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Fife Lions ARLFC are a
rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
club located in
Fife Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...
, Scotland. They play in the Scottish National League. The Fife Lions in recent years have been one of the dominant teams in the SRLC. Winning their maiden premiership in 2004, the Lions were undefeated throughout the regular season in 2005 only to become unstuck in the Grand Final, going down to the Edinburgh Eagles in the decider.


History

Originally called the ''Linlithgow Lions'', they played in the inaugural Scottish League in 1997 and played in it till the 2000 season. They then relocated to Fife to become ''Fife Lions'' entering the Scottish Rugby League Conference for the 2002 season and made it to the final. Backing up in 2003, the Lions were defeated by the Edinburgh Eagles for the second year in a row in the decider. In the 2004 season they beat the Edinburgh Eagles in the finals to become the Scottish Champions. 2005 looked destined to be the year of the Lions, going through the regular season unbeaten.


Club honours

* Scottish Conference: 2004, 2006 * York 9s Archbishop Dolben cup: 2008


See also

* Rugby league in Scotland * List of rugby league clubs in Britain


References

{{Rugby League Scotland links Sport in Fife Rugby League Conference teams Rugby clubs established in 1997 Rugby league teams in Scotland 1997 establishments in Scotland