Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at Belle Vue and currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the British rugby league system.
| Club information | |||
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| Full name | Wakefield Trinity Rugby League Football Club | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Dreadnoughts | ||
| Short name | Trinity | ||
| Colours | Red, white and blue | ||
| Founded | 1873 | ||
| Website | wakefieldtrinity.com | ||
| Current details | |||
| Ground(s) | |||
| CEO | Matt Ellis | ||
| Chairman | Matt Ellis | ||
| Coach | Daryl Powell | ||
| Captain | Matty Ashurst | ||
| Competition | Championship | ||
| 2023 season | 12th (relegated) | ||
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| Records | |||
| Championships | 2 (1967, 1968) | ||
| Challenge Cups | 5 (1909, 1946, 1960, 1962, 1963) | ||
| Other top-tier honours | 17 | ||
| Most capped | 619 – Harry Wilkinson | ||
| Highest points scorer | 4,488 – Neil Fox | ||
The club was one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. They have won the League Championship twice and Challenge Cup five times.
Wakefield have local rivalries with Castleford Tigers and Featherstone Rovers as well as Leeds Rhinos. Their traditional kit colours are white with a red and or blue V. Between 1999 and 2016 the club was known as Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
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