In Rugby, what did Warrington add to their name in the 1990's?
"crowd of over 18,500, Catalans Dragons lost 12 - 24 to the Warrington Wolves and a raft of new teams were formed in Catalonia around this time. New clubs have subsequently been formed in the Valencian Community, Madrid and Andalucia. For example, the first game in the province of Castellon took place in November 2013. A Spanish National team played their first rugby league international in 2014 and have reached the final qualifying stage for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. The French part of Catalonia has been playing rugby league since 1934. Teams from this region, centred on the"
"areas rather than being an all-seater stadium. There were originally 4 stands in the stadium – the North Stand (reserved seating), the East Stand (originally unreserved seating but later became reserved seating), the South Stand (home terracing), and the West Stand (visitors' terracing and overflow of home terracing). It also has enormous pitch dimensions of 120 m x 74 m, as requested by Warrington's head coach of the time, Paul Cullen, due to his desire to play expansive rugby. In 2012 the stadium capacity was expanded to 15,200 by filling in two corners of the stands. In 2017 the stadium"
"at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 28 April 1990, in front of a crowd of 77,729. Under Johnson, Warrington also won the Regal Trophy in 1990-91 season. In 1993–94 season Warrington finished third in the league on points difference behind Wigan and Bradford Northern. The following season Warrington made the Regal Trophy Final once more, again losing to Wigan. He resigned from his position in January 1996 in the Rugby League Centenary Season following a club record 80–0 defeat against St. Helens at Knowsley Road. Johnson was later employed by the AIS as a rugby league coach. Johnson died from"
"Neil Harmon Neil Anthony Harmon (born 9 January 1969) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Ireland, and at club level for Warrington (Heritage № 863), Leeds Rhinos, Huddersfield Giants, Bradford Bulls, Salford City Reds and Halifax, as , or . Neil Harmon won five caps (plus one as a substitute) for Ireland in 1997–2001 while at Huddersfield Giants, Bradford Bulls, and Salford City Reds. Neil Harmon played right-, i.e. number 10, in Warrington's 14-36 defeat by Wigan in the 1990 Challenge Cup Final during"
"also made it to the 1986–87 John Player Special Trophy held at Burnden Park but were beaten 4-18 by Wigan. Australian Brian Johnson was appointed the club's head coach and manager in 1988. Warrington won the Lancashire Cup Final a year later in 1989. In 1990 Warrington made it to the final of the Challenge Cup at Wembley Stadium and faced archrivals Wigan. Warrington lost 34–16 and this is the last appearance in the Challenge Cup final before their success in 2009. Warrington won the Regal Trophy in 1991 beating Bradford Northern 12–2 at Headingley, Leeds. In June 1993 due"
"2000, this was subsequently extended by Lee Briers to 44-points (3-tries and 16-conversions) in the 112-0 victory over Swinton Lions in the Challenge Cup at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington on Friday 20 May 2011. George Thomas is a Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame inductee. George Thomas (rugby) George W. Thomas (1881 – 3 July 1916), also known by the nickname of ""Ponty"" was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club rugby union (RU) for Pontnewydd RFC and Newport RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain,"
"Rowland Phillips Rowland David Phillips (born 28 July 1965 at St David's) is a Welsh former rugby union back row forward for Wales, where he won ten caps between 1987 and 1990. He also played rugby union for Neath RFC before moving to rugby league, playing for Warrington (Heritage № 904), and Workington Town. Rowland Phillips played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing Neil Harmon on 79-minutes) in Warrington's 12–2 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1990–91 Regal Trophy Final during the 1989–90 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday, 12 January 1991. He also played for the"
"teaches mathematics at Beamont Collegiate Academy, Warrington, having previously taught at Maghull High School, Merseyside. Mark Hilton (rugby league) Mark Hilton (born ), also known by the nickname of ""The Beast"", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Warrington (Heritage № 915), as a . Mark Hilton won caps for England while at Warrington in 1995 against France (interchange/substitute), and in 1999 against France (interchange/substitute). Mark Hilton made his début for Warrington on Saturday 18 December 1993, and he played"
