Yorkshire Men's League
Founded 2012
Number of clubs 90 (2026)
Level on pyramid 4
Domestic cup(s) YML Cup YML Trophy YML Shield
Current champions Spartans (1st title)
Website
Current: 2025
The Yorkshire Men's League is a summer rugby league competition for amateur teams in Yorkshire .
The competition was formed in 2012 after the Rugby League Conference Yorkshire Premier folded. The league was renamed to its current name following the 2012 restructure of amateur rugby league in Great Britain.
History Following the formation of the British Amateur Rugby League Association in 1973 clubs from local leagues in both Yorkshire and Lancashire formed the Pennine League . A solely based Yorkshire competition was not formed until 1978 when the CMS Yorkshire League was established.
Following the formation of the National Leagues in 2003, the Conference League South was expanded to include Northern clubs and renamed National League Three, becoming the highest level of amateur rugby league played in the summer. In 2008 National League Three was rebranded to the Rugby League Conference and expanded to include several regional competitions including the RLC Yorkshire Premier , which grew to three divisions.
Many clubs playing in the traditional winter leagues began to switch to the summer RLC, which contributed to its rapid growth. As a result of this, in 2011 the National Conference League , the largest winter league in the country, voted to switch to summer. Subsequently the RLC National Division became NCL Division Three in 2012.
Following the switch to summer the CMS Yorkshire League folded with clubs wanting to continue playing in winter joining the Pennine League . Yorkshire based clubs who wished to play summer rugby were entered into the newly formed Yorkshire Men's League.
Structure The Yorkshire Men's League currently runs seven divisions with promotion and relegation between them:
Premier Division Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7 Entry Division Merit Division Clubs Premier Division Brighouse Rangers Dodworth Miners Doncaster Toll Bar East Hull Hunslet ARLFC A Ossett Trinity Tigers Newcastle Lightning West Bowling A Division 1 Birstall Victoria Emley Moor Seacroft Sharks Sharlston Rovers Upton Wibsey Warriors Wyke York Barbarians Division 2 Castleford Panthers Cutsyke Raiders Dearne Valley Bulldogs Derby Elks Eastmoor Dragons Goole Vikings A Lindley St Josephs West Hull A Division 3 Birkinshaw Bluedogs Bramley Buffaloes Dewsbury Moor A Drighlington A Moortown Mambas Oulton Raiders A Queensbury Underbank Rangers Division 4 Batley ARLFC Hemsworth Dragons Keighley Albion A Kings Cross Park A Newsome Panthers A Ossett Trinity Tigers A Sherburn Bears Stanningley A Division 5 Crigglestone All Blacks Farnley Falcons Harrogate Hawks Hull Wyke Methley Warriors New Earswick All Blacks Shaw Cross Sharks A York Acorn A Division 6 Garforth Tigers Guiseley Rangers Knottingley Mustangs Milford A Moldgreen Rams Moorends Thorne Maroons Rycroft Hammers Sheffield Hawks Division 7 Bentley A Boothtown Terriers Dewsbury Celtic A Featherstone Lions A Normanton Knights A Thornhill Trojans A Upton A York Barbarians A Entry Division Clayton Dearne Valley Bulldogs A East Leeds A Heworth A Hull Knights Illingworth Lock Lane A Odsal Sedburgh Scarborough Pirates Skirlaugh Bulls A Stainland Stags Woodhouse Warriors Merit Division Beverley A Bradford Dudley Hill A Dodworth Miners A Doncaster Toll Bar A Emley Moor A Hull Dockers A Kippax Welfare A Lindley St Josephs A Mirfield Spartans A Myton Warriors A Rotherham Forges Sharlston Rovers A Stanley Rangers A Wetherby Bulldogs Premier Division Season Champion Score Runner-up Venue 2012 Fryston Warriors (1)2013 West Hull A (1)2014 Bramley Buffaloes (1)30-22 West Hull A Wheldon Road , Castleford 2015 Sharlston Rovers (1)62-32 Ovenden 2016 West Bowling (1)26-18 Doncaster Toll Bar Post Office Road , Featherstone 2017 Siddal Academy (1)30-12 Beverley Mount Pleasant, Batley 2018 Batley Boys (1)11-10 Bentley Post Office Road , Featherstone 2019 Bentley (1)18-14 East Hull 2020 Season cancelled (COVID-19) 2021 Siddal Academy (2)N/A Bentley N/A 2022 Westgate Common (1)20-16 Doncaster Toll Bar Mount Pleasant, Batley 2023 Newsome Panthers (1)20-18 Fryston Warriors Horsfall Stadium , Bradford2024 Stanley Rangers A (1)22-12 King Cross Park Post Office Road , Featherstone 2025 Spartans (1)32-4 King Cross Park Mount Pleasant, Batley
