Yorkshire Carnegie

For the cricket team, see Yorkshire County Cricket Club. For the basketball team formerly known as Leeds Carnegie, see Leeds Force. For the ladies football team, see Leeds Carnegie L.F.C.

Yorkshire Carnegie Rugby Union

Full name	Yorkshire Carnegie Rugby Union Football Club
Union	Yorkshire RFU
Founded	1991; 27 years ago (1991)
Ground(s)	Headingley Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 21,062[1])
Chairman	David Dockray
Director of Rugby	Chris Stirling
Coach(es)	Steve Boden
Captain(s)	Richard Mayhew
League(s)	RFU Championship
2017–18	6th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.yorkshirecarnegie.com

Yorkshire Carnegie (formerly Leeds Carnegie, Leeds Tykes and Leeds RUFC) are an English rugby union club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the RFU Championship.

The club was founded in 1991 as Leeds RUFC. In 1998, the club merged with Leeds Rhinos to form Leeds Rugby Limited, also known as Leeds Tykes. In 2007, Leeds Metropolitan University bought a 51% stake in the club and changed the name to fit with the university's sport department, Carnegie College.^[2][3] At the end of the 2008–09 season, ownership of the club passed back into the hands of Leeds Rugby.

Leeds have bounced between the Premiership and the second-level National Division One, now known as the RFU Championship; they were either promoted or relegated in four consecutive seasons starting in 2006. Leeds were relegated from the Premiership as bottom finishers in 2006, promoted as National Division One champions in 2007, relegated again from the Premiership in 2008, and promoted a second time as National Division One champions in 2009. They managed to stay in the Premiership in the 2009–10 season, which helped to secure their financial future; starting with the 2010–11 season, they will become a full shareholder in Premier Rugby, the company behind the Premiership. In 2009–10, they only received 60% of a full share of Premiership revenues.^[4]

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 1877-1900s: Headingley and Roundhay
    
  
  
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    1.2 1991-1997: Leeds RUFC
    
  
  
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    1.3 1998-2006: Leeds Tykes
    
  
  
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    1.4 2007-2013: Leeds Carnegie RUFC
    
  
  
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    1.5 2014-present: Yorkshire Carnegie
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Home ground
  


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  3 Current standings
  


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  4 Current squad
  


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  5 Notable former players
  


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  6 Personnel
  
  
  
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    6.1 Club officials
    
  
  
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    6.2 Coaching and medical staff
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 Honours
  


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  8 Statistics and records
  


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  9 Season summary
  
  
  
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    9.1 League
    
  
  
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    9.2 Cups
    
  
  
  
  


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  10 References
  


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  11 External links
  

History

1877-1900s: Headingley and Roundhay

Headingley has a tradition of rugby which started back in 1877, after several youngsters became interested in rugby after watching Leeds St. John's, later to become the Leeds Rhinos rugby league team. Their first game was in November against the Saints second team. Union was centred around a church club. The original rugby union team was Leeds St John's and it played at the Militia Barracks ground before moving to Cardigan Fields. The Headingley name was adopted in 1878 and Cardigan Fields was used for both rugby and cricket. On 5 January 1884, England played Wales there and won 5–3 with a crowd in the region of 2,000 in attendance. The club playing there was then disbanded but was re-formed again in 1885 under the auspices of the Headingley Hill Chapel Sunday Class and played matches on local fields against local teams, including Roundhay.

In 1888, the Cardigan Estate was sold at auction and Lot 17a was purchased by a group of Leeds citizens, who intended to form the city's leading sports club. Lot 17a became what is now Headingley Stadium. Leeds St John's played their final season under that name in 1889–90, before becoming the football section of Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company Ltd the following season. With Headingley still being completed, Leeds' first game was staged at Cardigan Fields, the home side defeating Otley. The first game at Headingley was played on 20 September 1890, when Manningham were beaten by one try and one dropped goal to nil. Leeds were founder members of the Northern Union when it broke away from the Rugby Football Union in 1895. Leeds' début in the Northern Union was a 6–3 victory at Leigh on 7 September 1895, the inaugural day of the new competition.

