67-660: Headingley Rugby Stadium (known as AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium due to sponsorship) is a rugby league stadium in Headingley , Leeds and shares the same site as Headingley Cricket Ground . It is the home ground of the Leeds Rhinos . Headingley is the 5th largest rugby league stadium in England . 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. Leeds were founder members of
134-871: A Northern Union XIII (sometimes called English League) side play host to various international touring teams from 1911 to 2015. Headingley has hosted five games of the World Club Challenge / Championship / Series between 1997 and 2016. The ground has hosted six of the old First Division Finals . The first being in 1914 when Salford beat Huddersfield and the last in 1968 when Wakefield beat Hull KR. Since Super League inception in 1996, Old Trafford has hosted all but one Grand Final . Headingley hosted its first Championship Grand Final in 2007 when Castleford beat Widnes in front of 20,000 people to be promoted to Super League. The event returned in 2014 when Leigh beat Featherstone however they were not promoted due to Super League then licensing period. As part of
201-470: A VAD nurse during the Great War. Residing at Spring House were Olive's two sisters-in-law; Gertrude Middleton (1876–1942), a former Oxford University student who also worked as a VAD nurse at Gledhow Hall and her sister Ellen Middleton (1872-1949) who volunteered as " head cook " at Gledhow Hall. Another of Olive's sisters-in-law was Caroline Middleton (1876-1961) who worked as a VAD nurse at
268-437: A crowd of 18,776. The third and deciding Test of the 1978 Ashes series was played at Headingley before a crowd of 30,604. New changing rooms were added in 1991, the same year Leeds RUFC were founded and moved into Headingley. In July 1998, Leeds RUFC came under common ownership with Leeds Rhinos, the two becoming part of the world's first dual-code rugby partnership, Leeds Rugby Limited. Headingley only hosted one match of
335-542: A double header featuring hosts England playing Australia and Wales taking on Italy. The decision to play England vs Australia in Cardiff to open the tournament drew criticism from some in the press who believed that the game should have been played in England where a higher attendance could be expected, or at least a full house which would have looked better than the almost half empty Millennium Stadium. Headingley in Leeds,
402-704: A five-year plan to build up to the 2013 World Cup with Four Nations tournaments held in 2009 , 2010 and 2011 . The competition was part of the UK's " Golden Decade of Sport ". 2013 was chosen as the year of the World Cup to avoid a clash with the London Olympics in 2012. After 2013, the Cup will be held on a quadrennial cycle. In addition to the United Kingdom, Australia announced its intention to bid for
469-847: A mile away from the centre of Headingley. There is a Premier Inn hotel above the Arndale Centre in the tallest building in Headingley, formerly an office block. Headingley is also famous for the Otley Run , which is a pub crawl starting at Woodies Ale House in Far Headingley and finishing at the Dry Dock near Leeds City Centre. Typically the Otley run is done in fancy dress. Many famous writers, past and present, are connected with Headingley: Arthur Ransome , best known perhaps for
536-412: A new North Stand had been completed. The record attendance at Headingley was 40,175 for the rugby league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947. Undersoil heating was installed in 1963 but has since been removed due to ongoing problems, and floodlights were installed in 1966. The 1970 Rugby League World Cup final between Great Britain and Australia was played at the stadium before
603-557: A new stand and media centre. Headingley is also known in sporting circles; its stadium is known as Headingley – earlier spelt Headingly. The stadium is home to the Yorkshire County Cricket Club , the Northern Superchargers franchise cricket team , the Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs. Northern Diamonds play some of their games at Headingley in
670-407: A record-breaking 15-year sponsorship deal with Leeds-based car leasing company AMT. Headingley has hosted 12 World Cup games since England first hosted the tournament in 1960. The stadium will host three more games during the postponed 2021 World Cup. List of rugby league test matches played at Headingley. Other than Leeds club games, Headingley has also seen Leeds, the county team Yorkshire and
737-534: A restaurant. It was originally known as the Carnegie Stand it has also been known as the Extentia Stand and Global East Stand. Capacity- 7,721 (2,217 seated) The South Stand is well known in rugby league for being the ground's popular side. The original stand was open to the elements but, following rebuilding in the 1930s, it was partially enclosed by a pitched roof. The roof was extended to cover
