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Leeds Tykes
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Club information
Full nameLeeds Tykes Rugby Union Football Club
ColoursBlue, white and amber
Founded1991
Websitewww.leedsrugby.com
Current details
Ground(s)
CompetitionNational Division One

Leeds Tykes is an English rugby union club, based in Leeds, that currently competes in National Division One, the second-highest level of the sport in England. However, of the four major ball-games in the city of Leeds, the 15-man code still languishes below rugby league, soccer and cricket.

A "Tyke" is a traditional Yorkshire character: rugged, hardworking and with great pride in their roots. The word tyke is of Old Norse origin and has probably been used since Viking times when the Vikings settled much of Yorkshire and made York their capital in England.

History

Headingley has a tradition of rugby which started back in 1877. After several youngsters became interested in rugby after watching Leeds St. Johns, later to become Leeds Rhinos rugby league team.

Their first game was in November against the Saints second team. In 1889, Headingley was disbanded when Leeds St. Johns moved into the area, built Headingley Stadium and dropped the St. Johns from their name. However, Headingley bounced back and found fixtures outside Yorkshire, in 1901 their fixture list including a game against the famous Blackheath Rugby Club .

Roundhay were formed in 1924 and moved to their grounds at Chandos Park in the 1930s. Forty internationals have played for one team or the other perhaps the best known being Peter Winterbottom, Ian McGeechan and Chris Rea who played for Headingley. Brian Moore played for Roundhay before his move down to Nottingham and his selection for England.

Leeds RUFC was founded in 1991 after the merger of Roundhay and Headingley and played their first match on 1 September 1992 against Hull Ionians.

Since 1996 they have played at Leeds Rhinos' Headingley stadium and Phil Davies became their player-coach. In their first season they finished eighth in the old twelve team fourth division.

They were renamed Leeds Tykes in 1998 when Leeds Rugby Ltd was formed, merging the Rhinos and Tykes under one umbrella. Since then they have climbed through the ranks and joined the Premiership in 2001.

They survived their first season after the National League One champions were denied entry into the Premiership in 2002 (Champions Rotherham Titans were refused promotion to the Guinness Premiership for the 2002/03 season due to facilities failing to meet Premiership criteria).

The next season Leeds finished fifth in the table and made their Heineken Cup debut in December 2003. In their four seasons in the Zurich Premiership they finished an average ninth and had reached a couple of domestic cup semi-finals.

In 2005 they were mid table by early November but at the turn of the year following injuries to key players they were bottom of the Zurich Premiership and some way adrift of their rivals.

Despite the threat of relegation they somehow made it to their first ever Powergen Cup final. They faced Bath who were top of the table and had never been beaten in a cup final. Leeds were attempting to end Bath's perfect record in domestic cup finals.

The West country giants won all 10 of the showpieces they contested between 1984 and 1996. They started favourites for an 11th triumph as they returned to Twickenham for their first final for nine years. But Leeds recorded a shock 20-12 win to claim their first ever trophy.

The Tykes team on that eventful day on Saturday, 16 April, 2005, was; Balshaw (capt); Snyman, Christophers, Bell, Biggs; Ross, Dickens; Shelley, Regan, Kerr; Hooper, Palmer; Morgan, Parks, Popham. Replacements: Holt, Rawlinson, Dunbar, Hyde, McMillan, McMullen, Albanese.

Following the cup win they went on to win five straight games and avoided the drop by finishing eighth.

Phil Davies relinquished control of some coaching duties to concentrate on his role as Director of Rugby in 2005 following another poor start to the season which saw the Tykes lose their first eight games in three different competitions.

This led to, on 12 January 2006, former Rugby League international Daryl Powell being promoted from the back room staff to First Team coach . Formerly the head coach of rugby league club Leeds Rhinos, he was promoted from his previous title as the Tykes' offensive coach.