The development of the playing fields into the Headingley ground was down to Lord Hawke, who was behind the creation of the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company and the purchase of lot 17A of the Cardigan Estate. (Lord Hawke captained England and Yorkshire at cricket). However, this saw the demise of the Leeds club which split into two. The part that was to become the Rugby League club in 1895-6 stayed at the Headingley ground and Headingley RUFC was reborn in 1891, eventually finishing up in 1902 in Clarence Fields, Kirkstall. Two other internationals were played in Leeds before the split between Union and League, against Ireland and Scotland, both ending in defeat.

In 1889, Headingley was disbanded when Leeds St. John's moved into the area, built Headingley Rugby Stadium and dropped the St. John's from their name. However, Headingley bounced back and found fixtures outside Yorkshire, in 1901 their fixture list including a game against the famous Blackheath Rugby Club. Roundhay were formed in 1924 and moved to their ground at Chandos Park in the 1930s. Forty internationals have played for one team or the other perhaps the best known being Peter Winterbottom, Ian McGeechan and Chris Rea, who played for Headingley. Former Scotland coach Frank Hadden also had a spell at Headingley, where his and McGeechan's playing paths crossed, at the tail end of his career. Brian Moore played for Roundhay before his move to Nottingham and selection for England.

1991-1997: Leeds RUFC

Leeds RUFC was founded in 1991 after the merger of Roundhay and Headingley; Morley RFC was also invited to join but declined. The new club played their first match on 1 September 1992 against Hull Ionians. The first try was scored by Glynn Thompson, previously of Roundhay. Richard Cardus, Bev Dovey, Denis Wilkins and Keith Smith all won international caps while in the Roundhay ranks. Smith featured in England's first full tour of Australia in 1975, but had to return home injured and Wilkins, who was also in the Royal Navy, won 13 caps, between 1951–53. When they amalgamated in 1991–92, both clubs were in National Division Three.

In the first season in National Three, Leeds finished 6th, but League reorganisation put the club in National Division Four, with finishes of 6th, 6th and 5th in 1995–96. The following season, they finished 3rd, scoring 1,209 points in thirty games, with the former England ‘A’ outside-half Gerry Ainscough scoring 307 points, and the ex-Scotland 'A' utility back Mark Appleson scoring sixteen tries. In 1997–98, they were promoted from the newly formed Jewson One to Premiership Two, finishing runners-up to Worcester. The Tongan Sateki Tuipulotu scored a then club record 322 points.

1998-2006: Leeds Tykes

The Tykes logo.

In 1998, the club amalgamated with Leeds Rhinos to form Leeds Rugby Limited. Leeds RUFC took on a new name when they entered the 1998 Premiership Two competition, Leeds Tykes.

The Tykes finished 6th in their first season in Premiership Two with the Tongan scoring 250 points and Simon Middleton and Jonathan Scales scoring ten tries apiece. Since 1996, the Tykes have played at Leeds Rhinos' Headingley stadium and Phil Davies became their player-coach. In their first season, they finished 8th in a twelve team fourth division. They were promoted to the Premiership in 2001. In gaining promotion Richard Le Bas scored 337 points and Graham Mackay, a product of Leeds Rhinos, scored 19 tries, both club season records still extant.

In 2001, Tom Palmer became the first Leeds Tykes player to be capped for England when he appeared as a replacement against the United States. The Leeds Tykes team for their first game in the Premiership on 2 September 2001 against Bath was Shelley, Holt, Wring, C. Murphy, Palmer, Mather, Ponton, Fea'unati, Benton, Bachop, Emmerson, Woof, Mayer, Scarbrough, Benson. The replacements were Hogg for Mather (74), Davies for Fea'unati (75), Kerr for Fea'unati (26), O'Reilly for Mayer (73), Fea'unati for Kerr (33). Not used were Luffman, Clarke, Le Bas.

