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Leeds Tykes
Full name	Leeds Tykes Rugby Union Football Club
Emblem	White Rose of York
Colours	Blue, white and amber
Founded	1991
Sport	Rugby union
League	National Division One
Ground	Headingley Carnegie Stadium
Official website	www.leedsrugby.com

Leeds Tykes is an English rugby union club, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire that currently competes in National Division One, the second-highest level of the sport in England after the Guinness Premiership. A "Tyke" is a traditional Yorkshire character: rugged, hardworking and with great pride in their roots.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Headingley & Roundhay to Leeds RUFC 1.2 Leeds RUFC To Leeds Tykes 2 Headingley Rugby Stadium 3 Coaching and backroom team 4 Internationals 5 Other internationals 6 Former players 7 Honours 8 Statistics 8.1 Club records 8.2 National Division One Season Results and Fixtures 2006-07 8.3 Current Squad, Appearances and Points 2006-2007 8.4 League performances 2001-2006 8.5 European Cup Competition Record 2001-2005 8.6 Domestic Cup Record 2001-2005 8.7 Cup Record Summary 8.8 Most Senior Appearances 8.9 Most Memorable Matches 8.10 International Appearances 9 External links

Headingley has a tradition of rugby which started back in 1877, after several youngsters became interested in rugby after watching Leeds St. John's, later to become Leeds Rhinos, rugby league team. Their first game was in November against the Saints second team. Union was centred around a church club. The original rugby union team was Leeds St John’s and it played at the Militia Barracks ground before moving to Cardigan Fields. The Headingley name was adopted in 1878 and Cardigan Fields was used for both rugby and cricket.

On 5th January 1884, England played Wales there and won 5-3 with a crowd in the region of 2,000 in attendance. The club playing there was then disbanded but was re-formed again in 1885 under the auspices of the Headingley Hill Chapel Sunday Class and played matches on local fields against local teams, including Roundhay.

In 1888 the Cardigan Estate was sold at auction and Lot 17a was purchased by a group of Leeds citizens, who intended to form the city's leading sports club. Lot 17a became what is now Headingley Stadium.

Leeds St John's played their final season under that name in 1889-90, before becoming the football section of Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company Ltd the following season. With Headingley still being completed, Leeds' first game was staged at Cardigan Fields, the home side defeating Otley. The first game at Headingley was played on September 20, 1890, when Manningham were beaten by one try and one dropped goal to nil.

Leeds were founder members of the Northern Union when it broke away from the Rugby Football Union in 1895. Leeds' debut in the Northern Union was a 6-3 victory at Leigh on 7th September, 1895, the inaugural day of the new competition.

The development of the playing fields into the Headingley ground was down to the visionary Lord Hawke, who was behind the creation of the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company and the purchase of lot 17A of the Cardigan Estate. (Lord Hawke captained England and Yorkshire at cricket). However, this saw the demise of the Leeds club which split into two. The part that was to become the Rugby League club in 1895-6 stayed at the Headingley ground and Headingley RUFC was re-born in 1891, eventually finishing up in 1902 in Clarence Fields, Kirkstall. Two other internationals were played in Leeds before the split between Union and League, against Ireland and Scotland, both ending in defeat.

In 1889, Headingley was disbanded when Leeds St. John's moved into the area, built Headingley Stadium and dropped the St. John's 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 ground 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. Scotland coach Frank Hadden also had a spell at Headingley, where his and McGeechan ’s playing paths crossed, at the tail end of his career. 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. Richard Cardus , Denis Wilkins and Keith Smith all won internationals caps while in the Roundhay ranks. Smith featured in England’s first full tour of Australia in 1975, but had to return home injured and Wilkins, who was also in the Royal Navy, won 13 caps, between 1951-53.

When the amalgamation came in 1990-91 both clubs were in National Division Three. The relegation made it logical that the two clubs should become Leeds RUFC, especially as professionalism was in the air as a result of what was going on in the Southern Hemisphere. So it turned out to be a far-sighted move. However, it was a unpopular one with the Headingley faithful, the club with the longer history which had struggled through the Northern clubs breakaway from the Rugby Union in 1893. But later events proved it justified.

