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Heworth A.R.L.F.C. is an amateur
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 ...
football club based in
Heworth, York Heworth ( ) is part of the city of York in North Yorkshire, England, about north-east of the centre. No longer in general referred to as a village, "Heworth Village" is now the name of a specific road. The name "Heworth" is Old English languag ...
. The first team plays in the NCL Division One. In 1986, the club was one of ten founder members of the BARLA National Amateur League (now known as the
National Conference League The National Conference League (NCL) comprises the five levels of the British rugby league system at the top end of the amateur pyramid below the professional RFL League 1, League One. It comes under the jurisdiction of the Rugby Football League ...
), and were the winners of the inaugural 1986–87 season. Heworth has produced many players who went on to play the game professionally, most notably former internationals Ray Batten, Kenneth Bowman, Gary Divorty, Bill and Jim Drake, Colin Forsyth, David Watkinson and Geoff Wriglesworth. The club went into decline following their success in the early years of the league, and in 2012 were demoted to NCL Division Three after failing to fulfill one of their fixtures. In 2015, the club withdrew from the National Conference League altogether due to a lack of playing strength. The club returned to the National Conference League in 2019. In 2022, Heworth were NCL Division Two champions. In 2023, Heworth won the Division One Promotion decider against Oulton Raiders to earn a place in the Premier Division.


Elmpark Way

Heworth moved to Elmpark way in 1970. The site is located beside
Monk Stray The Strays of York is a collective name for four areas of open land, comprising in all over , within the City of York. Their individual names are Bootham Stray, Micklegate Stray (which includes the Knavesmire and Hob Moor), Monk Stray and Walmg ...
and is also home to Heworth Cricket Club and the City of York Hockey club. In the 2000s, the ground hosted the York International 9s tournament. In 2015, it became the temporary home of York City Knights between their departure from Huntington Stadium and their ground share with York City F.C. at
Bootham Crescent Bootham Crescent in York, England, was the home of York City F.C., York City Football Club and York City Knights, York City Knights rugby league club. With a capacity of 8,256, it was near the city centre, just over a mile from York railway sta ...
. In 2017, Elmpark Way was the venue for the final of the Women's Challenge Cup


Honours

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National Conference League The National Conference League (NCL) comprises the five levels of the British rugby league system at the top end of the amateur pyramid below the professional RFL League 1, League One. It comes under the jurisdiction of the Rugby Football League ...
Premier Division ** Winners (1): 1986–87 *
National Conference League The National Conference League (NCL) comprises the five levels of the British rugby league system at the top end of the amateur pyramid below the professional RFL League 1, League One. It comes under the jurisdiction of the Rugby Football League ...
Division One ** Winners (1): 1993–94 *
National Conference League The National Conference League (NCL) comprises the five levels of the British rugby league system at the top end of the amateur pyramid below the professional RFL League 1, League One. It comes under the jurisdiction of the Rugby Football League ...
Division Two ** Winners (1): 2022 * BARLA Yorkshire Cup ** Winners (1): 1993–94


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Club websiteClub information on NCL website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heworth Rlfc BARLA teams Sport in York Rugby clubs established in 1922 1922 establishments in England Rugby league teams in North Yorkshire Rugby league teams in England