History
Formed in 1997 with the amalgamation of three historic South Leeds clubs – Bison Sports, Brassmoulders, and Garden Gate – Hunslet Warriors originally fielded two teams at open-age as well as Under 18 and Under 16 teams
In their very first season Warriors reached the 3rd round of the Challenge Cup, going down 44 – 4 to Leigh Centurians with a spirited display. The A team also enjoyed success, winning the Alliance Championship and League Cup.
Subsequent seasons saw further success at all levels in the Alliance League, Yorkshire Cup, Tetley Burton Cup and, in 2000/01 the Yorkshire League Premier Division Championship and Playoff title.
More recently, the Warriors reached the 3rd round of the Challenge Cup in 2005/06, beaten by a strong Widnes team, and in 2009/10 theywent on to win the Yorkshire League Premiership and Playoff title. That season again saw Warriors in the 3rd round of the Challenge Cup when they put up a brave display against a strong Barrow Raiders team. They also received the Ravensport Tough tackle trophy – awarded to the amateur club with the best defensive record in the country.
After a 4 year absence Warriors’ application to rejoin the National Conference League was accepted and they took their place in NCL Division 2 for the 2010/11 season. Their potential was again demonstrated in the Challenge Cup as they lost narrowly to Oldham Roughyeds in the 3rd round. The league campaign proved successful with Warriors finishing champions of the Division and achieving promotion to NCL1 at the first attempt. In the interim season, introduced to bridge the gap between winter and summer league arrangements, Warriors finished top of their Division then went on to win the Grand Final against premier division outfit Wigan St. Patricks.
Following two championship winning seasons in Yorkshire League Division 1 and success in the 2010/11 final of the Gary Chappelow Cup, the A team are now playing in the newly formed Yorkshire Mens League.
The youth section is also showing great promise. The Under 18s enjoyed an impressive start to the 2011 inaugural season of the summer Conference Youth League, finishing top of the Eastern Division and failing narrowly in the playoff semi finals. The Under 16 team, winners of the 2009/10 Leeds & District Walltec trophy, were winners of the 2010/11 Yorkshire League Cup.
The junior section continues to thrive with teams at every age group from Under 8 to Under 15 playing in the Yorkshire leagues.