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#1732798818015804-603: A school for the blind. Headingley also has a typical example of a 1960s Arndale Centre . Housing in Headingley is generally Victorian and early 20th century and mostly of little architectural note. The ITV television series Fat Friends was set in Headingley. Large amounts of the eighties ITV Beiderbecke Trilogy was filmed in and around Headingley and Beckett Park , along with Moor Grange and Pudsey . Parts of Headingley stood in for Northern Ireland in Harrys Game , and A Touch of Frost used locations in
871-447: A suburb. With exception of Beckett Park and the surrounding area, most of Headingley had been developed by the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1911 census the population of Headingley was in excess of 46,000. Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) has a campus at Beckett Park in Headingley. Much of the housing around Kirkstall Lane is rented to students. The conversion of Leeds Polytechnic into
938-488: A university and its subsequent growth brought about an increased student population. Headingley Stadium hosts England test matches and rugby league matches bringing many spectators to the area. The cricket ground has been enlarged to maintain its eligibility for test matches and in 2006 the eastern terraces on the rugby ground were replaced with the Carnegie stand. The winter shed cricket pavilion has been replaced with
1005-571: A water pumping station. In Headingley Central (formerly the Arndale Centre ) there are large retailers and several other chain shops as well as a small multi-storey car park . Headingley also has a small library on North Lane. There are many banks, building societies, restaurants, cafes and charity shops. Along Otley Road there is a large Oxfam bookshop. Until 2005, Headingley had two cinemas, 'The Lounge' and ' The Cottage Road Cinema ' (usually referred to as 'Cottage Road'). The Lounge Cinema in
1072-522: Is a suburb of Leeds , West Yorkshire , England , approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road . Headingley is the location of the Beckett Park campus of Leeds Beckett University and Headingley Stadium . The area sits in the Headingley and Hyde Park ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central and Headingley parliamentary constituency . Headingley
1139-698: Is a modern building, as is the Roman Catholic parish church of St Urban's, located to the east of the area. Hinsley Hall in Headingley is the pastoral and conference centre for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds . The small Lutheran church of St Luke's in Alma Road was converted from the coach house and stable of a Victorian villa. The Anglican Bishop of Leeds and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds both live within
1206-660: Is a public right of way and housing behind it. The biggest change to the Western Terrace is the permanent video board in the South West corner which replaced the temporary one in the North West corner. Headingley first sold naming rights in 1990 to brewers Bass following which the stadium's official name became Bass Headingley. Following the end of this arrangement the ground did not have another naming rights sponsor until 2006 when Leeds Metropolitan University took
1273-686: Is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels . It is a large, grade II* listed , steepled church on the corner of Otley Road and St Michael's Road, opposite the Skyrack public house. The Church was built between 1884 and 1886 as the third church on this site. There is a separate parish of Far Headingley , with its parish church of St Chad's (also a large steepled church and grade II* listed). South Parade Baptist church (1908 and 1925, part of Cornerstone Baptist Church since 2020) and Headingley Methodist Church (1840–45 and later extensions) are both grade II listed. St Columba's United Reformed church
1340-493: Is in the Leeds Central and Headingley constituency. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Alex Sobel ( Labour Party ) who has represented the area since the 2017 general election . The ward of Headingley and Hyde Park has two Labour councillors , Abdul Hannan and Jonathan Pryor and one Green councillor, Tim Goodall. Headingley has two renowned fish and chip shops/fish restaurants which have been operating since
1407-662: Is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hedingelei or Hedingeleia when Ilbert de Lacy held 7 carucates, equivalent to about 840 acres, of land. The name is believed to originate from Old English , combining Head(d)inga, meaning 'of the descendants of Head(d)a,' with lēah, signifying 'open ground.' In essence, it translates to "the clearing of Hedda's people". Headda has sometimes been identified with Saint Hædde . A stone coffin found near Beckett Park in 1995 suggests there may have been an earlier settlement in late Roman or post-Roman times. From Viking times, Headingley
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#17327988180151474-593: The Leeds Mercury in the 19th century, lived at Headingley Lodge, north of Kirkstall Lane, and then St Ann's Hill on St Ann's Lane. The social reformer, suffragist and writer Isabella Ford was born in Headingley in 1855. Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe committed two of his 20 attacks in Headingley. He killed 20-year-old Jacqueline Hill – the last of the 13 women he killed – in the area on 17 November 1980. On 24 September that year, he had also attacked Singapore -born doctor Upadhya Bandara, 34, who survived
