Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "small town teams" which were common in rugby league in the early 20th century. The club has produced many junior players who have gone on to play for Super League clubs. Their local rivals are Castleford and Wakefield Trinity, and in the Championship, Halifax.
Jamie Rooney is an English former professional rugby league footballer who is currently the head coach of his hometown amateur club Featherstone Lions. He is also a former England international, being an integral part of the 2006 Federation Shield winning side.
Matty Blythe is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level in the Super League for the Warrington Wolves and the Bradford Bulls, and in the Championship for the Leigh Centurions (loan), the Bradford Bulls, and the Rochdale Hornets, as a wing, centre, second-row or loose forward.
Andrew Hay is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and has coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Emerging England, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for the Castleford Tigers, Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Widnes Vikings and the Doncaster Lakers and has coached at club level for the Castleford Tigers, Hull F.C., Salford Red Devils and Featherstone Rovers.
Dale Ferguson is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row or loose forward for Dewsbury Rams in the Betfred Championship.
Tangi Ropati is a former Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays for the Marist Saints in the Fox Memorial. He usually plays as a fullback or centre.
Cain Southernwood is a professional rugby league footballer who has played in the 2010s. He has played at club level for Smawthorne ARLFC, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Academy), in the Super League for Bradford Bulls, in the Championships for Dewsbury Rams (loan), Whitehaven, Batley Bulldogs and in Betfred League 1 for Hunlset, as a stand-off or scrum-half.
Thomas Smales is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Wigan, Barrow and Featherstone Rovers as a loose forward, and coached at club level for Dewsbury, Featherstone Rovers, Bramley, Doncaster and Batley.
Adam Sidlow is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League.
Frankie Mariano is a retired Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a prop, second-row or loose forward.
Tim Spears is a rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row and loose forward for the York City Knights in Betfred Championship.
Lucas Walshaw is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Batley Bulldogs in the Betfred Championship, as a centre or second-row.
Ben Blackmore is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for Bradford Bulls in the Betfred Championship.
Joseph "Joe" T. Anderson, also known by the nickname of 'Ginger', was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Lock Lane ARLFC, Castleford, Leeds and Featherstone Rovers, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.
Tom Holmes is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or stand-off for Bradford Bulls in the Betfred Championship.
Mitch Clark is a New Zealand Māori international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Baroudeurs de Pia XIII in the Elite One Championship.
Liam Kirk is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or loose forward for Sheffield Eagles in the Betfred Championship.
Scott Turner is a professional rugby league footballer who most recently played for Featherstone Rovers in the Kingstone Press Championship. He plays as a wing, centre or fullback.
Paul P. Coventry is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Fryston A.R.L.F.C., the Featherstone Rovers, and Wakefield Trinity, as a wing, centre, or stand-off, i.e. number 2 or 5, 3 or 4, or 6, he was previously the chairman of the Featherstone Rovers, and as of 2013 is the stadium co-ordinator at Post Office Road, Featherstone.
William Dagger is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback or on the wing for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Betfred Super League.