The Tykes survived their first season after finishing bottom of the league when the National League One champions were denied entry into the Premiership in 2002 (Champions Rotherham Titans were refused promotion to the Zurich Premiership for the 2002–03 season due to facilities failing to meet Premiership criteria). The next season Leeds finished fifth in the table and made their Heineken Cup début in December 2003. In their four seasons in the Zurich Premiership, they finished an average ninth and reached two domestic cup semi-finals.

In 2005, they were mid-table by early November, but at the turn of the year, following injuries to key players, they were bottom of the Zurich Premiership and some way adrift of their rivals. Despite the threat of relegation, they made it to their first Powergen Cup final. They faced Bath who were top of the table and had never been beaten in a cup final, winning 20–12 to claim their first trophy.

Following the cup win, they won five straight games and avoided the drop by finishing eighth. Phil Davies relinquished control of some coaching duties to concentrate on his role as Director of Rugby in 2005 following another poor start to the season which saw the Tykes lose their first eight games in three different competitions.

After losing three successive away matches in injury time to Northampton Saints, Sale Sharks and Leicester Tigers, in January 2006 former Rugby League international Daryl Powell was promoted from the back room staff to First Team coach. Leeds were finally relegated after Newcastle Falcons beat Sale Sharks. Following relegation, Marshall was transfer listed by request and Mike Shelley announced his retirement. Other players who left were: Iain Balshaw, Chris Bell, Gordon Bulloch, Danny Care, Andy Craig, David Doherty, Dan Hyde, Mark McMillan, Tom Palmer, Richard Parks, Roland Reid, Gordon Ross, David Rees, Roland De Marigny, Scott Morgan, Chris Murphy and Nathan Thomas. Players who remained at club were: Tom Biggs, Lee Blackett, Michael Cusack, Jon Dunbar, Stuart Hooper, James Isaacson, Chris Jones, Rob Rawlinson and Rob Vickerman. At the end of April 2006, Phil Davies resigned as Director Of Rugby to be replaced by academy coach Stuart Lancaster.

The new players signed for the new season under Lancaster were Leigh Hinton from Newport Gwent Dragons, Leinster centre Jonny Hepworth, wing/full-back Richard Welding from Cornish Pirates, scrum-half Jacob Rauluni ex-Earth Titans and Bristol, scrum-half Darren Edwards from London Irish, winger John Holtby from Earth Titans, and centre Anitelia Tuilagi, on loan from Leicester Tigers. New forwards include flanker Mark Lock from London Wasps, Argentinian 7s and ex-Plymouth Albion flanker Martín Schusterman, Former Bristol Rugby No 8 Rhys Oakley from Newport Gwent Dragons, hooker James Parkes from Gloucester and props USA international Mike MacDonald, ex-Worcester who helped the Eagles to qualify for the World Cup, and Colin Noon from Biarritz.

Leeds Carnegie logo

2007-2013: Leeds Carnegie RUFC

IN 2007, the club was renamed as Leeds Carnegie in a deal with Leeds Metropolitan University, which took a 51% stake. Carnegie College is part of the university's sport department. Leeds director of rugby Stuart Lancaster said: "I am delighted by the announcement. This is another hugely significant step in our evolution."

In 2008, Lancaster left Leeds to take a job at the RFU, replaced by England World Cup winner Neil Back, and Andy Key, both of whom were previously on the coaching staff at Leicester Tigers.

In May 2009, Leeds Carnegie announced that it had restructured for the Premiership.^[5] Leeds Met University returned its 51% stake in Leeds Carnegie and Leeds Rugby retook full control.^[6] The restructuring saw former Wales and British and Irish Lions international Gareth Davies join a new board of directors representing the university.

Leeds Carnegie 2011-12

2014-present: Yorkshire Carnegie

In 2014, the club was rebranded as Yorkshire Carnegie.^[7][8]
They also struck a two-year sponsorship deal with Satsuma Loans at a reported £300,000 per year.^[9]

Home ground

The new Carnegie Stand at the rugby ground.