1541-527: The 1995 Rugby League World Cup , held in England and Wales to celebrate the centenary of rugby league in England. Host nation England defeated rugby league minnows South Africa 46–0 in front of 14,041 fans. Two matches of the 2000 Rugby League World Cup were held at Headingley which included England v. Fiji which England won by 66–10 in front of a crowd of 10,052 and latterly the quarter-final fixture between England and Ireland which England won by 26–16 and attracted 15,405 spectators. In 2001 capacity
1608-604: The Charlotte Edwards Cup and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy . Since 2000, the stadium's cricket ground has been nearly entirely rebuilt in order to retain Test match status. The winter shed was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a new stand and media centre. The rugby ground also saw development with the building of the Carnegie Stand which replaced the former Eastern Terraces. This was built with co-operation from Leeds Beckett University who retain lecture rooms in
1675-642: The Elinor Lupton Centre , Moorfield House in Alma Road and the former St Margaret of Antioch church building on Cardigan Road. The mid-19th century listed building Spring House in St Michael's Road, Headingley, was the address for VAD nurses during this time; Olive Middleton , great-grandmother of the Princess of Wales , was attached to "Spring House, St Michael's Road, Headingley" when working at Gledhow Hall and elsewhere as
1742-1042: The Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington, the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham and the DW Stadium in Wigan hosted the quarter-finals. Both semi-finals were hosted at Wembley Stadium, with the final held at Old Trafford. The match schedule was announced on 22 March 2012. The Rugby League International Federation announced the kickoff times of the matches, with the opening kickoff to be held on 26 October in Cardiff, at 14:30 local time. The group stage matches will be played at 14:00, 14:30, 16:00, 16:30, 18:00, and 20:00 local time, with knockout stage matches at 13:00, 15:00, and 20:00 local time. The semi-finals will be played at 13:00 and 15:30 local time and
1809-466: The Northern Union in 1895 and Headingley hosted rugby league 's first ever Challenge Cup Final in 1897. In the 1930s, major developments took place on two sides of the rugby ground. The South Stand was completed in 1931, with some of the work being carried out by club players, while the old wooden North Stand was burned down during a match against Halifax on 25 March 1932. By the end of 1932,
1876-571: The Totally Wicked Stadium as the host of multiple rounds of Super League XXV , which were held behind closed doors following the restart of the Super League season on August 2. The stadium also hosted the 2022 Championship Summer Bash . The total attendance over the weekend at the stadium was recorded at 10,763, the lowest seen for a Summer Bash, with 4,011 recorded as attending the matches held on Sunday. The rebuilding of
1943-586: The United States . The latter two were competing in the Rugby League World Cup for the first time. New Zealand were the defending champions, having defeated Australia in 2008 . In terms of attendance, exposure and revenue, the 2013 tournament is considered the most successful Rugby League World Cup to date. The Rugby League International Federation confirmed this competition as a part of its international program. The RLIF announced
2010-518: The World Cup in 2000 , with the event generally being considered unsuccessful. The then Prince of Wales, HRH Prince Charles welcomed representatives of all 14 nations and tournament organisers with a reception at Clarence House . There were two qualifying pools for the remaining two World Cup places; a European and an Atlantic pool, with one side from each to qualify. The European Qualifying group involved Italy, Lebanon, Russia and Serbia while
2077-456: The 1930s: Brett's, a 19th-century stone building on North Lane, and the now permanently closed Catch Seafood Headingley (formerly Bryan's and then The Fisherman's Lodge), a more modern building on Weetwood Lane whose parent company entered administration in October of 2022. There are several pubs and bars plus extensive shopping areas. The pub Headingley Taps is so called because it was formerly
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2144-502: The 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds. A number of premises were named Spring House in and around Leeds, at times operating as a Home for Friendless Girls in the early decades of the 20th century. Headingley Castle was built in 1846 and was owned in 1866 by cloth merchant Arthur Lupton (1809–1889) of the Lupton family . It was the home from 1909 to 1943 of entrepreneur and art collector Frank Harris Fulford , and later used to house
