scotland until 2017 and was the longest reigning coach in the nation's history having held the role since 2004. He has also had an extensive club coaching career, having coached Salford City Reds in the Super League and Whitehaven Warriors, Widnes Vikings, Barrow Raiders Swinton Lions and Gloucestershire All Golds in the Rugby League Championships.
The Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863, is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia, although this date is disputed by historian Tom Hickie who argues that it was 1865.
Station Road was a stadium in Pendlebury, near Manchester, England. It was the home of Swinton Rugby League Club between 1929 and 1992 and was widely recognised as one of the finest grounds in the Rugby League.
Vincent "Vince" Peter Patrick Karalius , also known as "the Wild Bull of the Pampas", was an English rugby league footballer, and coach. He played as a loose forward, and was part of the Great Britain squad which won the 1960 World Cup. He forged a fearsome reputation as a strong runner of the ball and a devastating tackler. He was also highly regarded as a brilliant passer of the ball, often doing so with one of his large hands.
Ian Watson is a professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Huddersfield Giants in the Betfred Super League, and a former Wales international who played as a scrum-half or hooker in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
The 1991–92 Rugby Football League season was the 97th season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1991 until May, 1992 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.
The 1924–25 Rugby Football League season was the 30th season of rugby league football.
The 1925–26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.
The 1926–27 Rugby Football League season was the 32nd season of rugby league football.
The 1927–28 Rugby Football League season was the 33rd season of rugby league football. Swinton won All four cups.
The 1928–29 Rugby Football League season was the 34th season of rugby league football.
The 1931–32 Rugby Football League season was the 37th season of rugby league football in northern England.
The 1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 66th season of rugby league football.
Rees Thomas was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Cornwall, and at club level for Maesteg RFC, Royal Navy and Devonport Services R.F.C., and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Swinton and Wigan, as a scrum-half, i.e. number 7, and coached at club level for Swinton.
Rhodri Lloyd is a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Swinton Lions in the Betfred Championship and Wales at international level.
Heywood Road is a multi-use rugby stadium in Sale, Greater Manchester, England, which has been the home ground of rugby union side Sale F.C. since 1905. It was the home ground of spin-off professional club Sale Sharks until they moved to Edgeley Park, Stockport, in 2003. Sale Sharks' 'A' team, the Sale Jets, still play at Heywood Road.
Joe Philbin is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward, second-row and prop for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League. He has played for Ireland, Great Britain and England at international level.
The 1890–91 Rugby Union County Championship was the third edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.
Mike Butt is a Wales international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger and fullback for the Swinton Lions in the Betfred Championship.
