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Featherstone Rovers who previously won the trophy in the spring 1940 wartime competition, could now lay claim to a genuine trophy; the wartime competitions were not counted officially in the records. Featherstone Rovers won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by a score of 15-14. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The ...
Featherstone Rovers secured the first ever British rugby league shirt sponsorship deal during the 1981–82 season. LinPac Packaging appeared on the Featherstone Rovers jersey and were the main sponsor of the club until 1989. Daley resigned in January 1981 despite Rovers winning ten of their opening 16 fixtures and in came Vince Farrar ...
Featherstone Rovers beat Bradford Northern 33-14 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 72,395. [1] The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was the Featherstone scrum-half, Steve Nash. [2] Cyril Kellett scored 8-conversions for Featherstone Rovers, the most in a Challenge Cup final until it was equalled by Iestyn Harris in 1999.
The final was contested by Warrington and Featherstone Rovers at Wembley. Warrington beat Featherstone Rovers 24-9 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 77,400. [1] The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was the Warrington fullback, Derek Whitehead. [2] Warrington defeated Huddersfield, Huyton, Wigan and Dewsbury to get to the final against ...
Featherstone Rovers are an English rugby league club. Everyone who played for the club between 1921 and 2016 has been allocated a sequential heritage number by the club, in order of their appearance. Everyone who played for the club between 1921 and 2016 has been allocated a sequential heritage number by the club, in order of their appearance.
Jimmy Thompson made his début for Featherstone Rovers on 1 October 1966 as a substitute against Hull Kingston Rovers. [3] [4]Thompson played right-second-row in Featherstone Rovers' 17–12 victory over Barrow in the 1966–67 Challenge Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1967, in front of a crowd of 76,290, played right-second-row in the 33 ...
Vince Farrar played at prop and scored a try in Featherstone Rovers' 33-14 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1973 Challenge Cup Final during the 1972–73 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 12 May 1973, in front of a crowd of 72,395, and was a substitute in Hull FC's 5-10 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1980 Challenge Cup Final during the 1979–80 season at Wembley ...
In the 2019 rugby league season, Featherstone Rovers competed in the RFL Championship, the Challenge Cup and the 1895 Cup. Featherstone finished fifth in the league to qualify for the play-offs where they lost 24–6 to Toronto Wolfpack in the Grand Final.