2211-785: The Atlantic Qualifying group involved Jamaica, South Africa and the USA. In the Atlantic Qualifiers the United States and Jamaica defeated South Africa in the opening rounds leaving the final match between the two to determine who qualified for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. United States defeated Jamaica to qualify for their first ever Rugby League World Cup. The competition featured fourteen teams, compared to ten in 2008. Originally around twenty teams were to be involved in qualification, but subsequently
2278-717: The Championship Finals that included the Championship Grand Final , Headingley hosted the Championship 1 Grand Finals Headingley has hosted 13 Challenge Cup semi finals and one replay since 1981. The last semi final to be held at Headingley was in 2015 when Hull KR beat Warrington . In recent years the semi-finals have been held at one neutral venue as a double header. [REDACTED] Media related to Headingley Stadium (rugby ground) at Wikimedia Commons Headingley Headingley
2345-647: The Eastern Terrace. The new stand had two tiers with 1,844 seats and hospitality suites. It was opened on 1 September 2006 for the Super League match between Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves . The 2012 World Club Challenge saw the stadium packed to its capacity when the home team, and Super League XVI Champions, Leeds Rhinos took on the 2011 NRL winners the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles . A total of 21,062 turned out to see
2412-535: The Headingley area. According to one source "Headingley has the most important group of large and small villas and mansions in the city. " and has more than 100 listed buildings. Parts of Headingley are included in Conservation areas established by Leeds City Council . Individual listed buildings include St Michael's Church and associated buildings, the Hyde Park Picture House ,
2479-482: The Kiwis won 56–10 in front of an audience of 18,180. Headingley also hosted a Quarter-final game on Friday 15 November between New Zealand and Scotland which New Zealand won by 40–4 to a crowd of 16,207. In 2015 Headingley hosted New Zealand again for the first time since 2013 where they took on Leeds Rhinos as a warm-up for their test series against England. It also marked 120 years of rugby league being played at
2546-463: The North and South Stands in 2018 future-proofed the stadium. The only part of the ground that remains untouched is the Western Terrace. The club have explored possibilities of expanding the stand and putting a roof over it; however, owing to there being a public right of way and residential houses, plans have never been able to come to fruition. Capacity- 3,825 (seated) The North Stand backs onto
2613-495: The Rhinos defeat Manly 26–12, the game being highlighted by Ryan Hall 's 90-metre intercept try midway through the first half. This saw Leeds gain some revenge for their 28–20 loss to Manly in the 2009 World Club Challenge at Elland Road . The stadium hosted two matches of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup : a Group B game featuring New Zealand , the defending World Cup Champions , and Papua New Guinea on Friday 8 November which
2680-669: The annual Headingley LitFest, which takes place each March, using venues like the Heart Centre, The New Headingley Club, various cafés and private houses. The tenth LitFest took place in 2017. Reviews of all talks and performances are online on the LitFest blog. In the time of Queen Victoria, Prince Alemayehu of Abyssinia, brought to England after the defeat of his father King Tewedros , died of pneumonia at an address in Hollin Lane, Far Headingley . Edward Baines , editor of
2747-461: The area. Images of Headingley 2013 Rugby League World Cup The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth World Cup for means national rugby league teams. It took place between the 26 October and 30 November and was hosted by England and Wales (although some games were played in France and Ireland ). Australia won the tournament, beating New Zealand 34–2 in the final to lift
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2814-419: The assault. Sutcliffe was arrested within two months of Hill's murder and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for a total of 13 murders and seven attempted murders. The Headingley Development Trust (HDT) is a community benefit society, founded in 2005 by local residents, organisations and small businesses. It is a community business that is self-financing and supports. a range of initiatives that benefit
2881-438: The biggest crowds ever for rugby league internationals in those countries. The final was played in front of the largest crowd ever to attend an international rugby league fixture. * The BBC and Premier Sports jointly televised seven live matches with the remaining 21 live matches exclusive to Premier Sports. The jointly live matches were England's Group A matches (BBC One), an inter-group match between Wales and Italy and
2948-782: The building. Headingley is also home to an amateur association football team, Headingley AFC. The club nearly folded after losing its home ground, but was offered a new ground in 2008 by the University of Bradford . It nows plays in Weetwood Playing Fields, owned by the University of Leeds. They attracted media attention in January 2019 for featuring a shirt sponsor warning of the dangers of gambling. There are also two amateur cricket clubs ( Headingley Bramhope CC & St. Chads CC) in Far Headingley . Headingley
