37-571: (Redirected from Tykes ) [REDACTED] Look up tyke or Tyke in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tyke may refer to: Tyke (character) , an MGM cartoon character in the Tom and Jerry series and the older son of Spike Tyke (dialect) , an English dialect of Northern England spoken in the English county of Yorkshire Tyke (dog) ,
74-408: A 15–11 victory. In 2006 a new sponsorship deal with Leeds Metropolitan University led to Headingley Stadium being renamed Headingley Carnegie Stadium. In November 2017 it again changed its name to Emerald Headingley Stadium, just after a major rebuilding project started to replace both main pitchside stands, completed in 2019. Leeds Tykes moved out of the ground soon afterwards. It remains the home of
111-557: A Second World War homing pigeon which was awarded the Dickin Medal for gallantry in 1943 See also [ edit ] Leeds Tykes , a rugby union club The Tykes , a nickname for Barnsley F.C. Tykes Water , a stream that runs north from Aldenham Reservoir to the River Colne Tyke Invest , company which assist retail investors and founder on Investing & Raising Capital Topics referred to by
148-596: A crowd in the region of 2,000 in attendance. The club playing there was then disbanded but was re-formed again in 1885 under the auspices of the Headingley Hill Chapel Sunday Class and played matches on local fields against local teams, including Roundhay . In 1888, the Cardigan Estate was sold at auction and Lot 17a was purchased by a group of Leeds citizens, who intended to form the city's leading sports club. Lot 17a became what
185-401: A dog whose ancestry is generally unknown and that has characteristics of two or more types of breeds Tyke (elephant) , a female circus elephant Tyke (given name) , an American masculine given name Tyke (pigeon) , a Second World War homing pigeon which was awarded the Dickin Medal for gallantry in 1943 See also [ edit ] Leeds Tykes , a rugby union club The Tykes ,
222-615: A job at the RFU, replaced by England World Cup winner Neil Back , and Andy Key , both of whom were previously on the coaching staff at Leicester Tigers . In May 2009, Leeds Carnegie announced that it had restructured for the Premiership. Leeds Met University returned its 51% stake in Leeds Carnegie and Leeds Rugby retook full control. The restructuring saw former Wales and British and Irish Lions international Gareth Davies join
259-410: A new board of directors representing the university. In 2014, the club was rebranded as Yorkshire Carnegie. They also struck a two-year sponsorship deal with Satsuma Loans at a reported £300,000 per year. In 2019 they announced that the club had lost key investors and that they were looking for new investments. On 9 April 2019 the players and staff were told that as of the start of the 2019–20 season
296-577: A new name when they entered the 1998 Premiership Two competition, Leeds Tykes. The Tykes finished 6th in their first season in Premiership Two with the Tongan scoring 250 points and Simon Middleton and Jonathan Scales scoring ten tries apiece. Since 1996, the Tykes have played at Leeds Rhinos' Headingley stadium and Phil Davies became their player-coach. In their first season, they finished 8th in
333-416: A nickname for Barnsley F.C. Tykes Water , a stream that runs north from Aldenham Reservoir to the River Colne Tyke Invest , company which assist retail investors and founder on Investing & Raising Capital Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tyke . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
370-541: A twelve team division. They were promoted to the Premiership in 2001. In gaining promotion Richard Le Bas scored 337 points and Graham Mackay, a product of Leeds Rhinos, scored 19 tries, both club season records still extant. In 2001, Tom Palmer became the first Leeds Tykes player to be capped for England when he appeared as a replacement against the United States. The Leeds Tykes team for their first game in
407-554: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Leeds Tykes Leeds Tykes (formerly Leeds RUFC , Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie ) is an English rugby union club in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England, playing in the National League 2 North . The club was founded as Headingley FC, but renamed in 1991 when it joined with Roundhay RUFC to form Leeds RUFC. In 1998,
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#1732800871035444-486: Is now Headingley Stadium. Leeds St John's played their final season under that name in 1889–90, before becoming the football section of Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company Ltd the following season. With Headingley still being completed, Leeds' first game was staged at Cardigan Fields, the home side defeating Otley. The first game at Headingley was played on 20 September 1890, when Manningham were beaten by one try and one dropped goal to nil. Leeds were founder members of
481-669: The Leeds Rhinos rugby league team. Their first game was in November against the Saints second team. Union was centred around a church club. The original rugby union team was Leeds St John's and it played at the Militia Barracks ground before moving to Cardigan Fields. The Headingley name was adopted in 1878 and Cardigan Fields was used for both rugby and cricket. On 5 January 1884, England played Wales there and won 5–3 with