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Division 1 Season Champion Score Runner-up Venue 2014 Scarborough Pirates 38-32 Hunslet Club Parkside A Wheldon Road , Castleford 2015 Siddal Academy 2016 Bentley Featherstone Lions Post Office Road , Featherstone 2017 Norland Sharks 33-20 New Earswick All Blacks Mount Pleasant, Batley 2018 Heworth 30-16 Cutsyke Raiders Post Office Road , Featherstone 2019 Elland 34-12 Brighouse Rangers 2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic 2021 Westgate Common N/A Fryston Warriors N/A 2022 Almondbury Spartans 14-6 Lindsey St Joseph’s Post Office Road , Featherstone 2023 Stanley Rangers A 32-6 Keighley Albion Horsfall Stadium , Bradford 2024 Siddal Academy 18-4 Mirfield Post Office Road , Featherstone 2025 Kippax Welfare 18-4 Bradford Dudley Hill Mount Pleasant, Batley
Division 2 Season Champion Score Runner-up Venue 2014 Shaw Cross Sharks A — Wheldon Road , Castleford 2015 Shaw Cross Sharks A — 2016 Leeds Akkies — Keighley Albion Post Office Road , Featherstone 2017 Bramley Buffaloes 29-20 Hull Wyke Mount Pleasant, Batley 2018 West Hull A 26-22 King Cross Park Post Office Road , Featherstone 2019 Wyke 28-18 Ossett Trinity 2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Almondbury Spartans N/A Doncaster Toll Bar N/A 2022 Newsome Panthers 34-6 Ossett Trinity Mount Pleasant, Batley 2023 Bradford Dudley Hill 42-10 Wibsey Warriors Horsfall Stadium 2024 Moldgreen 24-16 Seacroft Sharks Post Office Road 2025 East Hull 18-10 Dodworth Miners Mount Pleasant, Batley
Division 3 Season Champion Score Runner-up Venue 2015 Knottingley Worms — — — 2016 Hunslet Club Parkside A — — — 2017 Cutsyke Raiders — — — 2018 Brighouse Rangers — — — 2019 Farnley Falcons Moldgreen 2020 Season cancelled due to Covid 19 Pandemic 2021 Hunslet Club Parkside A N/A Greetland All Rounders N/A 2022 Keighley Albion 34-18 Hull Wyke Post Office Road 2023 Seacroft Sharks 22-14 Castleford Panthers Horsfall Stadium 2024 Dodworth Miners 26-16 Bramley Buffaloes Post Office Road 2025 Upton 20-18 (GP) York Barbarians Mount Pleasant, Batley
Division 4 Season Champions Second Third 2015 Lock Lane A 2016 Birstall Victoria 2017 Stainland Stags 2018 Wyke Crofton Sports Dearne Valley Bulldogs 2019 Greetland All Rounders Doncaster Toll Bar Crofton Sports 2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Newsome Panthers Kirkburton Cougars Lock Lane A 2022 Stanley Rangers A Kirkburton Cougars Stanningley A 2023 League split into conferences 2024 York Barbarians West Craven Warriors Goole Vikings 2025 Eastmoor Dragons A Dearne Valley Bulldogs Derby Elks
Division 5 Season Champions Second Third 2016 Odsal Sedburgh 2017 Eastmoor Dragons A 2018 Farnley Falcons Lindley St Joseph’s Wetherby Bulldogs 2019 Dodworth Miners Brotherton Bulldogs Eastmoor Dragons A 2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Regionalised competition 2022 Sherwood Wolfhunt Seacroft Sharks Birstall Victoria 2023 No Division 5 2024 Lindley St Josephs Dearne Valley Bulldogs Derby Elks 2025 Moortown Mambas Keighley Albion A Batley ARLFC
Division 6 Season Champions Second Third 2022 East Leeds A Normanton Knights A Shaw Cross Sharks A 2023 No Division 6 2024 Moortown Mambas Sharlston Rovers A Keighley Albion A 2025 King Cross Park A Ossett Trinity A Crigglestone All Blacks
Cup Results YML Cup Season Winners Score Runners up Venue 2017 New Earswick All Blacks 18-8 Oulton Raiders A Heworth 2018 Competition cancelled 2019 East Hull 23-16 Bramley Buffaloes Victoria Pleasure Ground, Goole 2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Doncaster Toll Bar 26-10 Almonbury Spartans Mount Pleasant, Batley 2023 Newsome Panthers 18-8 Keighley Albion Post Office Road , Featherstone 2024 Doncaster Toll Bar 24-6 Mirfield Mount Pleasant, Batley 2025 Newsome Panthers 10-6 Siddal A Post Office Road , Featherstone
YML Trophy Season Winners Score Runners up Venue 2022 Newsome Panthers 20-16 Ossett Trinity Tigers Mount Pleasant, Batley 2023 Bradford Dudley Hill 20-14 Greetland All Rounders Post Office Road , Featherstone 2024 Bramley Buffaloes 22-16 Illingworth Mount Pleasant, Batley 2025 East Hull 26-24 Upton Post Office Road , Featherstone
YML Shield Season Winners Score Runners up Venue 2022 Stanley Rangers A 30-6 Kirkburton Cougars Mount Pleasant, Batley 2023 East Hull 20-14 Bramley Buffaloes Post Office Road , Featherstone 2024 Oulton Raiders A 22-0 York Barbarians Mount Pleasant, Batley 2025 Drighlington A 38-24 Lindley St Josephs Post Office Road , Featherstone
See also External links 30 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine