Rugby Football League Hall of Fame

Douglas Clark was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005.

The Rugby League Hall of Fame honours the leading players of the sport of rugby league. It was established by the sport's governing body in the UK, the Rugby Football League, in 1988.[1] Players must have been retired for at least five years to be eligible; they must also have played at least ten years within the British game. Players are chosen for induction to the hall of fame by a panel consisting of sports writers, broadcasters and officials.[2]

Inductions to the hall of fame have been sporadic. Nine players were inducted when the hall was opened in 1988 and one more was added the following year. In 1995 the members of the hall of fame appeared on postage stamps released as part of Britain's centenary celebrations.[3] There were no new inductees until 2000, when three more players were introduced as part of the buildup to the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. A further four players were inducted in 2005, and four more in 2013 during the fourteenth World Cup.

The Hall of Fame is located at the George Hotel in Huddersfield, where a group of northern clubs met in 1895 and resolved to leave the Rugby Football Union to form their own body, which led to the development of the separate codes of rugby league and rugby union.[4]

2022 saw the first female inductees of the Hall of Fame.[5]

Hall of Fame

Players

Source[6]

Inducted	Player	Position	Club(s)
1988	Harold Wagstaff	Centre	Huddersfield
1988	Jim Sullivan	Fullback	Wigan
1988	Albert Rosenfeld	Wing	Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, Bradford Northern, Easts
1988	Gus Risman	Centre	Salford, Workington Town
1988	Jonty Parkin	Scrum-half	Wakefield Trinity, Hull Kingston Rovers
1988	Alex Murphy	Scrum-half	St. Helens, Leigh, Warrington
1988	Billy Boston	Wing	Wigan, Blackpool Borough
1988	Brian Bevan	Wing	Warrington
1988	Billy Batten	Centre	Hull
1989	Neil Fox	Centre	Wakefield Trinity, Bradford Northern, Hull Kingston Rovers, York, Huddersfield
2000	Roger Millward	Stand-off	Castleford, Hull Kingston Rovers
2000	Tom van Vollenhoven	Wing	St. Helens
2000	Vince Karalius	Loose forward	St. Helens, Widnes
2005	Martin Hodgson	Second-row	Swinton
2005	Ellery Hanley	Loose forward	Bradford Northern, Wigan, Leeds, Balmain, Western Suburbs
2005	Douglas Clark	Loose forward	Huddersfield
2005	Eric Ashton	Centre	Wigan
2013[7]	Lewis Jones	Stand-off	Leeds
2013[7]	Martin Offiah	Wing	Widnes, Wigan, Eastern Suburbs, St George Dragons, London Broncos, Salford City Reds
2013[7]	Mick Sullivan	Wing	Huddersfield, Wigan, St. Helens, York, Dewsbury
2013[7]	Garry Schofield	Centre, Stand-off	Hull FC, Leeds, Balmain, Western Suburbs, Doncaster, Huddersfield, Bramley
2014	Mal Reilly	Loose forward	Castleford, Manly-Warringah
2014	Willie Horne	Stand-off	Oldham, Barrow
2015[8]	Shaun Edwards	Scrum-half, Stand-off	Wigan, Balmain, London, Bradford
2015[8]	Albert Goldthorpe	Fullback, Stand-off	Hunslet
2018[9]	Johnny Whiteley	Loose forward	Hull, Hull Kingston Rovers
2018[9]	Derek Turner	Loose forward	Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham, Wakefield Trinity
2018[9]	Andy Gregory	Scrum-half	Widnes, Warrington, Wigan, Leeds, Salford
2022[10]	David Watkins	Fullback	Salford, Swinton, Cardiff
2022[10]	Clive Sullivan	Wing	Hull FC, Hull KR, Oldham, Doncaster
2022[10]	Adrian Morley	Prop Second-row	Leeds, Sydney, Bradford, Warrington Wolves, Swinton Lions, Salford Red Devils
2022[10]	Andy Farrell	Second-row Loose forward	Wigan
2022[5]	Sally Milburn		Barrow, Askam
2022[5]	Lisa McIntosh		Bradford, Dudley Hill
2022[5]	Brenda Dobek		Wakefield Panthers, Townville, Featherstone Rovers
2024[11]	James Lomas	Wing, Centre	Bramley, Salford, Oldham, York
2024[11]	Alan Prescott	Wing, Prop, Second-row, Loose forward	Halifax, St Helens
2024[12]	Jane Banks
2024[12]	Michelle Land
2024[12]	Paul Sculthorpe	Loose forward, Stand-off, Second-row	Warrington, St Helens
2024[12]	Jamie Peacock	Prop, Second-row	Bradford, Leeds, Hull KR

Teams

The 2024 player inductions also saw teams inducted for the first time. Teams to have been inducted into the Hall of Fame are:

• 2024: 1996 Great Britain Lionesses touring squad – the inaugural Great Britain women's team, the only European team to have beaten Australia in a test series at time of induction.[13][14]

See also

• Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame

References

1. "Barrow legend Willie Horne inducted into RL Hall of Fame". North-West Evening Mail. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
2. "Martin Offiah among legends to join Rugby League Hall of Fame". Daily Mirror. 31 October 2013.
3. Carr, Richard (1 October 1995). "Britain marks centennial of the Rugby League". Sun Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale. p. 6. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
4. Whitwam, Linda (14 February 2012). "Huddersfield's historic George Hotel has new owners". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
5. "Historic RL Hall of Fame recognition for Dobek, McIntosh and Milburn". Rugby-League.com. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
6. "History & Heritage". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
7. "New members of Hall of Fame inducted at RL Cares Dinner". therfl.co.uk. Rugby Football League. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
8. https://www.skysports.com/amp/rugby-league/news/12196/10064821/shaun-edwards-inducted-into-rugby-league-hall-of-fame
9. Bugby, Tony (1 November 2018). "Derek 'Rocky' Turner added to rugby league's hall of fame". Saddleworth Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
10. "Four legends to be inducted into Rugby League Hall of Fame". Love Rugby League. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
11. "Lomas and Prescott to be inducted into RL Hall of Fame". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
12. "Peacock, Banks, Sculthorpe and Land to be elevated into Rugby League Hall of Fame". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
13. "Ashes-winning Great Britain Women's team to be inducted into Rugby League Hall of Fame". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
14. https://www.skysports.com/amp/rugby-league/news/12196/13213848/rugby-league-hall-of-fame-1996-great-britain-lionesses-become-the-first-team-to-be-inducted-into-hall-of-fame

External links

• Rugby League Hall of Fame at rugby-league.com

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