In the first season in National Three, Leeds finished 6th, but League re-organisation put the club in National Division Four , with finishes of 6th, 6th and 5th in 1995-6. The extent of the club’s ambition became evident in the following season in finishing 3rd, scoring 1,209 points in thirty games, with the former England ‘A’ outside-half Gerry Ainscough scoring 307 points, and the ex-Scotland ‘A’ utility back Mark Appleson scoring sixteen tries.

In 1997-8, promotion was made from the newly-formed Jewson One to Premiership Two , finishing runners-up to Worcester. The Tongan Sateki Tuipulotu scored a then club record 322 points.

Tuipulotu went on to score 349 points for Worcester in 2000-01 in National One, still a Worcester club record for points scored in a season. The Tykes finished 6th in their first season in Premiership Two with the Tongan scoring 250 points and Simon Middleton and Jonathan Scales scoring ten tries apiece.

Since 1996 the Tykes have played at Leeds Rhinos' Headingley stadium and Phil Davies became their player-coach. In their first season they finished 8th 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 divisions and were promoted to the Premiership in 2001. In gaining promotion Richard Le Bas scored 337 points and Graham Mackay , a product of Leeds Rhinos, scored 19 tries, both club season records which still stand to date.

Again in 2001 Tom Palmer became the first ever Leeds Tykes player to be capped for England when he appeared as a replacement against the USA.

The Leeds Tykes team for their first ever game in the Premiership on 2nd September 2001 against Bath Rugby, was: Shelley, Holt, Wring, C. Murphy, Palmer, Mather, Ponton, Fea'unati, Benton, Bachop, Emmerson, Woof, Mayer, Scarbrough, Benson.

Replacements: Hogg for Mather (74), Davies for Fea'unati (75), Kerr for Fea'unati (26), O'Reilly for Mayer (73), Fea'unati for Kerr (33). Not Used: Luffman, Clarke, Le Bas.

The Tykes survived their first season after finishing bottom of the league when the National League One champions were denied entry into the Premiership in 2002 (Champions Rotherham Titans were refused promotion to the Zurich 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.

All the Leeds points were scored in the first period. The first try was scored by the Tykes' Chris Bell after Gordon Ross had chipped ahead. Andre Snyman then intercepted and went 60 metres for a score. Ross converted both tries and also added two penalties to make it 20-9 after 40 minutes. Bath could only reply with four penalties from Chris Malone . So it was Leeds Tykes that won the 34th Powergen Cup to make club history. It was one of Ross' most memorable performances for the Tykes, when he not only helped the side to their first silverware but also collected the honour of being named Man of the Match.

The Tykes team on Saturday, 16 April, 2005, was; Balshaw (capt); Snyman, Christophers, Bell, Biggs; Ross, Dickens; Shelley, Regan, Kerr; Hooper, Palmer; Morgan, Parkes, 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.

In fact it proved to be a calamitous campaign and a sequence of defeats from which they never recovered. They had to play catch-up all season and with injuries, representative demands and the time it took for several new high-profile players such as Justin Marshall and Gordon Bulloch to bed down, were all major factors in Leeds’ plight. And losing three successive away matches in injury time to Northampton Saints, Sale Sharks and Leicester Tigers did not assist their cause.

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 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 Parkes, 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 Rugby to be replaced by academy coach Stuart Lancaster.

The new players signed for the new season under Lancaster were Leigh Hinton from Newport Gwent Dragons, Leinster centre Jonny Hepworth, full-back Richard Welding from Cornish Pirates, scrum-half Jacob Rauluni ex-Earth Titans and Bristol, scrum-half Darren Edwards from London Irish, winger John Holtby from Earth Titans, and centre Anitelia Tuilago, on loan from Leicester Tigers. New forwards include flanker Mark Lock from London Wasps, Argentinian 7s and ex-Plymouth Albion flanker Martin Schusterman, Former Bristol Rugby No 8 Rhys Oakley from Newport Gwent Dragons, hooker James Parkes from Gloucester and props USA international Mike McDonald, ex-Worcester who helped the Eagles to qualify for the World Cup, and Colin Noon from Biarritz.

Leeds Tykes are already planning ahead for next season and have confirmed that they have signed Earth Titans captain Joe Bedford and Cornish Pirates fly half Alberto Di Bernardo.