Leeds were finally relegated after Newcastle Falcons beat Sale Sharks. Ironically, relegation came exactly a year to the day that they claimed the Powergen Cup. However they will receive a £1.5m 'parachute payment' whilst in National Division One and are hotly tipped to be back in the Premiership next year with the added funding of Tykes chairman Paul Caddick.

Following relegation Justin Marshall was transfer listed by request, and Leeds legend Mike Shelley announced his retirement.

Other players who left were: Iain Balshaw , Chris Bell , Gordon Bulloch , Danny Care , Andy Craig, David Doherty , Dan Hyde , Mark McMillan , Tom Palmer , Richard Parks , Roland Reid , Gordon Ross , David Rees , Roland De Marigny, Scott Morgan , Chris Murphy, and Nathan Thomas .

Players who remained at club were: Tom Biggs, Lee Blackett, Michael Cusack, Jon Dunbar, Stuart Hooper, James Isaacson, Chris Jones, Rob Rawlinson and Rob Vickerman.

At the end of April 2006 Phil Davies resigned as Director Of Football to be replaced by academy coach Stuart Lancaster. Davies said at the time: "I have no immediate plans to go elsewhere, rather I just feel it's time to take a break.I want to make it clear this mutual decision has nothing to do with the current situation at Leeds.

"It is after much soul searching and discussion with my family and Leeds Tykes that I have decided to resign my post," Davies added.

"The last 10 years has been an amazing journey with a fantastic group of people, helping to take the club from National League Three to Heineken Cup rugby and winning the Powergen Cup last season.

"I will have some time out with my family and reflect upon my career and future, after a decade at this wonderful club."

Lancaster became the club’s new Director of Rugby after successfully leading the clubs RFU Academy for five years. Lancaster, a former back rower for the club, was the first ever player to play 100 games for Leeds and played under Davies before taking up a full time role developing some of the brightest prospects in the English game.

Lancaster had the role with the Academy since it’s inauguration in September 2001. Under Lancaster’s leadership the Tykes RFU Academy has become recognised as leading the way in player development in England whilst as a coach Lancaster has also developed, achieving the highest coaching qualification available from the RFU, the Level Five.

Headingley Rugby Stadium

The new Carnegie Stand at the rugby ground

Leeds St. Johns, who were later to become Leeds Rugby League Football Club, then Leeds Rhinos, moved to Headingley in 1889 and built Headingley stadium.

Since then the stadium has staged more than 40 international matches and countless domestic finals. Undersoil heating was installed in 1963, and floodlights in 1966.

New changing rooms were added in 1991. 2006 saw the construction of the Carnegie Stand. Built to replace the old eastern terrace, it was opened on 1 September 2006 for the Super League match between Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves. The ground now has a capacity of 22,250.

The record attendance at Headingley was 40,175 for the rugby league match between Leeds and Bradford on the 21st May, 1947.

In July 1998 Leeds RUFC became part of the world's first dual-code rugby partnership, Leeds Rugby Limited.

Headingley's rugby stadium is located at 53°48′58.87″N 1°34′55.82″W / 53.8163528°N 1.5821722°W / 53.8163528; -1.5821722.

