For the cricket team, see Yorkshire County Cricket Club. For other clubs with a similar name, see Leeds Carnegie.
Rugby team
Leeds Tykes
Full name
Leeds Tykes Rugby Union Football Club
Union
Yorkshire RFU
Founded
1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Location
Bramhope, West Yorkshire, England
Ground(s)
The Sycamores (Capacity: 1,500)
Director of Rugby
Peter Seabourne
Captain(s)
Adam Brown
League(s)
National League 2 North
2022–23
13th (relegated to National League 2 North)
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.leeds-tykes.com
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, 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.[1][2] 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 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 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.[3] Their P shares in Premiership Rugby were sold to Exeter Chiefs in 2012.[4]
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^"Premiership survival better than World Cup – Neil Back". BBC Sport. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
^"News – Yorkshire Carnegie | Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds". Yorkshire Carnegie. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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