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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 ...
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 ...
New Zealand def. Featherstone Rovers 7–6: 3: 11 November 1959: Featherstone Rovers def. Australia 23–15: 7,671: 1959–60 Kangaroo tour: 3: 2 October 1963: Featherstone Rovers def. Australia 23–17: 7,898: 1963–64 Kangaroo tour: 4: 18 November 1973: Australia def. Featherstone Rovers 18–13: 5,659: 1973 Kangaroo tour: 5: 24 September ...
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 ...
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.
Greatorex played at centre in Featherstone Rovers' 15-14 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1959–60 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1959–60 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 31 October 1959, played on the wing in the 0-10 defeat by Halifax in the 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1963–64 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 2 November 1963, and played at centre in the 12-25 ...
Ormondroyd played in Australia for the Thirlmere Roosters in Group 6 Country Rugby League. [5]Ormondroyd then played for Featherstone Rovers in the Championship. [6] Ormondroyd played seven games for Leeds in the 2017 Super League season but did not feature in the clubs playoffs campaign or their grand final victory over Castleford.
Thomas Smales (born 19 December 1938) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Wigan, [4] Barrow and Featherstone Rovers as a loose forward, [1] and coached at club level for Dewsbury (two spells), Featherstone Rovers, Bramley, Doncaster and Batley.