Current Playing Squad

Coaching & Backroom Team

Internationals

Other Internationals

Former Tykes Players

Club Honours

Statistics

From Leedsrugby.com

Club Records

  • League Records
  • Highest scoring match:
  • 84-24 v Redruth 9/11/96
  • Largest winning margin:
  • 81 v Walsall 1/3/97
  • Most points in a match:
  • 31 Braam van Straaten v London Irish 08/09/02
  • 27 Gerry Ainscough v Rosslyn Park 14/9/96
  • Most tries in a match:
  • 5 Simon Middleton v Morley 14/2/96
  • Most conversions in a match:
  • 9 Gerry Ainscough v Clifton 07/12/96
  • 9 Richard Le Bas v Orrell 17/3/01
  • Most penalties in a match:
  • 9 Braam van Straaten v London Irish 08/08/02
  • Most drop goals in a match:
  • 2 Dan Eddie v Broughton Park 12/2/94
  • 2 Colin Stephens v Exeter 9/3/96
  • 2 Colin Stephens v London Welsh 19/10/96
  • 2 Dan Parks v Saracens 14/10/01
  • Cup Records
  • Highest scoring cup match:
  • 100-0 v Morley 21/10/01
  • 96-6 v Redruth 2/11/96
  • Most Points in a cup match:
  • 35 Richard Le Bas v Morley 21/10/01
  • Most Tries in a cup match:
  • 5 Wendell Sailor v Rugby Lions 14/11/98
  • Most Conversions in a cup match:
  • 10 Richard Le Bas v Morley 21/10/01
  • Most Penalties in a cup match:
  • 5 Dan Eddie v Fylde 4/11/96

League Performances

Table notes

  • Pld = Played
  • W = Win
  • D = Draw
  • L = Loss
  • F = For
  • A = Against
  • +/- = Points difference (F subtract A)
  • BP = Earned for either scoring 4 tries in a match, or by losing by a margin <7

2005-06 Guinness Premiership

Team Pld W D L F A +/- BP Pts
Sale Sharks 22 16 1 5 573 444 129 8 74
Leicester Tigers 22 14 3 5 518 415 103 6 68
London Irish 22 14 0 8 493 454 39 10 66
London Wasps 22 12 3 7 527 447 80 10 64
Gloucester 22 11 1 10 483 385 98 13 59
Northampton Saints 22 10 1 11 464 488 -24 11 53
Newcastle Falcons 22 9 1 12 416 433 -17 9 47
Worcester Warriors 22 9 1 12 451 494 -43 9 47
Bath Rugby 22 9 1 12 441 494 -53 8 46
Saracens 22 8 1 13 433 483 -50 12 46
Bristol Rugby 22 8 1 13 393 445 -52 7 41
Leeds Tykes (relegated) 22 5 0 17 363 573 -210 8 28


2004-05 Zurich Premiership

Team Pld W D L F A +/- BP Pts
Leicester Tigers 22 15 3 4 665 323 332 12 78
London Wasps 22 15 1 6 561 442 119 11 73
Sale Sharks 22 13 0 9 513 442 71 8 60
Bath Rugby 22 12 2 8 407 366 41 6 58
Saracens 22 12 2 8 384 428 -44 5 57
Gloucester 22 10 1 11 407 487 -80 5 47
Newcastle Falcons 22 9 2 11 475 596 -121 7 47
Leeds Tykes 22 9 0 13 380 431 -51 7 43
Worcester Warriors 22 9 0 13 365 493 -128 6 42
London Irish 22 8 0 14 378 421 -43 8 40
Northampton Saints 22 8 0 14 410 473 -63 8 40
NEC Harlequins (relegated) 22 6 1 15 416 459 -43 12 38


2003-04 Zurich Premiership

Team Pld W D L F A +/- BP Pts
Bath Rugby 22 18 0 4 508 311 197 7 79
London Wasps 22 16 0 6 575 406 169 9 73
Northampton Saints 22 15 1 6 574 416 158 8 70
Gloucester 22 14 0 8 491 412 79 7 63
Leicester Tigers 22 11 3 8 537 430 107 6 55
NEC Harlequins 22 10 2 10 502 449 53 10 54
Sale Sharks 22 9 3 10 510 472 38 11 53
London Irish 22 10 1 11 427 454 -27 7 49
Newcastle Falcons 22 7 2 13 497 525 -28 13 45
Saracens 22 8 1 13 397 543 -146 6 39
Leeds Tykes 22 7 1 14 449 588 -139 7 37
Rotherham Titans (relegated) 22 0 0 22 309 770 -461 3 3