Bedford is an ex-Academy player with the Tykes and has also been with Sale Sharks and Saracens. Argentinean Di Bernardo appeared for Italy 'A' before moving to England to play with the Pirates.

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. Fans got two matches for the price of one on Saturday 13th August 2005 when Headingley hosted back-to-back union and league games. The Tykes played Edinburgh in a friendly followed by a Super League game between the Rhinos and London.

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. The highest attendance for a Tykes match was against Newcastle Falcons on the 27th December 2004, with a crowd of 14,293 at Headingley to see the Falcons take home a 15-11 victory.

In July 1998 Leeds RUFC became part of the world's first dual-code rugby partnership, Leeds Rugby Limited. In 2006 a new sponsorship deal with Leeds Metropolitan University led to Headingley Stadium been re-named Headingley Carnegie Stadium. Headingley's rugby stadium is located at 53°48′58.87″N, 1°34′55.82″W.

Stuart Lancaster (Director Of Rugby) Daryl Powell (1st XV Coach) Steve Carter (Head Conditioner) Mark Luffman (Assistant Conditioner) Simon Middleton (1st XV Skills Coach) John Carey (Team Manager)

Giles Lindsay (Head Of Analysis) Diccon Edwards (RFU Academy Manager) Colin Stephens (Kicking Coach) Dave Becker (Head Physio) Dave Stringer (Academy Physio) Chips Browning (Doctor)

Pablo Bouza Argentina Jon Dunbar Scotland Darren Edwards Wales Mike MacDonald USA Tommy McGee Scotland

Rhys Oakley Wales Jacob Raulini Fiji Martin Schusterman Argentina Andre Snyman South Africa Pelu Taele Samoa Anitaleia 'Andy' Tuilagi Samoa

Mike Aspinall (England U-18) Tom Biggs (England U-21) Andy Boyde (England U-19) Richard Bryan (England U-21) Luther Burrell (England U-19) Calum Clark (England U-18) Michael Cusack (England U-21) Adam Greendale (England U-19) Stuart Hooper (England A) John Holtby (England U-21) Chris Hughes (England U-16) James Isaacson (England U-21)

Max Lewis (Wales U-18) Kearnan Myall (England U-19) Colin Noon (Scotland A and Barbarians teams) James Parkes (England U-21) Danny Paul (England U-19) Rob Rawlinson (England U-21) Sam Stitcher (England U-18) Tom Rock (England U-19) Jacob Rowan (England U-18) Rob Vickerman (England U-21) Simon Worrall (England U-18)

Diego Albanese Steve Bachop Iain Balshaw Chris Bell Jon Benson Scott Benton Liam Botham Gordon Bulloch Stewart Campbell Matt Cardey Danny Care Phil Christophers Andy Craig Jordan Crane Dan Crowley Phil Davies Tristan Davies Roland de Marigny Alan Dickens David Doherty Simon Easterby Craig Emmerson Isaac Feaunati Rayno Gerber

Chris Hall George Harder Derek Hegarty Duncan Hodge Carl Hogg Matt Holt Ian Humphreys Dan Hyde Gavin Kerr Richard Le Bas Kees Lensing Mark Luffman Graham Mackay Justin Marshall (New Zealand) Cameron Mather Mark McMillan Craig McMullen Scott Morgan Japie Mulder Chris Murphy Phil Murphy Hefin O'Hare Tom Palmer

Richard Parkes Aaron Persico James Ponton Alix Popham Gary Powell David Rees Mark Regan Roland Reid Stuart Reid Colm Rigney Gordon Ross Wendell Sailor Matt Salter Dan Scarbrough Mike Shelley Tim Stimpson Clive Stuart-Smith Nathan Thomas Pierre Uys Braam van Straaten Tim Walsh Justin Wring

Powergen Cup: Winners: 2005 Semi-Finalists: 2004

National Division One: Champions: 2000-01 European Challenge Shield: Semi-Finalists: 2005

