The Leeds Rhinos Wheelchair Rugby League Football Club are an English wheelchair rugby league club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club competes in the RFL Wheelchair Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system. The club was established in 2011.
| Club information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leeds Rhinos Wheelchair Rugby League Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | The Rhinos The Loiners | |
| Colours | Blue and Amber | |
| Founded | 2011 | |
| Website | therhinos.co.uk | |
| Current details | ||
| Chairman | Paul Caddick | |
| Competition | Super League | |
| 2023 | 1st (Runners-up) | |
 Current season | ||
| Uniforms | ||
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| Records | ||
| Championships | 2 (2018, 2021) | |
| Challenge Cups | 3 (2019, 2021, 2022) | |
| European Club Challenges | 0 | |
History edit
Leeds Rhinos formed their wheelchair team in 2011. After holding several trial sessions the club began training to field two sides in the 2012 season.[1][2] In 2015, Leeds reached the semi-finals of the inaugural Wheelchair Challenge Cup.[3] They went back to back league and cup runners-up in 2016[4][5] and 2017.[6][7] The following year in 2018 saw Leeds first silverware winning the Wheelchair Premier League,[8] and a Challenge Cup victory one year later in 2019.[9] In 2021, following the COVID-19 pandemic Leeds Rhinos won the treble; winning Grand Final, League Leaders' Shield, and Challenge Cup marking the first wheelchair treble in the UK.[10][11] The Rhinos retained the Challenge Cup again in 2022.[12]
Seaons edit
| Season | League | Challenge Cup | European Club Challenge | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Play-offs | |||
| 2016 | Premier League | Unknown | Runners-up | Runners-up | No Competition | |||||||
| 2017 | Premier League | Unknown | Runners-up | Runners-up | ||||||||
| 2018 | Premier League | Unknown | Champions | Semi-finals | ||||||||
| 2019 | Super League | Unknown | 1st | Runners-up | Champions | |||||||
| 2020 | Super League | Season due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Super League | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 622 | 206 | 18 | 1st | Champions | Champions | |
| 2022 | Super League | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 816 | 499 | 19 | 1st | Runners-up | Champions | |
| 2023 | Super League | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 710 | 298 | 16 | 1st | Runners-up | Runners-up | Did not qualify |
Honours edit
Leagues edit
- Winners (2): 2018, 2021
Cups edit
- Winners (3): 2019, 2021, 2022
References edit
- ^ "Wheelchair Tag Rugby League". Leeds Rhinos Foundation. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos Wheelchair Rugby League Club". Spider-Y. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Season Review". Spider-Y. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Halifax claim Wheelchair RL double". Rugby-League.com. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Halifax win 2016 Wheelchair RL Challenge Cup". www.rugby-league.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos claim first-ever Grand Final title". Rugby-League.com. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Brown scores 15 tries as Halifax win Wheelchair Challenge Cup". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Wheelchair Rugby League Grand Final 2018 – Full Game – Halifax v Leeds". YouTube.
- ^ Hall, Ben (19 August 2019). "Rhinos Wheelchair Rugby League team win Challenge Cup". Leeds Rhinos Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos win Wheelchair Super League Grand Final". 19 September 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Halliwell's Five Tries Inspire Leeds To Betfred Wheelchair Challenge Cup Triumph". The Sportsman. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ Hall, Ben (June 26, 2022). "Rhinos slay Dragons to win third Wheelchair Challenge Cup in a row".
External links edit
- Wheelchair Rugby League: Leeds Rhinos Foundation