Rochdale Hornets

Rochdale Hornets RLFC
Club information
Full nameRochdale Hornets Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Hornets
Colours
Founded1871; 153 years ago (1871) [1]
Websitehornetsrugbyleague.co.uk
Current details
Ground(s)
CEOMatt Rigby
ChairmanAndy Mazey
CoachGary Thornton
CaptainDuane Straugheir
CompetitionLeague 1
2023 season7th
Current season
Uniforms
Home colours
Away colours
Records
Minor premierships2 (2013 2016)
Challenge Cups1 (1922)

The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the League 1, the third tier of European rugby league.[2][3] The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league clubs. Their main local rivals are Oldham, Salford Red Devils, Swinton Lions, Halifax and the Huddersfield Giants.

  1. ^ The Middle Class: A History by Lawrence James, Abacus Editions, 2008 – ISBN 978-0349115436
  2. ^ "Operational Rules". RFL. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Rochdale Hornets". eventbrite. Retrieved 25 March 2017.