| Doncaster Lakers | | | | Full name | Doncaster Lakers Rugby League Club | | Emblem | 'Lakers' writing | | Colours | Blue and Gold | | Founded | 1951 | | Sport | Rugby league | | League | National League One | | Ground | The Keepmoat Stadium | | Official website | www.doncasterlakers.com | Doncaster Lakers are a British rugby league club, from Doncaster. They currently play in League One of the Rugby League National Leagues. Image File history File links Donny_lakers. ...
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Rugby league is a team sport played by two teams of 17 players, with 13 on the field at any one time and 4 on the bench (reserves). ...
The Rugby League National Leagues (currently known as the LHF Healthplan National Leagues as a result of sponsorship) form the basis for rugby league competition in Great Britain below Super League. ...
Rugby league is a team sport played by two teams of 17 players, with 13 on the field at any one time and 4 on the bench (reserves). ...
Doncaster is a town in the English county of South Yorkshire, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. ...
The Rugby League National Leagues (currently known as the LHF Healthplan National Leagues as a result of sponsorship) form the basis for rugby league competition in Great Britain below Super League. ...
They have previously been known as Doncaster Dragons. They are informally known as the Dons.
History
Doncaster RLFC were founded in 1951 and joined the Rugby League in the same year. The club originally played at the York Road Greyhound Stadium in Doncaster, before moving to a ground of their own in 1953. Tattersfield in Bentley Road, was named after former Chairman Len Tattersfield.
At the end of the 1994-95 season the club went into liquidation and Tattersfield was sold for housing developments after the end of their one and only season in the game's top division.
When a Rupert Murdoch funded Super League competition was proposed, part of the deal was that some traditional clubs would merge. Doncaster were to merge with Sheffield to form a South Yorkshire club that would compete in Super League. This was, however, resisted. The engage Super League logo Super League (Europe) is the only full-time professional rugby league competition operating in the northern hemisphere. ...
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The following a year, a new club called Doncaster Dragons raised from the ashes of the previous club, but it was forced to restart life in the bottom division of the Rugby Football League. They temporarily moved in and the club moved in to share with soccer club Doncaster Rovers at their Belle Vue ground while Meadowcourt Stadium (another greyhound stadium in Stainforth, Doncaster) was being prepared for rugby league. The Dragons played at Meadowcourt Stadium for a few years before returning to Belle Vue for the beginning of the 1998 season. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or Donny as they are more commonly known) are an English professional football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. ...
Stainforth is a small town located roughly north-east of Doncaster, close in locality to Hatfield, South Yorkshire and Thorne. ...
They adopted the name Lakers at the end of 2005 to reflect the new Lakeside Community Stadium' (now The Keepmoat Stadium)', a purpose built facility for both soccer and rugby league clubs [1].
This change in name was not greeted by many loyal Doncaster RLFC fans, who felt the club had gone too far with the Americanised 'Laker' tag. The change in colours from the clubs trademark blue and gold to red and white for home games and green and gold for away games was also met harshly. Since the new season has begun, the colours have being reversed back to blue and gold, although the name has stayed the same.
The new name comes with the brand new training facilities and stadium based at the Lakeside complex. The Keepmoat Stadium as it is now known seats 16,000 supporters with room for expansion in the future.
The Lakers played in the local derby against Sheffield Eagles on December 27 2006 - 'The Day After Boxing Day' - which was the opening game in The Keepmoat Stadium (formerly Lakeside Community Stadium). They lost this match.
The Lakers also were involved in a charity match against Castleford Tigers to help raise money for the St John Ellis Memorial Fund. This charity is to help raise money for his wife and kids.
External links - Official site
- Popular unofficial Forum
- Unofficial fan site
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