3015-456: The centre of Headingley has since closed and is being redeveloped as office and living accommodation, leaving only Cottage Road in Far Headingley . The area's Woolworths closed in the 1990s. Until the 1980s, the Arndale Centre boasted a bowling alley . The Arndale Centre began undergoing an external facelift in 2009. The nearest large supermarket is a Morrisons in Kirkstall , approximately
3082-582: The children's classic Swallows and Amazons , was born there, J. R. R. Tolkien the writer and author of The Lord of the Rings , lived there when he worked at the university, playwright Alan Bennett once lived over a butcher's shop (now a dry cleaner's) opposite the Three Horseshoes and TV writer Kay Mellor lived in Weetwood. Many writers and poets who currently live in the area participate in
3149-404: The cricket stadium. The stand also houses the changing rooms as well as the media and journalists and a banqueting suite that is shared by both the cricket and rugby grounds. Capacity- 4,550 (1,844 seated) The AMT Auto Stand was completed in 2006 and replaced the Eastern Terrace. The stand has two tiers; the bottom contained terracing whilst the top contains seating, hospitality boxes, bars and
3216-514: The entire stand in the 1960s. The stand was rebuilt in 2018 and contains two tiers, the bottom tier is terracing and the upper tier is seating. The stand also contains the TV gantry. Before the replacement of the original roofs in 1999, the front of the South Stand featured a narrow spiral staircase, in full view of all spectators, via which television commentators accessed the television gantry on
3283-611: The final, on 30 November 2013 at the Old Trafford stadium, at 14:30 local time. The opening ceremony took place at the Millennium Stadium on 26 October. The ceremony saw 550 dancers perform, 500 amateur and 50 professional, including former players Martin Offiah and Gareth Thomas , both of whom are former Strictly Come Dancing contestants. The ceremony also featured live music and a light show. The ceremony preceded
3350-655: The hosting rights, despite hosting the previous World Cup in 2008 . The Australian Rugby League had been preparing a rival bid due to the success of the 2008 event but the business plan presented by the Rugby Football League for the UK to be the host was accepted by the RLIF at a meeting in July 2009. The event formed part of what was being dubbed a 'Golden Decade' in British Sport . The UK last hosted
3417-605: The local community. HDT has over 1,200 members, making it one of the largest Development Trusts of its kind in the UK. In 2018 it successfully raised over £480,000 through a community share offer to create the Headingley Investment Fund (HIF). Since 2011, HDT has operated the Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART). It also runs several publicly-operated local businesses and a variety of cultural initiatives. Headingley Parish Church
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#17327988180153484-503: The mid 19th century, Far Headingley had begun to develop over what was largely unclaimed common land. Headingley was a village until the expansion of Leeds during the Industrial Revolution and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth and pollution of the city. In 1840, Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens opened but despite the opening of the nearby Headingley railway station in 1849,
3551-436: The monaster received the remainder of the township of Headingley-cum-Burley from John de Calverley. A map of 1711 shows Headingley as having a chapel, cottages and farmsteads scattered around a triangle of land formed by the merging of routes from north, west and south. Enclosed fields were situated around the settlement with a large tract of common land, Headingley Moor, to the north. In an 1801 census , Headingley's population
3618-463: The opening matches of England versus Australia , and Wales versus Italy . The draw, undertaken at the launch of the event in Manchester on 30 November 2010, involved four groups The first two groups were made up of four teams whilst the other two groups feature three teams each. The quarter-final round was made up of the first three teams in the first two groups and the winners of each of
3685-476: The rights during the construction of the Carnegie Stand. In 2017, Headingley sold the naming rights to Bingley-based publishers Emerald Group during the redevelopment of the North and South stands. Emerald withdrew their sponsorship from the full Headingley complex in November 2021, after which the rugby stadium reverted to its original name of Headingley Stadium. At the end of the 2023 season, Leeds announced
3752-524: The roof. Rugby League commentator Eddie Waring claimed that, to brave the taunts and insults from fans as he climbed the stairs, he would sing the hymn, " Fight the Good Fight " to himself until reaching the sanctuary of the commentary box. Capacity- 3,604 The Western Terrace is the only part of the stadium not covered and houses the away fans. It is the only part of the ground that has had no major redevelopment nor are there any plans to do so as there