From Leedsrugby.com

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

• 3 September Leeds Tykes (1BP) 10–16 London Welsh, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,716
• 9 September Newbury RFC 10–24 Leeds Tykes, Monks Lane, Newbury, Att:650
• 16 September Pertemps Bees 20–23 Leeds Tykes, Sharmans Cross Road, Solihull, Att:1,100
• 23 September Leeds Tykes 21–20 Cornish Pirates, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,037
• 1 October Nottingham RFC 30–37 Leeds Tykes (1 BP), Meadow Lane, Nottingham, Att:1,791
• 8 October Leeds Tykes (1BP) 35–20 Sedgley Park Tigers, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,227
• 14 October Bedford Blues 25–21 Leeds Tykes (1BP), Goldington Road, Bedford, Att:3,049
• 21 October Leeds Tykes (1BP) 30–18 Doncaster Knights, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,004
• 29 October Leeds Tykes (1BP) 37–27 Moseley RFC, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,306
• 4 November Waterloo Drummers 15–77 Leeds Tykes (1BP) , St Anthony’s Road, Blundellsands, Crosby, Att:600
• 11 November Exeter Chiefs 21–35 Leeds Tykes (1BP), Sandy Park Stadium, Exeter, Att:3,155
• 19 November Leeds Tykes (1BP) 34–0 Coventry RFC, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,008
• 26 November London Welsh 18–38 Leeds Tykes (1BP), Old Deer Park, Richmond, Surrey, Att:450
• 3 December Leeds Tykes (1BP) 45–13 Newbury RFC, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:1,760
• 10 December Leeds Tykes (1BP) 27–10 Pertemps Bees, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:1,767
• 17 December Cornish Pirates 21–21 Leeds Tykes, Camborne Recreation Ground, Camborne, Att:3,024
• 23 December Leeds Tykes (1BP) 30–8 Otley RUFC, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:5,310
• 30 December Rotherham Earth Titans 22–19 Leeds Tykes (1 BP), Clifton Lane, Rotherham, Att:2,719
• 7 January Leeds Tykes 14–8 Plymouth Albion, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds , Att:2,445
• 14 January Leeds Tykes (1BP) 28–15 Nottingham RFC, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,157
• 21 January EDF National Trophy Round 4 Leeds Tykes 36–3 Tynedale RFC, Tynedale Park, Att: 800
• Fixture moved to Tynedale due to repair work at Headingley
• 27 January Sedgley Park Tigers 20–27 Leeds Tykes (1BP), Park Lane, Prestwich, Bury, Att:1,552
• 4 February Leeds Tykes (1BP) 31–0 Bedford Blues, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,287
• 9 February EDF National Trophy Round 5 Leeds Tykes 17–18 Cornish Pirates, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att: 882
• 17 February Doncaster Knights 16–30 Leeds Tykes, Castle Park, Doncaster, Att:2,978
• 24 February Moseley RFC 6–29 Leeds Tykes (1BP), Yardley Wood Road, Billesley, Birmingham, Att: 736
• 11 March Leeds Tykes (1BP) 66–0 Waterloo Drummers, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,051
• 18 March Leeds Tykes 25–18 Exeter Chiefs, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:2,634
• 31 March Coventry RFC 11–55 Leeds Tykes (1BP), Butts Park Arena, Coventry, Att:1,800
• 7 April Otley RUFC – Leeds Tykes, Cross Green, Otley, Leeds, Att:
• 22 April Leeds Tykes – Rotherham Earth Titans, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, Att:
• 28 April Plymouth Albion – Leeds Tykes, Brickfields, Plymouth, Att:
• Current National League 1 Table (Sportbox)

