Featherstone Rovers

Featherstone Rovers
Club information
Full nameFeatherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)
  • The Colliers[1]
  • The Flat Cappers[2]
Short nameFev
Colours Navy blue and White
Founded1902 (1902)
Websitefeatherstonerovers.co.uk
Current details
Ground(s)
ChairmanMark Campbell
CoachJames Ford
CaptainBen Reynolds[3]
CompetitionChampionship
2023 season1st
Current season
Uniforms
Home colours
Away colours
Records
Championships1 (1977)
Challenge Cups3 (1967, 1973, 1983)
Other honours2

Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Post Office Road and currently compete in the Championship,[4][5] the second tier of British rugby league.

Featherstone Rovers have won the League Championship once and Challenge Cup three times.

Their local rivals are Castleford and Wakefield Trinity, and in the Championship, Halifax. The clubs traditional home colours are white with blue hoops.

  1. ^ Herbert, Ian (18 November 2006). "Rugby fans baffled as ground is named after DJ". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Featherstone Rovers aim for flat cap wearers to break world record in Championship fixture against Halifax". Wakefield Express. 1 September 2021. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Former Super League duo handed leadership roles at boyhood club following off-season moves". Love Rugby League. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Rampant Leigh see off Featherstone Rovers in Championship Grand Final". The Guardian. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Operational Rules". RFL. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

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