2002-03 Zurich Premiership

Team Pld W D L F A +/- BP Pts
Gloucester 22 17 2 3 617 396 221 10 82
London Wasps 22 13 2 7 553 460 93 11 67
Northampton Saints 22 13 0 9 512 376 136 10 62
Sale Sharks 22 12 2 8 556 470 86 10 62
Leeds Tykes 22 12 2 8 478 435 43 6 58
Leicester Tigers 22 12 0 10 448 396 52 7 55
NEC Harlequins 22 9 0 13 461 560 -99 8 44
Saracens 22 8 0 14 499 587 -88 10 42
London Irish 22 8 1 13 432 485 -53 6 40
Newcastle Falcons 22 8 0 14 388 545 -157 8 40
Bath Rugby 22 7 2 13 385 490 -105 4 36
Bristol Shoguns (relegated) 22 7 1 14 504 633 -129 6 36
  • London Wasps Parker Pen victory over Bath meant Leeds Tykes qualified for their first ever Heineken Cup as the Premiership's fifth placed team.

2001-02 Zurich Premiership

Team Pld W D L F A +/- BP Pts
Leicester Tigers 22 18 0 4 658 349 209 11 83
Sale Sharks 22 14 1 7 589 517 72 11 69
Gloucester 22 14 0 8 692 485 207 12 68
London Irish 22 11 3 8 574 465 109 7 57
Northampton Saints 22 12 1 9 506 426 80 6 56
Newcastle Falcons 22 12 1 9 490 458 32 6 56
London Wasps 22 12 0 10 519 507 12 6 54
Bristol Shoguns 22 9 1 12 591 632 -41 12 50
NEC Harlequins 22 5 3 14 434 507 -73 9 35
Saracens 22 7 0 15 425 671 -246 6 35
Bath Rugby 22 7 0 15 311 524 -213 5 33
Leeds Tykes (relegated) 22 6 0 16 406 654 -248 4 28

*National League One champions Rotherham Titans were denied entry into the Premiership for the 2002/03 season due to facilities failing to meet Premiership criteria.

Heineken Cup Record

  • HEINEKEN CUP 2003 / 2004
  • Points are awarded in the pool stage for the following outcomes:
  a) Two for a win 
  b) One for a draw
  • Tables are ordered by:
  a) Points Won 
  b) Points Difference 
  c) Points Scored


SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 2003

  • Round 1 Pool 2 LEEDS TYKES 29-20 NEATH-SWANSEA OSPREYS

FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2003

  • Round 2 Pool 2 TOULOUSE 19-3 LEEDS TYKES

FRIDAY 9 JANUARY, 2004

  • Round 3 Pool 2 EDINBURGH RUGBY 19-9 LEEDS TYKES

SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2004

  • Round 4 Pool 2 LEEDS TYKES 0-23 EDINBURGH RUGBY

SUNDAY 25 JANUARY 2004

  • Round 5 Pool 2 LEEDS TYKES 22-31 TOULOUSE

SATURDAY 31 JANUARY 2004

  • Round 6 Pool 2 NEATH-SWANSEA OSPREYS 10-3 LEEDS TYKES


  • HEINEKEN CUP 2005 / 2006


SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2005

  • Round 1 Pool 2 CARDIFF BLUES 40-13 LEEDS TYKES

FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 2005

  • Round 2 Pool 2 LEEDS TYKES 33-16 RUGBY CALVISANO

SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER 2005

  • Round 3 Pool 2 LEEDS TYKES 21-20 PERPIGNAN

SATURDAY 17 DECEMBER 2005

  • Round 4 Pool 2 PERPIGNAN 12-8 LEEDS TYKES

SATURDAY 14 JANUARY 2006

  • Round 5 Pool 2 RUGBY CALVISANO P-P LEEDS TYKES
  • Fixture abandoned, Leeds awarded five points

