Answer: Knowsley Road
St. Helens, nickname "The Saints", began playing at Knowsley Road in 1890. There were two teams competing in the same town, the other called St. Helens Recs between 1913 and 1939. St. Helens became one of the consistently top teams with the change to summer rugby and SuperLeague in 1996. With sponsorship from GPW Recruitment, the stadium's name was changed to GPW Recruitment in 2008.
From Quiz: Rugby League Stadium Names
Answer: 1879
Originally known as 'Warrington Zingari', Warrington RFC (later Warrington RLFC) was formed by Timothy Grix of Chatburn. Their first game was against Walton in Liverpool.
Their original HQ was at the White Hart Hotel while the first ground used by the side was located on Sankey Street. Their first home game was against Oughtrighton.
From Quiz: Warrington Wolves
Answer: Manningham
Formed in 1880, Manningham were a founding member of the new Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. The new code was a breakaway from the Rugby Football Union and would eventually stand apart from rugby union, with new rules adapted to help supporters recognise the differences between the two codes.
Manningham RLFC became the first ever rugby league champions by finishing one point ahead of Halifax in the first season of rugby league football. A 4-0 over Hunslet in the final game of the season sealed their one and only title.
For the next five years, there was no national Rugby League competition, as clubs supported the use of regional competitions due to excessive travel.
Meanwhile, Manningham only played Rugby League until 1903, when they decided to change codes to Association Football and became Bradford City AFC.
From Quiz: Rugby League in England
Answer: 1897
The 1st winners were Batley, beating St Helens by 10-3. The game was held at Headingley on May 1, 1897.
From Quiz: Rugby League Challenge Cup
Answer: White with a red 'V'
Saints very first kit wasn't red and white at all. In fact it was blue. They soon changed to the familiar Red 'V'.
From Quiz: St Helens RLFC
Answer: Wigan Warriors
In 1998, Wigan Warriors and Leeds Rhinos contested the inaugural Grand Final. Jason Robinson's try and three Andy Farrell goals got the ponits for Wigan. The final score was 10 - 4.
From Quiz: Grand Final and Challenge Cup
Answer: Wigan
Wigan beat Leeds 10-4.
From Quiz: English Super League
Answer: Batley
Batley, later called Batley Bulldogs, began playing at Mount Pleasant in 1895. They became semi-professional in 1921. Their old nickname was "The Gallant Youths", but since the advent of summer rugby league, they were called Batley Bulldogs. Batley were a strong team in the 1920s. They defeated Wigan 13-7 in the Championship Final in 1924. For most of the decades since, they have been in the lower divisions. They had to wait until 2010 for their next Cup victory, beating Widnes Vikings 25-24 in the Northern Rail Cup.
From Quiz: Rugby League Stadium Names
Answer: 1895
Warrington joined 21 other teams from Lancashire and Yorkshire in resigning from the Rugby Football Union and joining the newly formed Rugby Northern Union (later to be known as rugby league) on August 28th, 1895.
Their first season in the newly formed competition saw Warrington struggle to only 13th in the league.
From Quiz: Warrington Wolves
Answer: Headingley
56 clubs entered the first Challenge Cup. Eventually Batley and St. Helens made it to the final, played on April 24, 1897, at Headingley in Leeds.
A crowd of 13,492 watched Batley beat St. Helens 10-3 to become the first-ever winners of the Challenge Cup. Batley would go on to successfully defend the Cup in 1898, beating Bradford FC 7-0 in the final.
From Quiz: Rugby League in England
Answer: Wigan
Wigan beat Dewsbury 13-2 in front of a crowd of 41,500.
From Quiz: Rugby League Challenge Cup
Answer: Coors
The sponsorship was just for that one game. Many fans wanted Saints to keep the sponsor for good after it brought such luck.
From Quiz: St Helens RLFC
Answer: Leeds Rhinos
In 1998, Wigan Warriors and Leeds Rhinos contested the inaugural Grand Final. Richie Blackmore's lone try was the only points for Leeds. The final score was 10 - 4.
From Quiz: Grand Final and Challenge Cup
Answer: St Helens
St Helens beat Bradford 8-6. St Helens were inaugural Super League champions in 1996.