Leeds St. Johns, who were later to become Leeds Rugby League Football Club, then Leeds Rhinos, moved to Headingley in 1889 and built Headingley stadium. Since then the stadium has staged more than forty international matches and countless domestic finals. Undersoil heating was installed in 1963, and floodlights in 1966. New changing rooms were added in 1991.

On Saturday 13 August 2005, Headingley hosted back-to-back union and league games. The Tykes played Edinburgh in a friendly followed by a Super League game between the Rhinos and London. 2006 saw the construction of the Carnegie Stand. Built to replace the old eastern terrace, it was opened on 1 September 2006 for the Super League match between Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves. The ground now has a capacity of 22,250.

The record attendance at Headingley Rugby Stadium was 40,175 for the rugby league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947. The highest attendance for a Tykes match was against Newcastle Falcons on 27 December 2004, with a crowd of 14,293 at Headingley to see the Falcons take home a 15–11 victory. In July 1998 Leeds RUFC became part of the world's first dual-code rugby partnership, Leeds Rugby Limited. In 2006 a new sponsorship deal with Leeds Metropolitan University led to Headingley Stadium being renamed Headingley Carnegie Stadium. In November 2017 it again changed its name to Emerald Headingley Stadium just after a major rebuilding project started to replace both main pitchside stands, due for completion in May 2019.

Current standings

2017–18 RFU Championship Table watch · edit · discuss
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
1	Bristol (C)	22	21	0	1	949	417	532	18	1	103
2	Ealing Trailfinders	22	16	1	5	766	522	244	15	2	83
3	Bedford Blues	22	11	2	9	654	576	78	14	6	68
4	Cornish Pirates	22	12	0	10	681	577	104	10	9	67
5	Jersey Reds	22	13	1	8	542	480	62	8	3	65
6	Yorkshire Carnegie	22	12	2	8	518	547	-29	9	2	63
7	Doncaster Knights	22	9	1	12	582	615	-33	13	6	57
8	Nottingham	22	10	1	11	547	619	−72	7	3	52
9	Richmond	22	9	0	13	444	597	-153	6	4	46
10	Hartpury College	22	6	1	15	480	623	-143	9	7	42
11	London Scottish	22	6	1	15	521	707	-186	8	6	40
12	Rotherham Titans (R)	22	2	0	20	376	780	−404	2	4	14
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
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Current squad

For player movements before or during the 2018–19 season, see List of 2018–19 RFU Championship transfers § Yorkshire Carnegie.

The Yorkshire Carnegie squad for the 2018–19 season is:^[10]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Joe Buckle Hooker England Harry Newborn Hooker England Andrew Foster Prop England Jake Ilnicki Prop Canada Rowan Jenkins Prop Wales Ewan McQuillin Prop Scotland Craig Mitchell Prop Wales Marc Thomas Prop Wales James Thraves Prop England Kieran Frost Lock England Mike Myerscough Lock England Cian Romaine Lock Ireland Matt Smith Lock England Elliott Ward Lock England Josh Bainbridge Back row England Richard Beck Back row England Dan Grange Back row England Antonio Kiri Kiri Back row New Zealand Trystan Lloyd Back row England Richard Mayhew Back row New Zealand Dan Temm Back row New Zealand Lewis Wilson Back row England

Player Position Union JB Bruzulier Scrum-half Wales Oliver Fox Scrum-half England Sam Allan Fly-half England Brendan Cope Fly-half South Africa Harry Davey Fly-half England Jade Te Rure Fly-half New Zealand Tom Bullough Centre England Andy Forsyth Centre England Pete Lucock Centre England Louis Brown Wing England Tom Mann Wing England George Watkins Wing England Dan Moor Wing Canada Chris Wolfe-Elder Fullback England

Notable former players

Carl Aarvold Iain Balshaw Chris Bell Tom Biggs Liam Botham Danny Care Phil Christophers Jordan Crane David Doherty Brett Emerson Andy Gomarsall Michael "Mike" Lampkowski Tom Palmer David Rees Mark Regan (won the 2003 Rugby World Cup whilst a Leeds player) Dan Scarbrough Mike Shelley Hendre Fourie Tim Stimpson Martin Whitcombe

