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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. Featherstone won the match 14–12, and is considered one of the biggest upsets in Challenge ...
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 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 1972–73 Challenge Cup was the 72nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Featherstone Rovers and Bradford Northern at Wembley . Featherstone Rovers beat Bradford Northern 33-14 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 72,395.
Joe Mullaney made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 15 August 1953, [5] he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop ...
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 ...
Charlie Stone made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Wednesday 14 October 1970, [6] in an 8-year career with the club he made 241 appearances and scored 25 tries playing mostly as a second-row or loose forward.