518-528: The Super League match between Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves . The ground now has a capacity of 22,250. The record attendance at Headingley Rugby Stadium was 40,175 for the rugby league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947. The highest attendance for a Tykes match was against Newcastle Falcons on 27 December 2004, with a crowd of 14,293 at Headingley to see the Falcons take home
555-495: The 2021–22 season. In July 1998 Leeds RUFC became part of the world's first dual-code rugby partnership, Leeds Rugby Limited and began playing at Headingley Stadium , home of Leeds Rhinos . Leeds St. Johns, who were later to become Leeds Rugby League Football Club, then Leeds Rhinos, moved to Headingley in 1889 and built Headingley Rugby Stadium . Since then the stadium has staged more than forty rugby league international matches and countless domestic finals. Undersoil heating
592-742: The Cardigan Estate. (Lord Hawke captained England and Yorkshire at cricket). However, this saw the demise of the Leeds club which split into two. The part that was to become the Rugby League club in 1895-6 stayed at the Headingley ground and Headingley RUFC was reborn in 1891, eventually finishing up in 1902 in Clarence Fields, Kirkstall. Two other internationals were played in Leeds before the split between Union and League, against Ireland and Scotland, both ending in defeat. In 1889, Headingley
629-602: The Eagles to qualify for the World Cup , and Colin Noon from Biarritz . In 2007, the club was renamed as Leeds Carnegie in a deal with Leeds Metropolitan University, which took a 51% stake. Carnegie College is part of the university's sport department. Leeds director of rugby Stuart Lancaster said: "I am delighted by the announcement. This is another hugely significant step in our evolution." In 2008, Lancaster left Leeds to take
666-464: The Langholm Sevens. Leeds RUFC was founded in 1991 after the merger of Roundhay and Headingley; Morley RFC was also invited to join but declined. The new club played their first match on 1 September 1992 against Hull Ionians . The first try was scored by Glynn Thompson, previously of Roundhay. Richard Cardus , Bev Dovey , Denis Wilkins and Keith Smith all won international caps while in
703-609: The Northern Union when it broke away from the Rugby Football Union in 1895. Leeds' début in the Northern Union was a 6–3 victory at Leigh on 7 September 1895, the inaugural day of the new competition. The development of the playing fields into the Headingley ground was down to Lord Hawke , who was also behind the creation of the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company and the purchase of lot 17A of
740-522: The Premiership and the second-level National Division One, now known as the RFU Championship ; they were either promoted or relegated in four consecutive seasons starting in 2006. Leeds were relegated from the Premiership as bottom finishers in 2006 , promoted as National Division One champions in 2007 , relegated again from the Premiership in 2008 , and promoted a second time as National Division One champions in 2009 . They managed to stay in
777-647: The Premiership in the 2009–10 season , which helped to secure their financial future; from the 2010–11 season, they became a full shareholder in Premier Rugby, the company behind the Premiership. In 2009–10, they only received 60% of a full share of Premiership revenues. Their P shares in Premiership Rugby were sold to Exeter Chiefs in 2012. Headingley has a tradition of rugby that started back in 1877, when several youngsters became interested in rugby after watching Leeds St. John's, later to become
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#1732800871035814-432: The Premiership on 2 September 2001 against Bath was Shelley, Holt, Wring, C. Murphy, Palmer, Mather, Ponton, Fea'unati, Benton, Bachop, Emmerson, Woof, Mayer, Scarbrough, Benson. The replacements were Hogg for Mather (74), Davies for Fea'unati (75), Kerr for Fea'unati (26), O'Reilly for Mayer (73), Fea'unati for Kerr (33). Not used were Luffman, Clarke, Le Bas. The Tykes survived their first season after finishing bottom of
851-917: The Roundhay ranks. Smith featured in England's first full tour of Australia in 1975, but had to return home injured and Wilkins, who was also in the Royal Navy, won 13 caps, between 1951 and 1953. When they amalgamated in 1991–92, both clubs were in National Division Three. In the first season in National Three, Leeds finished 6th, but League reorganisation put the club in National Division Four, with finishes of 6th, 6th and 5th in 1995–96. The following season, they finished 3rd, scoring 1,209 points in thirty games, with
888-414: The club merged with Leeds Rhinos to form Leeds Rugby Limited , also known as Leeds Tykes. In 2007, Leeds Metropolitan University bought a 51% stake in the club and changed the name to fit with the university's sport department, Carnegie College. At the end of the 2008–09 season, ownership of the club passed back into the hands of Leeds Rugby. They are now called Leeds Tykes. Leeds have bounced between
925-591: The club would be returning to part-time status. It was also confirmed the club would rebrand ahead of the 2020–21 season. In September 2020, it was confirmed that the club had reverted to the Leeds Tykes ahead of the (eventually cancelled) 2020–21 National League 1 season. They will also leave Headingley Stadium and base themselves at The Sycamores , home of West Park Leeds RUFC. However, they intend to still play some games at Headingley. The club based itself at The Sycamores, home of West Park Leeds RUFC ahead of