SUNDAY 22 JANUARY 2006

  • Round 6 Pool 2 LEEDS TYKES 48-3 CARDIFF BLUES

Parker Pen Shield Record

*PARKER PEN SHIELD 2001/2

  • Pool 3
  • OVERMACH PARMA 41-10 LEEDS TYKES
  • LEEDS TYKES 48-17 BEZIERS
  • LEEDS TYKES 30-27 PONTYPRIDD
  • PONTYPRIDD 28-16 LEEDS TYKES
  • BEZIERS 25-26 LEEDS TYKES
  • LEEDS TYKES 58-16 OVERMACH PARMA


*PARKER PEN CHALLENGE CUP 2002/3

  • Round 1 1st Leg
  • PETRARCA PADOVA 23-29 LEEDS TYKES
  • Round 1 2nd Leg
  • LEEDS TYKES 52-13 PETRARCA PADOVA


  • Round 2 1st Leg
  • PONTYPRIDD 37-23 LEEDS TYKES
  • Round 2 2nd Leg
  • LEEDS TYKES 19-19 PONTYPRIDD

European Challenge Cup & Shield Record

  • EUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP 2004/5
  • Round 1
  • Game 4 1st Leg: GRENOBLE 9-9 LEEDS TYKES
  • Game 4 2nd Leg: LEEDS TYKES 17-18 GRENOBLE
  • EUROPEAN SHIELD 2004/5:(losers from first round of European Challenge Cup)
  • Round 1
  • Game 17 1st Leg: LEEDS TYKES 121-0 VRAC
  • Game 17 2nd Leg: VRAC 11-53 LEEDS TYKES
  • Quarter-Finals
  • Game 24 1st Leg: LEEDS TYKES 29-13 PETRARCA RUGBY
  • Game 24 2nd Leg: PETRARCA RUGBY 9-57 LEEDS TYKES
  • Semi-Finals 1st Leg
  • WORCESTER WARRIORS 43-34 LEEDS TYKES
  • Semi-Finals 2nd Leg
  • LEEDS TYKES 30-30 WORCESTER WARRIORS

Powergen Cup Record

  • Powergen Cup 2005/06

Group C

Team Pld W D L F A BP Pts
Llanelli Scarlets 3 3 0 0 74 50 0 12
Newcastle Falcons 3 1 1 1 72 49 2 8
Sale Sharks 3 1 0 2 77 68 2 6
Leeds Tykes 3 0 1 2 35 91 0 2
  • Sunday 2 October Leeds Tykes 7–28 Llanelli Scarlets - Attendance: 2,582
  • Sunday 2 October Newcastle Falcons 34–9 Sale Sharks - Attendance: 4,917
  • Friday 7 October Sale Sharks 45–10 Leeds Tykes - Attendance: 4,572
  • Sunday 9 October Llanelli Scarlets 22–20 Newcastle Falcons - Attendance: 7,195
  • Friday 2 December Leeds Tykes 18–18 Newcastle Falcons - Attendance: 3,316
  • Friday 2 December Llanelli Scarlets 24–23 Sale Sharks - Attendance: 6,835


Most Senior Appearances

International Appearances

(Combined records of Headingley F.C. and Roundhay RUFC)

Post 1st War Internationals capped whilst members


E - England S - Scotland W - Wales I - Ireland SA - South Africa F - France A - Australia NZ - New Zealand P.O.'S - Presidents Overseas XV J - Japan U - U.S.A.


AARVOLD,C.D 1928: S,I,W,F; 1929: I,W,F; 1931: S,W,F.

AUTY,J.R. 1935: S.

BALSHAW, I 2005: IT, S

BEDFORD ,L.L. 1931: W,I.

BOOTH, L.A. 1933: W,I,S; 1934: S; 1935: W,I,S.

BRAITHWAITE·EXLEY,B. 1949: W.

CAPLAN,D.N.N. 1978: S,I.

CARDUS,R.M. 1979: W,I.

DOVEY,B.A. 1963: I,W.

