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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 (1904–present) Wakefield A.F.C. (2020–2023, 2024-present) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Post Office Road (currently known as the Millennium Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is a rugby league ground in Featherstone , near Pontefract , West Yorkshire , England .
The women's team of Featherstone Rovers was founded in 2011 and initially competed in the Women's Rugby League Conference. [1] The club, which had previously been Wakefield Panthers, [2] [3] included numerous England internationals [4] and were one of the most successful women's teams of the previous twenty years having won the Women's Amateur Rugby League Association Challenge Cup 14 times ...
The 1982–83 Challenge Cup was the 82nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.Known as the State Express Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by Featherstone Rovers and Hull F.C. at Wembley.
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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.
The most recent to join the list were Featherstone Rovers in 1977–78. Four clubs have finished runners up without ever winning a Championship: Castleford Tigers (1938–39, 1968–69, 2017), Catalans Dragons (2021, 2023), London Broncos (1997) and the now defunct St Helens Recs (1926–27).
Mick Smith played stand-off in Featherstone Rovers' 12-25 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966, [3] played at centre in the 9-12 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1969–70 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1969–70 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 20 September 1969, and played on the wing ...