Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

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Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are are an English rugby league club based in the town of Wakefield, West Yorkshire. They are current members of the professional top-flight European competition, the Engage Super League.

History

In 1895 Wakefield joined the twenty other clubs in the breakaway Northern Rugby Football Union following a meeting of clubs at The George Hotel, Huddersfield. Although full-time professionalism was illegal players were now allowed broken time payments of up to a maximum of six shillings per day for loss of earnings through playing rugby and reducing the number of players from fifteen to thirteen. Some other changes were made in an attempt to make the game more interesting for spectators but the use of a round ball was eventually dropped after some trial games.

With the inauguration of the Super League in 1996, Wakefield Trinity became Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. They are known to their fans as 'Wakey', 'Trinity' or 'Wildcats'.

Honors

Super League Winners

• Best position 6^th (2004)

National Championship Winners

• 1966-67
• 1967-68

Challenge Cup Winners

1908-09, 1945-46, 1959-60, 1961-62, 1962-63

Yorkshire Cup Winners

1910-11, 1924-25, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1951-52, 1956-57, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1964-65, 1992-93

Yorkshire League Winners

1909-10, 1910-11, 1945-46, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1961-62, 1962-63

See also

• History of rugby
• Rugby league