From Quiz: English Super League
Answer: JJB Stadium
By 1895, Wigan had been playing at a ground on Prescott Street, moving to Springfield Park in 1901, then moving to Central Park in 1902. They had a very successful history at Central Park. Their nickname was "The Riversiders" until 1996 when they became Wigan Warriors playing in the Super League. They moved to the newly built JJB Stadium in 1999, named after their sponsors. It was renamed DW Stadium after the sponsor Dave Wheelan in 2009.
From Quiz: Rugby League Stadium Names
Answer: 1905
Warrington have a long history of success in the Challenge Cup. They made their first final in 1901, but were beaten by Batley 6-0, losing the final at Headingley. Another final followed in 1904, this time losing to Halifax 8-3 at The Willows. It was third-time lucky for Warrington as they beat Hull Kingston Rovers 6-0 at Headingley.
From Quiz: Warrington Wolves
Answer: Broughton Rovers
1901-02 was the first time that the term 'rugby league', after the top 7 sides from the Lancashire and Yorkshire competitions resigned to merge into a central Northern Rugby League competition.
Broughton Rovers dominated rugby league in 1901-02, easily winning the new rugby league competition, 12 points ahead of Salford.
Broughton Rovers also won the Challenge Cup for the first time, beating Rochdale by 25-0 in the final.
From Quiz: Rugby League in England
Answer: Leeds
Leeds won the replay 26-12.
From Quiz: Rugby League Challenge Cup
Answer: 1956
Saints beat Huddersfield 20-5.
From Quiz: St Helens RLFC
Answer: St. Helens
The final score was St Helens 32 - 22 Bradford Bulls.
From Quiz: Grand Final and Challenge Cup
Answer: St Helens
St Helens won their 2nd premiership in a row. They beat Wigan 29-16
From Quiz: English Super League
Answer: The Boulevard
When the Northern Union was formed in 1895, Hull FC (short for Hull Football Club) started playing at The Boulevard, west of the River Hull. Their nickname was "The Airlie Birds", named after Airlie Street which is near to the ground. They had a lot of successes throughout their history and were often competing with their rivals from the east side of the River Hull, Hull Kingston Rovers. In 1996, they became Hull Sharks until they merged with Gateshead Thunder in 1999, reverting back to Hull FC and The Airlie Birds nickname, even after moving to the newly built KC Stadium in 2003.
From Quiz: Rugby League Stadium Names
Answer: Brian Bevan
Born in Sydney, Bevan began his rugby league career playing for Eastern Suburbs in the Australian domestic competition. But, at the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Navy and arrived in England in 1945 with a letter from the Eastern Suburbs Chairman in an effort to join the English competition. Trials at Leeds and Hunslet were unsuccessful until he joined Warrington.
His first season in 1947-48 saw him score 48 tries in a single season and by his fourth season he had passed the record of 215. His records remained untouched for years, with some still remaining to this day.
He scored 740 tries in 695 appearances for Warrington. On five occasions, Bevan ended as the season's top try scorer, setting a record of 72 tries in 1952-53. He scored a hat-trick or more of tries in exactly 100 games for Warrington.
Bevan retired in 1962 and would remain in English until his death in 1991. He was inducted into the British Rugby League Hall of Fame in 1988 and became the first person to be inducted into both British and Australian Halls of Fame when he was inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2005.
He was named in Australia's Team of the Century in 2008.
From Quiz: Warrington Wolves
Answer: Salford
The league was still decided by the team finishing first in the table in 1903-04, but as Bradford and Salford finished equal on 52 points, an avenue to find a winner was needed. Tie-breakers such as points difference had not been used, so the decision was taken for the two teams to meet in a playoff.
Bradford beat Salford 5-0 in the playoff to secure their first and only Championship, and would go on to win the Challenge Cup two years later.
Bradford FC would eventually be swamped by bitter infighting and the club would eventually split. The majority would go on to become Bradford Park Avenue that played under Association Football rules. The minority stayed under rugby league rules and would become known as Bradford Northern.
From Quiz: Rugby League in England
Answer: Batley
Having won the very 1st Challenge Cup in 1897. They also won in 1898 and 1901.