962-509: The drop by finishing eighth. Phil Davies relinquished control of some coaching duties to concentrate on his role as Director of Rugby in 2005 following another poor start to the season which saw the Tykes lose their first eight games in three different competitions. After losing three successive away matches in injury time to Northampton Saints , Sale Sharks and Leicester Tigers , in January 2006 former Rugby League international Daryl Powell
999-838: The end of April 2006, Phil Davies resigned as Director of Rugby to be replaced by academy coach Stuart Lancaster . The new players signed for the new season under Lancaster were Leigh Hinton from Newport Gwent Dragons , Leinster centre Jonny Hepworth , wing/full-back Richard Welding from Cornish Pirates , scrum-half Jacob Rauluni ex-Earth Titans and Bristol, scrum-half Darren Edwards from London Irish , winger John Holtby from Earth Titans, and centre Anitelia Tuilagi, on loan from Leicester Tigers . New forwards include flanker Mark Lock from London Wasps , Argentinian 7s and ex- Plymouth Albion flanker Martín Schusterman , Former Bristol Rugby No 8 Rhys Oakley from Newport Gwent Dragons, hooker James Parkes from Gloucester and props USA international Mike MacDonald , ex-Worcester who helped
1036-434: The former England 'A' outside-half Gerry Ainscough scoring 307 points, and the ex-Scotland 'A' utility back Mark Appleson scoring sixteen tries. In 1997–98, they were promoted from the newly formed Jewson One to Premiership Two, finishing runners-up to Worcester. The Tongan Sateki Tuipulotu scored a then club record 322 points. In 1998, the club amalgamated with Leeds Rhinos to form Leeds Rugby Limited . Leeds RUFC took on
1073-497: The free dictionary. Tyke may refer to: Tyke (character) , an MGM cartoon character in the Tom and Jerry series and the older son of Spike Tyke (dialect) , an English dialect of Northern England spoken in the English county of Yorkshire Tyke (dog) , a dog whose ancestry is generally unknown and that has characteristics of two or more types of breeds Tyke (elephant) , a female circus elephant Tyke (given name) , an American masculine given name Tyke (pigeon) ,
1110-733: The league when the National League 1 champions were denied entry into the Premiership in 2002 (Champions Rotherham Titans were refused promotion to the Zurich Premiership for the 2002–03 season due to facilities failing to meet Premiership criteria). The next season Leeds finished fifth in the table and made their Heineken Cup début in December 2003. In their four seasons in the Zurich Premiership, they finished an average ninth and reached two domestic cup semi-finals. In 2005, they were mid-table by early November, but at
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1184-411: The other perhaps the best known being Peter Winterbottom , Ian McGeechan and Chris Rea , who played for Headingley. Former Scotland coach Frank Hadden also had a spell at Headingley, where his and McGeechan's playing paths crossed, at the tail end of his career. Brian Moore played for Roundhay before his move to Nottingham and selection for England. Headingley was the first English team to win
1221-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tyke . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tyke&oldid=1164440176 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1258-413: The turn of the year, following injuries to key players, they were bottom of the Zurich Premiership and some way adrift of their rivals. Despite the threat of relegation, they made it to their first Powergen Cup final. They faced Bath who were top of the table and had never been beaten in a cup final, winning 20–12 to claim their first trophy. Following the cup win, they won five straight games and avoided
1295-476: Was disbanded when Leeds St. John's moved into the area, built Headingley Rugby Stadium and dropped the St. John's from their name. However, Headingley bounced back and found fixtures outside Yorkshire , in 1901 their fixture list including a game against the famous Blackheath Rugby Club . Roundhay were formed in 1924 and moved to their ground at Chandos Park in the 1930s. Forty internationals have played for one team or
1332-523: Was installed in 1963, and floodlights in 1966. New changing rooms were added in 1991. On Saturday 13 August 2005, Headingley hosted back-to-back union and league games. The Tykes played Edinburgh in a friendly followed by a Super League game between the Rhinos and London. 2006 saw the construction of the Carnegie Stand. Built to replace the old eastern terrace, it was opened on 1 September 2006 for
1369-760: Was promoted from the back room staff to First Team coach. Leeds were finally relegated after Newcastle Falcons beat Sale Sharks. Following relegation, Marshall was transfer listed by request and Mike Shelley announced his retirement. Other players who left were: Iain Balshaw , Chris Bell , Gordon Bulloch , Danny Care , Andy Craig , David Doherty, Dan Hyde, Mark McMillan, Tom Palmer , Richard Parks , Roland Reid , Gordon Ross , David Rees , Roland De Marigny, Scott Morgan , Chris Murphy and Nathan Thomas. Players who remained at club were: Tom Biggs , Lee Blackett , Michael Cusack , Jon Dunbar , Stuart Hooper , James Isaacson , Chris Jones, Rob Rawlinson and Rob Vickerman. At
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