Cumbria rugby league team
Team information | ||
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Governing body | Rugby Football League | |
Head coach | Paul Crarey | |
Captain | Rob Purdham | |
Home stadium | Varies | |
Uniforms | ||
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Team results | ||
First game | ||
Cumberland 0–8 Yorkshire (Parkside, Hunslet; 5 February 1898) | ||
First international | ||
Cumberland 21–9 New Zealand (Lonsdale Park, Workington; 8 January 1908) | ||
Biggest win | ||
Cumbria 70–0 United States (Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness; 4 November 2007) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
Cumbria 12–64 Anzacs (Derwent Park, Workington; 27 October 2004) |
The Cumbria rugby league team (known as Cumberland from 1898-1973) is an English representative rugby league team consisting of players who were born in the county of Cumbria and the historic county of Cumberland. They play fixtures against international representative sides, often acting as opposition in warm-up fixtures for touring international sides.[1][2]
Team[]
The Cumbrian side features professional players from the Super League, the Co-operative Championship, Championship 1 and the amateur game.[3][4]
As of 2010, Cumbria are coached by Paul Crarey, with assistant coaches; of Workington Town, and of Whitehaven.[5]
History[]
Cumbria played the touring Australian Kangaroos during 14 Kangaroo Tours, including 1908-09 (twice), 1911-12, 1921-22, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1948–49, 1963-64, 1967-68, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994, as well as playing the Australians as part of their 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final tour. They also played New Zealand in 1907–08, 1926–27 and 1980.
During the 2004 Tri-Nations series Cumbria played a match against an 'ANZAC Combination' side made up of Australian and New Zealand squad members. The 64–12 loss was the largest ever suffered by the Cumbrian side.
Cumbria played the England national rugby league team as part of England's preparation for the 2010 Four Nations.[6] The match raised funds for the Rugby Football League's benevolent fund and the family of Garry Purdham, who was among the victims of the Cumbria shootings tragedy on 2 June 2010.[7][8] The game was watched by 5,250 spectators at Whitehaven's Recreation Ground and ended 18–18,[9] raising over £50,000 for its cause.[10]
In 2006, Cumbria defeated Tonga 28–16 at Derwent Park in Workington, while on 4 November 2007, Cumbria recorded its largest ever win when they defeated the United States 70–0 at Craven Park in Barrow-in-Furness.
2010 squad[]
The squad for the match against England on 3 October 2010.
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Head coach
Updated: 25 September 2011 |
Results[]
Results for the Cumberland / Cumbria rugby league team against international teams.[11]
Wednesday 8 January 1908 | Cumberland | 21 – 9 | New Zealand | Workington | show |
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Saturday 24 October 1908 | Cumberland | 10 – 52 | Australia | Whitehaven | show |
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Thursday 4 February 1909 | Cumberland | 11 – 2 | Australia | Carlisle | show |
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Wednesday 22 November 1911 | Cumberland | 2 – 5 | Australasia | Maryport | show |
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Saturday 7 January 1922 | Cumberland | 12 – 25 | Australasia | Workington | show |
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Thursday 6 January 1927 | Cumberland | 3 – 18 | New Zealand | show |
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Saturday 7 December 1929 | Cumberland | 8 – 5 | Australia | Workington | show |
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Saturday 9 December 1933 | Cumberland | 17 – 16 | Australia | Whitehaven | show |
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Wednesday 13 October 1948 | Cumberland | 5 – 4 | Australia | Whitehaven | show |
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Thursday 31 October 1963 | Cumberland | 0 – 21 | Australia | Workington | show |
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Saturday 18 November 1967 | Cumberland | 17 – 15 | Australia | Workington | show |
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Wednesday 24 October 1973 | Cumberland | 2 – 28 | Australia | Whitehaven | show |
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Sunday 1 October 1978 | Cumbria | 4 – 47 | Australia | Barrow-in-Furness | show |
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Wednesday 8 October 1980 | Cumbria | 9 – 3 | New Zealand | Whitehaven | show |
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Tuesday 9 November 1982 | Cumbria | 2 – 41 | Australia | Carlisle | show |
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Tuesday 9 November 1986 | Cumbria | 12 – 48 | Australia | Barrow-in-Furness | show |
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Wednesday 17 October 1990 | Cumbria | 10 – 42 | Australia | Workington | show |
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Sunday 18 October 1992 | Cumbria | 0 – 44 | Australia | Workington | show |
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Sunday 2 October 1994 | Cumbria | 8 – 52 | Australia | Workington | show |
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Sunday 19 October 2003 | Cumbria | 24 – 24 | New Zealand A | Whitehaven | show |
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Sunday 27 October 2004 | Cumbria | 12 – 64 | / Anzacs | Workington | show |
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Wednesday 25 October 2006 | Cumbria | 28 – 16 | Tonga | Workington | show |
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Sunday 4 November 2007 | Cumbria | 70 – 0 | United States | Barrow-in-Furness | show |
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Sunday 3 October 2010 | Cumbria | 18 – 18 | England | Whitehaven | show |
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Saturday 22 October 2011 | Cumbria | 12 – 26 | England Knights | Whitehaven | show |
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Friday 21 October 2016 | Cumbria Select XIII | 16 – 48 | Scotland | Barrow-in-Furness | show |
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References[]
- ^ "Results". RLEF. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-12-28. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ "Cumbria let outright Victory slip away". Marras. 2004. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ "Egremont duo to represent Cumbria in memorial match". Whitehaven News. 2010-09-01. Archived from the original on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ "Cumbria reveal Garry Purdham game squad to face England". BBC. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ "Cumbria squad announced for memorial match". Quins. 2010-09-01. Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ "England RL to play Cumbria in memorial match". Rugby League Online. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ "Charity rugby match for Cumbria gun victim". BBC. 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/10/09/01/RUGBYL_Cumbria.html[bare URL]
- ^ "Official England Match Report". England Rugby League. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ^ "Cumbria and England game raises £50,000 for Purdham Family". Whitehaven News. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ^ Cumbria rugby league team results
- ^ Cumberland vs New Zealand 1908
- ^ Cumberland vs Australia 1908
- ^ Cumberland vs Australia 1909
- ^ Cumberland vs Australasia 1911
- ^ Cumberland vs Australasia 1911
- ^ Cumberland vs New Zealand 1927
- ^ Cumberland vs Australia 1929
- ^ Cumberland vs Australia 1933
- ^ Cumberland vs Australia 1948
- ^ Cumberland vs Australia 1963
- ^ E.E.Christensen (1964). "1963-64 Kangaroo Tour Records". E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook. Sydney: E.E.Christensen (Vol. 18).
- ^ Cumberland vs Australia 1967
- ^ Cumberland vs Australia 1973
- ^ Cumbria vs Australia 1978
- ^ Cumbria vs New Zealand 1980
- ^ Cumbria vs Australia 1982
- ^ Cumbria vs Australia 1986
- ^ Cumbria vs Australia 1990
- ^ Cumbria vs Australia 1992
- ^ Cumbria vs Australia 1994
- ^ Cumbria vs New Zealand A 2003
- ^ Cumbria vs Anzacs 2004 Archived 2014-11-24 at archive.today
- ^ Cumbria vs Tonga 2006 Archived 2014-11-25 at archive.today
- ^ Cumbria vs USA 2007 Archived 2014-11-25 at archive.today
- ^ Cumbria vs England 2010 Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cumbria vs England Knights 2011
- ^ Cumbria Select vs Scotland 2016
External links[]
- Rugby league teams in Cumbria