Wath Brow Hornets are an amateur rugby league football club from Cleator Moor, Cumbria. The club currently competes in the top division of the National Conference League. The club also operates a number of academy teams.
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| Full name | Wath Brow Hornets Amateur Rugby League Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Hornets | |
| Colours | Black Yellow | |
| Founded | 1898 | |
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| Competition | National Conference League | |
| 2019 | 1st | |
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The game of rugby of one sorts or another has been played in the Wath Brow area of Cleator Moor for many a long year, Prior to the great breakaway in 1895 there was a rugby union team with the name now associated to the rugby league club.
The original Wath Brow RL, or Northern Union as it was originally known, was founded in 1898, when a Mr. Wilson represented Cumberland in the first ever County Championship against Cheshire.
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A new club with the same name was formed in 1920. This club however, disbanded at the start of World War II in 1939.
The current incarnation of the club was formed in 1955 and joined the National Conference League in 2002.
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