EDDISON,J.H. 1912: S,I,W,F.

GADNEY,B.C. 1938: W.

HARDY,E.M.P. 1951: I,F,S.

HORSFALL,E.L. 1949: W.

HUNTSMAN,P. 1985: NZ (2).

HUTCHINSON,F. 1909: S,I,F.

IBBITSON,E.D. 1909: S,I,W,F.

KING,J.A. 1911: S,I,W,F; 1912: S,I,W; 1913: S,I,W,F,SA.

LAMPKOWSKI,M. 1976: A,W,S,I.

LUYA,H.F. 1948: S,I,W,F; 1949: W.

MAXWELL,A.W. 1976: A,W,S,I,F; 1978: F.

NOVIS,A.L. 1929: S,F; 1930: I,W,F.

PALMER, T 2001: US

PEEL,R.H. 1946 (Wartime): S,I,W,F.

PICKERING,A.S. 1907: I

REGAN, M 2003: IT, W, G, SAM; 2004: It, I, NZ 1, NZ 2, A

ROBINSON,J.J. 1893: S; 1902: S,I,W.

SCARBROUGH, D 2003: W

SHUTTLEWORTH,D.W. 1951: S; 1953: S.

SMITH,K. 1974: F,W; 1975: W,S.

SPENCER,J.S 1969: I,F,S,W; 1970: I,F,S,W,SA; 1971: I,S(2),W,PO.

TARR, F.N. 1909: W,F,A; 1913: S.

THOMPSON,P.H. 1956: W,I,S,F; 1957: W,I,S,F; 1958: W,I,S,F,A; 1959: W,I,S,F.

VAUGHAN ,D.B. 1949: W,I,S,F; 1950: W.

WILKINS,D.T. 1951: F,I,S,W; 1952: F,I,S,SA,W; 1953: F,I,S,W.

WILLIAMS,C 1976: F.

WILLIAMS,J.E. 1954: F; 1955: W,I,S,F; 1956: W,I,S,F.

WINTERBOTTOM,P.J. 1982: A,S,I,F,W; 1983: F,W,S,I; 1984: NZ,S,F,W,SA (2); 1986: S,I,F,W; 1987: I,F,W (2),A,U,J; 1988: W,F,S.


DUNBAR, J 2005: F, I

COTTINGHAM, G.S. 1936: E.

HAMILTON, A.S. 1914: W; 1920: F.

HUME, J. 1921: E,I,W,F; 1922: F.

KERR, G, 2003: I, F, W, E, SA 1 2, W, J , US , F; 2004: W, E, It, F, I, J, A, SA; 2005 F, I, It, W, E

Mc GEECHAN,I,R. 1973: NZ,F,W,I,E,PO; 1974: W,E,I,F; 1975: I,F,W,E,NZ; 1976: A,F,W,E,I; 1977: E,F,I,W; 1978: F,W,I; 1979: NZ,W,E,I,F.

REA,C.W.W. 1971: F,W,E (2).

REID, S.J. 1998: F.

ROSS, G 2002: R, SA, Fj; 2003: I, W, SA 2, It, I, J; 2004: Sam, A 1, A 2, J, SA; 2005: W


POPHAM, A 2003: A., I 2, R, S2, Tg, NZ; 2004: I, It, SA

WILLIAMS,F.L. 1930: E,F,I,S; 1931: I,F; 1932: SA,E,I,S; 1933: I.

EDWARDS,A.B. 1955: E,S.


McGRATH,N.F. 1934: W


AARVOLD,C.D. 1930: NZ,A.

McGEECHAN,I.R. 1974: SA; 1977: NZ.

NOVIS,A.L. 1930: NZ,A.

REA,C.W.W. 1971: NZ,A.

SPENCER,J.S. 1971: NZ,A.

WILLIAMS,J.E. 1955: SA.

WINTERBOTTOM,P.J. 1983: NZ.


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