3819-666: The smaller groups. Group play involved a round robin in the larger groups, and a round robin in the smaller groups with an additional inter-group game for each team so all teams played three group games. The quarter-finals followed the group stage, with three teams from each of Groups A and B and one team from each of Groups C and D qualifying. All times listed below are in Greenwich Mean Time ( UTC+0 ) for English and Welsh venues. Seven grounds achieved sell-out crowds, with four setting stadium records. Games held in both Wales and Ireland were watched by
3886-434: The stadium. In January 2016, it was announced that the North and South stands were to be rebuilt as part of the overdue redevelopment of the stadium and adjoining cricket ground. Parts of the South Stand were condemned in 2011, and the club wanted to modernise the rest of the ground after the Carnegie Stand was completed in 2006. Financing for the £44 million redevelopment works on both the rugby stadium and cricket ground
3953-400: The total number of teams involved in the tournament was fixed at nineteen. Twelve nations automatically qualified; the ten nations that contested the previous World Cup, Wales as winners of the 2009 European Nations Cup and the Cook Islands as runners up in the 2009 Pacific Cup . Rules and officiating panel: Daniel Anderson , Stuart Cummings and David Waite . Before the World Cup it
4020-413: The trophy for the tenth time. Originally planned to take place in 2012 it was moved back a year to avoid clashing with the London Olympics in 2012. It was the main event of the year's Festival of World Cups . Fourteen teams contested the tournament: Australia , England , New Zealand , Samoa , Wales , Fiji , France , Papua New Guinea , Ireland , Scotland , Tonga , Cook Islands , Italy and
4087-554: The zoo was loss-making and closed in 1858. The bear pit survives on Cardigan Road. Meanwood Beck , to the east of the village, was a source of water for the early inhabitants and later provided a source of power for the Victorians of Leeds. The Leeds Tramway terminated at a depot at Far Headingley between 1875 and 1959. The trams improved the accessibility of Headingley from Leeds city centre , which facilitated growth and attracted affluent middle class inhabitants. The tramway perhaps ended Headingley's village status and made it into
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#17327988180154154-423: Was announced that USA would face France in Toulouse, Scotland would play Papua New Guinea at Featherstone, England would play Italy at Salford, New Zealand would play the Cook Islands in Doncaster and England Knights would play Samoa at Salford. The games were played at various venues in England, Wales, Ireland, and France. The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was the host stadium for the opening ceremony and
4221-399: Was given as 300. An 1829 Act of Parliament enclosed Headingley Moor and the land was placed for sale. Around 30 workers' cottages encroached on the fringes of the moor before 1829. Land here was generally cheaper than that at Headingley Hill as it failed to attract the building of affluent villas. This brought about the building of smaller terraced housing around Moor Road and Cottage Road. In
4288-404: Was increased marginally by extending the terracing around the corner in between the Western Terraces and the North Stand. Since 2005 Headingley rugby stadium has been the venue for the annual varsity rugby union match between Leeds Beckett University and the University of Leeds which has attracted over 11,000 spectators. 2005 also saw the construction of the Carnegie Stand, built to replace
4355-415: Was secured from insurance and investment management group Legal & General in March 2017, with a further £10 million as well as a stadium sponsorship secured in June 2017 from Emerald Group Publishing . The South Stand was demolished towards the end of the 2017 season with the North Stand following at the end of the season. Leeds Rhinos mostly continued playing at Headingley while construction work
4422-466: Was the centre of the Skyrack wapentake or Siaraches , the " Shire oak ". The name may refer to an oak tree that was a meeting place for settling legal disputes and raising armies. An ancient oak, said to be the Shire Oak , stood to the north of St Michael's Church until 1941, and gives its name to two public houses, the Original Oak and the Skyrack. During the 13th century, William de Poiteven gave land in Headingley to Kirkstall Abbey . In 1341,
4489-402: Was underway on both stands, although two games were moved to Elland Road at the start of the 2018 season. The new South Stand, housing up to 7,700 standing and seated supporters was officially opened in January 2019, while the North Stand, housing up to 3,800 seated supporters, opened in May 2019. Following the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions in July 2020, Headingley was chosen alongside
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