From Quiz: Rugby League Challenge Cup
Answer: Les Quirk
This remarkable run lasted from 1st January 1989 to 11th March 1989.
From Quiz: St Helens RLFC
Answer: Sheffield Eagles
Final score was Sheffield Eagles 17 - 8 Wigan Warriors.
From Quiz: Grand Final and Challenge Cup
Answer: Wigan
Bradford beat Wigan 37-6.
From Quiz: English Super League
Answer: Salford
Salford didn't enter the Northern Union until 1896. They were playing at a field called "New Barnes" in Manchester. This land was sold, so they had to vacate New Barnes, and they moved to land owned by Willows Land Company while playing their first match there in 1901. This became their stadium, "The Willows". Their nickname was "The Red Devils", but they also were renamed Salford City Reds in 1996.
From Quiz: Rugby League Stadium Names
Answer: Bradford Northern
Wigan had finished the season as League Leaders on 63 points, with Warrington only 2 points back with a record of P36 W30 D1 L5 Points 61.
Warrington beat Huddersfield 17-5, setting up a clash with Bradford Northern after they beat Wigan 15-3 in the other semi-final. In the final held at Maine Road, Warrington claimed their first League Championship with a 15-5 win.
From Quiz: Warrington Wolves
Answer: 1940
During the World War II, all the Challenge Cup finals were played away from Wembley (London).
From Quiz: Rugby League Challenge Cup
Answer: Sean Hoppe
Saints bounced back the following year beating Brisbane 20-18, becoming World Club Champions for the first time.
From Quiz: St Helens RLFC
Answer: St. Helens
The 1999 Grand Final managed to be even closer as St Helens won 8-6 against Bradford Bulls in high drama, with Kevin Iro's try and two Sean Long goals cancelling out Henry Paul's try and conversion, with both sides having efforts ruled out by the video referee in a dramatic second half.
From Quiz: Grand Final and Challenge Cup
Answer: Sydney Roosters
He joined them from Leeds in 2000.
From Quiz: English Super League
Answer: Stade Gilbert Brutus
Rugby League was introduced to France in the late 19th century, but it didn't really become popular until 1934 with the start of a French championship in the south of the country. Rugby League was banned by the Vichy government and the Nazis in 1941, so strengthening rugby union in its place. A SuperLeague team called Paris St. Germain was formed in 1995, but it had to fold in 1997 because of poor results and dropping attendances. A team called Union Treiziste Catalon was formed in Perpignon in 2001, sharing Stade Aime Giral with the Rugby Union team. It became a SuperLeague team called Catalan Dragons in 2006, moving to Stade Gilbert Brutus in 2008.
From Quiz: Rugby League Stadium Names
Answer: 1954-55
Warrington did 'the double' in 1954-55. They finished the season as League Leaders with a record of P36 W29 D2 L5 Points 60, equal on points with Oldham but designated as Champions.
In the playoffs, Warrington beat Halifax 17-9 in the semi-final and then beat Oldham 7-3 in a closely fought final held at Maine Road.
From Quiz: Warrington Wolves
Answer: 37-3
Huddersfield were the dominant side of the time and their 1915 Challenge Cup victory was their third in four years, while they had also won the Rugby League Championship three times in four years in the same period.
The 37-3 victory for Huddersfield was the biggest score for a winner and largest margin of victory in a Challenge Cup Final. The largest margin of victory record remained until 1999. The biggest score for a winner remained only until 1960.
The Challenge Cup Final was only the second time that St. Helens had made since they made the very first in 1897. St. Helens would make another two finals before finally winning their first Challenge Cup in 1955-56.
From Quiz: Rugby League in England
Answer: Odsal, Bradford
It must have been rather a tight squeeze to get that many people into the ground! At the time it was the highest attendance at a Rugby League match.
From Quiz: Rugby League Challenge Cup
Answer: Geoff Pimblett
Geoff Pimblett set a record for most goals in a match for England with 9 against Wales in 1978.
From Quiz: St Helens RLFC
Answer: Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos gave the London Broncos a thrashing, 52 - 16.
From Quiz: Grand Final and Challenge Cup