Player	Position	App	Tries	Pens	Cons	DG	Points
Richard Welding	Wing	19+3	13	0	7	0	84
Tom Rock	Full-Back	23+4	13	0	0	0	65
Jonny Hepworth	Fly-Half	24+3	12	0	0	0	60
Mike MacDonald	Prop	22	9	0	0	0	45
Martin Schusterman	Flanker	17+7	9	0	0	0	45
Leigh Hinton	Full-Back	22+1	7	38	64	0	277
Chris Hughes	Wing	9+1	7	0	0	0	35
Tom Biggs	Wing	13+1	6	0	0	0	30
Kearnan Myall	Second-Row	23+4	6	0	0	0	30
John Holtby	Wing	16+3	5	0	0	0	25
Andre Snyman	Centre	11+1	5	0	0	0	25
Jon Dunbar	Flanker	23+3	4	0	0	0	20
Rhys Oakley	No 8	27+2	4	0	0	0	20
Andy Tuilagi	Centre	7+12	4	0	0	0	20
Mark Lock	Back-Row	16+5	3	0	0	0	15
Mike Aspinall	Scrum-Half	0+3	2	0	0	0	10
Ian Humphreys	Fly-Half	3+1	2	0	0	1	13
Rob Rawlinson	Hooker	21+2	2	0	0	0	10
Richard Vasey	Fly-Half	14+2	1	6	15	0	53
Pablo Bouza	Second-Row	10+5	1	0	0	0	5
Michael Cusack	Prop	10+9	1	0	0	0	5
Stuart Hooper	(Capt) Second-Row	21+1	1	0	0	0	5
Phil Nilsen	Hooker	3+5	1	0	0	0	5
Danny Paul	Prop	0+16	1	0	0	0	5
Jacob Rauluni	Scrum-Half	7+11	1	0	0	0	5
Pelu Taele	Second-Row	4+7	1	0	0	0	5
Lee Blackett	Centre	2	0	0	0	0	0
Luther Burrell	Centre	1	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Bryan	Back-Row	4+8	0	0	0	0	0
Darren Edwards	Scrum-Half	22+1	0	0	0	0	0
James Isaacson	Hooker	1+6	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Jones	Centre	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom McGee	Prop	7+5	0	0	0	0	0
Colin Noon	Prop	18+3	0	0	0	0	0
James Parkes	Hooker	5+14	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Rock	Centre	8	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Stitcher	Back-Row	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Whittaker	Fly-Half	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Simon Worrall	Flanker	0+3	0	0	0	0	0

Also in squad but no appearances so far this season; Andy Boyde , Max Lewis , Rob Vickerman.

Season	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	BP	Pts	Pos	Notes
2005-06 Guinness Premiership	22	5	0	17	363	573	-210	8	28	12th	Relegated
2004-05 Zurich Premiership	22	9	0	13	380	431	-51	7	43	8th
2003-04 Zurich Premiership	22	7	1	14	449	588	-139	7	37	11th
2002-03 Zurich Premiership	22	12	2	8	478	435	43	6	58	5th
2001-02 Zurich Premiership	22	6	0	16	406	654	-248	4	28	12th	Relegated*
2000-01 National League One	26	24	0	2	1,032	407	625	1	116	1st	Promoted

(National Division One Champions Rotherham Titans were refused promotion to the Zurich Premiership for the 2002/03 season due to facilities failing to meet Premiership criteria)*

• Parker Pen Shield

• PARKER PEN SHIELD 2001/2

• Pool 3 Friday 28 September 2001 Overmach Parma 41–10 Leeds Tykes - Att:
• Pool 3 Sunday 7 October 2001 Leeds Tykes 48–17 Beziers - Att:2,229
• Pool 3 Sunday 28 October 2001 Leeds Tykes 30–27 Pontypridd - Att:2,642
• Pool 3 Saturday 3 November 2001 Pontypridd 28–16 Leeds Tykes - Att:4,200
• Pool 3 Saturday 5 January 2002 Beziers 25–26 Leeds Tykes- Att:3,500
• Pool 3 Sunday 13 January 2002 Leeds Tykes 58–16 Overmach Parma- Att:1,431

• PARKER PEN CHALLENGE CUP 2002/3

• Round 1 1st Leg Saturday 12 October 2002 Petrarca Padova 23–29 Leeds Tykes - Att:
• Round 1 1st Leg Sunday 20 October 2002 Leeds Tykes 52–13 Petrarca Padova - Att:
• Round 2 1st Leg Saturday 7 December 2002 Pontypridd 37–23 Leeds Tykes - Att:
• Round 2 2nd Leg Saturday 14 December 2002 Leeds Tykes 19–19 Pontypridd - Att:

• European Challenge Cup & Shield

• EUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP 2004/5

• Round 1 Game 4 1st Leg: Saturday 23 October 2004 Grenoble 9–9 Leeds Tykes - Att:
• Round 1 Game 4 2nd Leg: Sunday 31 October 2004 Leeds Tykes 17–18 Grenoble - Att:

• EUROPEAN SHIELD 2004/5:(losers from first round of European Challenge Cup)