Diego Albanese Dan Crowley Jacob Rauluni Seru Rabeni Simon Easterby Alberto Di Bernardo Roland De Marigny Alex Moreno Aaron Persico Stephen Bachop Justin Marshall Sean Hohneck Erik Lund George Harder Gordon Bulloch Andy Craig Jon Dunbar Duncan Hodge Gavin Kerr

Ian McGeechan Gordon Ross Tony Stanger Vili Ma'asi Hefin O'Hare Richard Parks Matt Cardey Phil Davies Warren Fury Scott Morgan Alix Popham Nathan Thomas Mike MacDonald Kevin Sinfield Kees Lensing André Snyman Braam van Straaten

Personnel

Club officials

• President: Sir Ian McGeechan


• Chairman: David Dockray


• Director of Rugby: Chris Stirling

Coaching and medical staff

• Head Coach: Steve Boden


• Team Manager: David Baldwin


• Forwards Coach: Steve Boden


• Head Conditioner: Gary Dempsey


• Head Physio: Alex Morrell


• Assistant first team Physio:


• Doctor: Vanudevan Mani


• Head of Analysis: Ryan Spindley


• Academy Manager: Ben Lazenby


• Academy Physio:


• Equipment Manager: Mark Weavill

Honours

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  Yorkshire Cup (3):
  
  • Winners: 1998, 2006, 2009
  
  


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  National Division One (3):
  
  • Champions: 2000–01, 2006–07, 2008–09
    
  
  


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  Powergen Cup:
  
  • Champions: 2005
    
  
  


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  European Shield:
  
  • Semi-Finalists: 2004–05
    
  
  


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  British and Irish Cup
  
  • Runners-up: 2015-16
    
  
  

Statistics and records

From Leedsrugby.com

League Records Highest scoring match: 104–0 v Manchester 08/04/09 Largest winning margin: 104 v Manchester 08/04/09 Most points in a match: 31 Braam van Straaten v London Irish 08/09/02 27 Gerry Ainscough v Rosslyn Park 14/9/96 Most tries in a match: 5 Simon Middleton v Morley 14/2/96 Most conversions in a match: 12 Jason Strange v Manchester 08/04/09 9 Gerry Ainscough v Clifton 07/12/96 9 Richard Le Bas v Orrell 17/3/01 Most penalties in a match: 9 Braam van Straaten v London Irish 08/08/02 Most drop goals in a match: 3 Joe Ford v Rotherham Titans 25/11/11 Fastest Ever Premiership Try: 8.26 seconds Lee Blackett v Newcastle Falcons 21/3/08

Cup Records Highest scoring cup match: 100–0 v Morley 21/10/01 96–6 v Redruth 2/11/96 Most Points in a cup match: 35 Richard Le Bas v Morley 21/10/01 Most Tries in a cup match: 5 Wendell Sailor v Rugby Lions 14/11/98 Most Conversions in a cup match: 10 Richard Le Bas v Morley 21/10/01 Most Penalties in a cup match: 5 Dan Eddie v Fylde 4/11/96 Most senior appearances: 244 Mike Shelley

Season summary

League

Season	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	BP	Pts	Pos	Notes
2016-17 RFU Championship	20	15	0	5	619	461	158	14	74	2nd	finalist
2015-16 RFU Championship	22	14	0	8	655	466	189	22	78	3rd	Semi-finalist
2014-15 RFU Championship	22	10	1	11	494	462	32	0	54	6th
2013-14 RFU Championship	23	18	0	5	700	387	313	0	84	3rd
2012-13 RFU Championship	22	13	0	9	585	480	105	0	67	4th
2011-12 RFU Championship	22	13	1	8	470	505	−35	0	60	6th
2010–11 Aviva Premiership	22	4	0	18	315	590	-275	7	23	12th	Relegated
2009-10 Guinness Premiership	22	7	1	14	283	493	−210	6	36	10th
2008–09 National Division One	30	28	0	2	1238	376	863	21	133	1st	Promoted
2007-08 Guinness Premiership	22	2	1	19	336	732	−396	2	12	12th	Relegated
2006–07 National Division One	30	24	2	4	960	474	486	23	123	1st	Promoted
2005-06 Guinness Premiership	22	5	0	17	363	573	−210	8	28	12th	Relegated
2004–05 Zurich Premiership	22	9	0	13	380	431	−51	7	43	8th
2003–04 Zurich Premiership	22	7	1	14	449	588	−139	7	37	11th
2002–03 Zurich Premiership	22	12	2	8	478	435	43	6	58	5th
2001–02 Zurich Premiership	22	6	0	16	406	654	−248	4	28	12th
2000–01 National Division One	26	24	0	2	1,032	407	625	1	116	1st	Promoted
1999–2000 National Division One	26	22	0	4	792	269	523	1	44	2nd
1998–1999 National Division One	26	16	0	10	713	367	346	1	32	5th

