19.05.12

The trip to Milford proved unfruitful for Stanley with a win for the hosts 54-10. Stanley's tries came from prop Ian Southwell and stand-off Danny Grice who also landed a conversion.

This weekend - 26th May - Stanley travel over to Cumbria to play Egremont Rangers, currently lying fifth in the Division One table.

19.05.12

Congratulations to our junior teams who took part in the semi finals of the Challenge Cup and Continuation Cup over the weekend. The Under 13s beat East Leeds 16-8 and will now face Hunslet Warriors in the Under 12s final; the Under 14s beat Normanton Knights 34-22 and in the Under 15s Continuation Cup, the Under 15s A beat Crigglestone All Blacks 32-16 and will face Stanningley A in their final. The Under 15s were beaten by Milford Marlins 28-6 in their semi final. Well done to all the teams for such a magnificent effort in reaching the cup semi finals this season.

The Challenge Cup Finals will be held on the 17th June at the Big Fellas stadium, Featherstone Rovers ground.

19.05.12

The year 10 team from Outwood Grange College have reached the final of the year 10 Carnegie Champion Schools competition with a 22-6 win over Temple Moor from Leeds. This team contains junior players from Stanley Rangers and the team will now face the Welsh side Ystalyfera in the final.

14.05.12

Over the weekend our junior teams were in action in the Challenge Cup with winning ways. The Under 13s had an excellent win in the quarter finals against Eastmoor U13s 19-12; the Under 14s beat Oulton Raiders U14s 24-14 in their quarter final and the Under 15s beat Dewsbury Celtic 26-16. The Under 15s A team had a 46-8 win over West Leeds in the quarter finals of the Continuation Cup. The semi finals of these competitions will be held the following weekend 20/21 May.

14.05.12

Rangers travelled over the Pennines to take on fellow Division One team Rochdale Mayfield in the first round of the Conference Challenge Cup but came away with with a 90-0 loss. Mayfield bagged 16 unanswered tries and Rangers were unable to reply. This weekend, Rangers are again away to Milford Marlins.

12.05.12

The Wakefield ARL Cup Finals were staged last weekend with a rearranged move from Belle Vue to Westgate and Upton for the matches re-organised after last month's bad weather caused the cancellation of the planned Belle Vue event. Our junior teams were in action and on Day One, first up was the Under 16s team who played against Normanton in the Under 16s final. Rangers dominated from start to finish with a 47-6 win. Jordan Howden was the star for the Rangers with the Pillmoor brothers (Josh and Callum) never giving a backward step for the Knights. Super League referee Ben Thaler was on hand to present the trophies.

On Day Two, Upton staged the games in bright sunshine. First up was the Under 14s final with Stanley Rangers who are Yorkshire Cup holders and National Cup quarter finalists, taking on Upton who are three leagues below. Upton put up a tremendous fight and the local crowd rose to their gallant efforts, but Rangers are a strong side, running in fourteen tries with a 74-0 win, with Stanley's Liam Senior scoring a hat trick. The Upton trio of Harley Axe, Josh Hirst and Jordan Taylor never stopped giving 100%. Next up it was Westgate Wolves who took the uUnder 15s trophy. Having defeated Stanley Rangers in the first round, the Rangers 'A' team qualified for the final who put up a great performance in the 28-0 score line. The Wolves try scorers were Will Gledhill, Matty Hick, Jake Ware, Jordan Crowther and Aiden Harding. Ware took the Man of the Match honours but Danny Johnson took the plaudits for an outstanding display.

Well done to our three teams - the Under 16s, Under 15s Rangers A and the Under 14s - for all the hard work from the lads, coaches and support from families that have got the boys to the finals.

09.05.12

This weekend sees our junior teams in action in the Challenge Cup. The Under 13s are in the quarter finals against Eastmoor U13s at home on Saturday 12th May; the Under 14s are at home to Oulton in their quarter final on Sunday 13th May and the Under 15s are away at Dewsbury Celtic on Sunday 13th May. The Under 15s A team travel to West Leeds in the quarter finals of the Continuation Cup also on Sunday 13th May. The semi finals of these competitions will be held the following weekend 20/21 May.

08.05.12

Rochdale Mayfield's try four minutes from time just gave them the win over Rangers 30-28. Rangers' points came from tries by Liam Crawley (2), Shaun Abson, Chris Grice and James Senkin with Danny Grice kicking four goals.

This weekend - 12th May - again face Rochdale Mayfield in Round One of the Conference Challenge Cup at Rochdale.

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08.05.12

Stanley Rangers' Joel Marsh has been chosen for the 23-man train-on squad of the NCL Eagles. The side has been chosen from teams in Divisions One and Two of the Hatton's Solicitors National Conference League and is being coached by Jamie Benn with Ken Sykes as manager. The squad will be playing a warm-up game in Pia on Thursday 21 June, followed by a match with Languedoc Roussillon in Ile sur Tet on Saturday 23 June. The squad will be whittled down to 20 players in June before the team flies out to France.

07.05.12

The Under 13s are currently looking for new players. If you were born between between 1st September 1998 and 31st August 1999 why not come to training on Monday 6-7.30pm at the Club or on Wednesday 6-7.30pm at the Lime Pit Lane pitch. Contact coach Danny Duce on 07834787664 for more information to become part of a well-respected Yorkshire junior team.

01.05.12

An enjoyable time was had by everyone who attended the Reunion Evening on Friday 27th April at the clubhouse. Players from the 1960s onwards met up with current players and club members to enjoy reminiscing and catching up on on news. Thanks go to Les Starkey, Les Ellis and Barry Scales who worked so hard organising the event.

01.05.12

A new photo for the History page of the website has been received from Les Starkey. This shows five sets of brothers who were playing for Stanley Rangers in the 1960s with coach Laurie Gant. Laurie Gant MBE was a well-known figure in rugby league with a distinguished coaching and refereeing career.

If you have any old photos of the teams or players you were with please contact the website (stanleyrangers@aol.com) or club officials and we would be pleased to add them to the History page.

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If you're new to the great game of rugby league why not check out the rules of the game in the Rugby Extras section? You'll find the basics of the game explained and useful links to other rugby websites.

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