• Round 1 Game 17 1st Leg: Sunday 5 December 2004 Leeds Tykes 121–0 Valladolid RAC - Att:
• Round 1 Game 17 2nd Leg: Saturday 11 December 2004 Valladolid RAC 11–53 Leeds Tykes - Att:

• Quarter-Finals
• Game 24 1st Leg: Sunday 9 January 2005 Leeds Tykes 29–13 Petrarca Rugby - Att: 1,067
• Game 24 2nd Leg: Saturday 15 January 2005 Petrarca Rugby 9–57 Leeds Tykes - Att:

• Semi-Finals 1st Leg
• Saturday 2 April 2005 Worcester Warriors 43–34 Leeds Tykes-Att:
• Semi-Finals 2nd Leg
• Friday22 April 2005 Leeds Tykes 30–30 Worcester Warriors - Att: 1,335

• Heineken Cup

• HEINEKEN CUP 2003 / 2004

• POOL 1: Stade Francais, Leicester Tigers, Gwent Dragons, Ulster
• POOL 2: Leeds Tykes, Neath-Swansea Ospreys, Edinburgh Rugby, Toulouse
• POOL 3: Sale Sharks, Cardiff Blues, Leinster Lions, Biarritz Olympique
• POOL 4: Agen, The Borders, Llanelli Scarlets, Northampton Saints
• POOL 5: Bourgoin, Munster, Benetton Treviso, Gloucester RFC
• POOL 6: Celtic Warriors, Calvisano, London Wasps, Perpignan

• Round 1 Pool 2 Sunday 7 December 2003 Leeds Tykes 29–20 Neath-Swansea Ospreys - Att:3,755
• Round 2 Pool 2 Friday 12 December 2003 Toulouse 19–3 Leeds Tykes - Att:12,500
• Round 3 Pool 2 Friday 9 January 2004 Edinburgh Rugby 19–9 Leeds Tykes - Att:5,056
• Round 4 Pool 2 Sunday 18 January 2004 Leeds Tykes 0–23 Edinburgh Rugby - Att:3,354
• Round 5 Pool 2 Sunday25 January 2004 Leeds Tykes 22–31 Toulouse - Att:4,253
• Round 6 Pool 2 Saturday 31 January 2004 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 10–3 Leeds Tykes - Att: 2,000

• HEINEKEN CUP 2005 / 2006

• POOL 1: Munster, Castres Olympique, Sale Sharks, Newport Gwent Dragons
• POOL 2: Calvisano, Perpignan, Leeds Tykes, Cardiff Blues
• POOL 3: Ospreys, Stade Francais, Leicester Tigers, Clermont Auvergne
• POOL 4: Biarritz Olympique, Saracens, Ulster, Benetton Treviso
• POOL 5: Glasgow, Bourgoin, Bath, Leinster
• POOL 6: London Wasps, Toulouse, Llanelli Scarlets, Edinburgh

• Round 1 Pool 2 Saturday 22 October 2005 Cardiff Blues 40–13 Leeds Tykes - Att: 8,500
• Round 2 Pool 2 Friday 28 October 2005 Leeds Tykes 33–16 Rugby Calvisano - Att: 2,625
• Round 3 Pool 2 Sunday 11 December 2005 Leeds Tykes 21–20 Perpignan - Att: 3,053
• Round 4 Pool 2 Saturday 17 December 2005 Perpignan 12–8 Leeds Tykes - Att:
• Round 5 Pool 2 Saturday 14 January 2006 Rugby Calvisano P–P Leeds Tykes
• Fixture abandoned, Leeds awarded five points
• Round 6 Pool 2 Sunday 22 January 2006 Leeds Tykes 48–3 Cardiff Blues- Att: 7,144

Powergen Cup 2001/02

• 6th Round Saturday 15 December Orrell 22–31 Leeds Tykes- Attendance: 1,300
• Quarter-Final Sunday 20 January Leeds Tykes 24–41 Newcastle- Attendance: 4,183

Powergen Cup 2002/03

• 6th Round Saturday 21 December Harlequins 17–13 Leeds Tykes- Attendance: 4,429

Powergen Cup 2003/04

• 6th Round Friday 14 November Leeds Tykes 13–6 Harlequins- Attendance: 1,238
• Quarter-Final Saturday 28 February Leeds Tykes 21–10 Bath Rugby- Attendance: 3,740
• Semi-Final Saturday 13 March Sale Sharks 33–20 Leeds Tykes- Attendance: 6,752