Cups

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Notes
Powergen Cup	11	5	1	5	297	274	Winners 2005
Heineken Cup	12	5	0	7	209	213
European Challenge Cup	31	18	2	11	832	601	Quarter-Finalists 2007/8
European Shield	6	4	1	1	324	106	Semi-Finalists 2004/5

References

1. 
   ^ Rhinos complete stadium upgrade
   


2. 
   ^ "University buys into Leeds Tykes". BBC Sport. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
   


3. 
   ^ "Ground Breaking Ownership for Leeds Rugby". Leeds Rugby Limited. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2007.
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4. 
   ^ "Premiership survival better than World Cup – Neil Back". BBC Sport. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
   


5. 
   ^ "Leeds restructure for Premiership". BBC News. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
   


6. 
   ^ Roberts, John; Ledger, John (15 May 2009). "Now Leeds Met pulls out of rugby club as jobs are axed". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
   


7. 
   ^ "Leeds Carnegie to change name to Yorkshire Carnegie from next season". theguardian.com. Guardian Media Group. Press Association. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
   


8. 
   ^ "New era dawns for Yorkshire Carnegie". rfu.com. Rugby Football Union. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
   


9. 
   ^ Carnegie, Yorkshire; Satsuma. "Loans agrees sponsorship deal with Yorkshire Carnegie Rugby". YorkshireCarnegie. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
   


10. 
    ^ "Yorkshire Carnegie | First Team Profiles". Yorkshire Carnegie. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
    

External links

• Leeds Carnegie official site


• Leeds Rugby official site


• Independent Tykes fans site and message board


• Leeds Carnegie Supporters Association

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South West competitions	South West Premier South West 1 East Tribute South West 1 West Southern Counties North Southern Counties South Tribute Western Counties North Tribute Western Counties West Tribute Cornwall/Devon Tribute Cornwall 1 Tribute Cornwall 2 Cornwall Cups Tribute Devon 1 Devon Cups Gloucester Premier Gloucester 1 Gloucester 2 North Gloucester 2 South Gloucestershire Cups Tribute Somerset Premier Somerset 1 Somerset 2 North Somerset 2 South Somerset 3 North Somerset 3 South Somerset Cups Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship Oxfordshire Cups Dorset & Wilts 1 North Dorset & Wilts 1 South Dorset & Wilts 2 North Dorset & Wilts 2 South Dorset & Wilts 3 North Dorset & Wilts 3 South
County competitions	County Championship Cup County Championship Plate County Championship Shield
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v t e Yorkshire Carnegie – current squad
Forwards	Josh Bainbridge Richard Beck Joe Buckle Andrew Foster Kieran Frost Dan Grange Jake Ilnicki Rowan Jenkins Trystan Lloyd Richard Mayhew Ewan McQuillin Mike Myerscough Harry Newborn Matt Smith Marc Thomas Dan Temm James Thraves Elliott Ward Lewis Wilson
Backs	Sam Allan Louis Brown JB Bruzulier Tom Bullough Brendan Cope Harry Davey Chris Wolfe-Elder Andy Forsyth Oliver Fox Pete Lucock Tom Mann George Watkins
Coach	Steve Boden

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