Powergen Cup 2004/05

• 6th Round Friday 19 December Leeds Tykes 81–17 Pertemps Bees- Attendance: 1,218
• Quarter-Final Sunday 22 January Northampton Saints 19–24 Leeds Tykes - Attendance:7,408
• Semi-Final Sunday 6 March Leeds Tykes 15–6 London Irish- Attendance: 3,258
• Final Saturday 16 April Leeds Tykes 20–12 Bath Rugby-Attendance:60,347

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

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Notes
Powergen Cup	11	5	1	5	297	274	Winners 2005
Heineken Cup	17	12	0	5	189	182
European Challenge Cup	18	10	3	5	661	379	Semi-Finalists 2005

• Mike Shelley 244

• Tom Palmer 188

Bath Rugby 12 - 20 Leeds Tykes Leeds Tykes 15 - 6 London Irish Northampton Saints 19 - 24 Leeds Tykes Leeds Tykes 21 - 10 Bath Rugby Gloucester 15 - 33 Leeds Tykes Leeds Tykes 48 - 3 Cardiff Blues Leeds Tykes 23 - 22 Leicester Tigers Leeds Tykes 37 - 16 Leicester Tigers Leeds Tykes 26 - 13 Leicester Tigers Leeds Tykes 41 - 16 London Irish Bath Rugby 6 - 10 Leeds Tykes

Leeds Tykes 23 - 18 Harlequins Leeds Tykes 27 - 14 Saracens Leeds Tykes 10 - 6 Bath Rugby Leeds Tykes 29 - 29 Sale Sharks Bath Rugby 20 - 22 Leeds Tykes London Wasps 27 - 27 Leeds Tykes Leeds Tykes 26 - 19 Northampton Saints Leeds Tykes 20 - 7 Bath Rugby Leeds Tykes 30 - 23 Gloucester Leeds Tykes 39 - 13 Leicester Tigers Leeds Tykes 21 - 20 Perpignan

(Combined records of Headingley FC 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. G - Georgia Tg - Tonga R - Romania

• ENGLAND

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

PICKERING,AS 1907: I

HUTCHINSON,F 1909: S,I,F.

IBBITSON,ED 1909: S,I,W,F.

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

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

EDDISON,JH 1912: S,I,W,F.

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

NOVIS,AL 1929: S,F; 1930: I,W,F.

BEDFORD ,LL 1931: W,I.

BOOTH, LA 1933: W,I,S; 1934: S; 1935: W,I,S.

AUTY,JR 1935: S.

GADNEY,BC 1938: W.

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

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

BRAITHWAITE EXLEY,B 1949: W.

HORSFALL,EL 1949: W.

VAUGHAN ,DB 1949: W,I,S,F; 1950: W.

HARDY,EMP 1951: I,F,S.

SHUTTLEWORTH,DW 1951: S; 1953: S.

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

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

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

DOVEY,BA 1963: I,W.

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

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

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

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

WILLIAMS,C 1976: F.

CAPLAN,DNN 1978: S,I.

CARDUS,RM 1979: W,I.

WINTERBOTTOM,PJ 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.

HUNTSMAN,P 1985: NZ (2).

PALMER, T 2001: US

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

SCARBROUGH, D 2003: W

BALSHAW, I 2005: IT, S

• SCOTLAND

HAMILTON, AS 1914: W; 1920: F.

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

COTTINGHAM, GS 1936: E.

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

McGEECHAN,IR 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.

REID, SJ 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

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

DUNBAR, J 2005: F, I

• WALES

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

EDWARDS,AB 1955: E,S.

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

• IRELAND

McGRATH,NF 1934: W

• BRITISH LIONS

AARVOLD,CD 1930: NZ,A.

NOVIS,AL 1930: NZ,A.

WILLIAMS,JE 1955: SA.

REA,CWW 1971: NZ,A.

SPENCER,JS 1971: NZ,A.

McGEECHAN,IR 1974: SA; 1977: NZ.

WINTERBOTTOM,PJ 1983: NZ.

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