"Warrington's 15-12 victory over Australia at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Wednesday 11 October 1978, and played in Wigan's 14-8 victory over New Zealand during the 1985 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France at Central Park, Wigan on Sunday 6 October 1985. Ian Potter made his début for Warrington on Sunday 30 November 1975, and he played his last match for Warrington on Sunday 20 September 1981. Ian Potter (rugby league) Ian Potter (born 6 August 1958) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level"
"shirts in the early nineties, and there was a wolf featured in the middle of the town's coat of arms. To mark this change Warrington produced a new logo which is still in place to date. Dorahy resigned in March 1997, before the end of the season with Warrington sitting on the bottom of the European Super League ladder. In 1997, Darryl van der Velde took over as head coach. Plans to move from Wilderspool Stadium were announced with Burtonwood the likely site. The former brewery on Winwick Road was chosen to be the new home for Warrington and Tesco"
"Mark Hilton (rugby league) Mark Hilton (born ), also known by the nickname of ""The Beast"", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Warrington (Heritage № 915), as a . Mark Hilton won caps for England while at Warrington in 1995 against France (interchange/substitute), and in 1999 against France (interchange/substitute). Mark Hilton made his début for Warrington on Saturday 18 December 1993, and he played his last match for Warrington on Saturday 15 July 2006. As of 2016, Mark Hilton"
"name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989. 1990–91 League Cup (rugby league) This was the twentieth season of the League Cup, known as the Regal Trophy for sponsorship reasons. The final was won by Warrington, who beat Bradford Northern 12-2 in the match played at Headingley, Leeds. The attendance was 11,154 and receipts were £57662. This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-eight. The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the"
"20 Tries, he also equalled Warrington's ""Most Tries in a Match"" for a Forward record with 5-tries scored in the 36–15 victory over Blackpool Borough on Sunday 12 December 1982, he played his last match for Warrington on Sunday 17 May 1987, and on Sunday 16 March 2014 he was inducted into the Warrington Hall of Fame. Bob Eccles William Robert Eccles (), also known by the nickname of ""Bob"", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and"
"Warrington in 1981 against France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1984 against Australia, and New Zealand (3 matches), in 1987 against Papua New Guinea; and in 1988 against Papua New Guinea, and Australia (interchange/substitute). He also played three times for Lancashire three times. Brian Case Brian G. Case (birth registered first ¼ 1958) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Blackbrook, Warrington, Wigan and Leigh, as a , i.e. number 8"
"but these plans were rejected. Ground was broke at the new site in 2002 and bucked the common trend of modern stadia by including terracing areas rather than being an all-seater stadium, with the South and West stands both containing terracing It also has enormous pitch dimensions of 120 m x 74 m, as requested by Warrington's head coach of the time, Paul Cullen, due to his desire to play expansive rugby. The stadium officially opened in 2004. During the 2010 Championship Grand Final between Featherstone Rovers and Halifax, a fire beneath the terraced West Stand broke out, forcing all"
"Gary Sanderson Gary 'The Hoover' Sanderson () is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Warrington (Heritage № 859), as a , i.e. number 11 or 12. Gary Sanderson played in Warrington's 38-10 victory over Halifax in 1986 Rugby League Premiership during the 1985–86 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 18 May 1986. Gary Sanderson played right-, i.e. number 12, in Warrington's 14-36 defeat by Wigan in the 1990 Challenge Cup Final during the 1989–90 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 28 April 1990, in front"
"Energy. Accompanying the main sponsor on the front is Resulting IT on the right chest and Boutique Hotel Group (BHG) on the collar. Sleeve sponsors are Total Steel and Muse. On the reverse of the shirt are Wirehouse, University of Chester and Warrington Fabrications. Warrington moved into the Wilderspool in 1881 and spent over 130 years there. In the late 1990s the club planned to move to a new stadium instead of redeveloping Wilderspool. In 2004 Warrington moved into a new stadium 13,012 capacity stadium. The stadium was notable for bucking the common trend of modern stadia by including terracing"
"history. He was at the helm when the club, long beleaguered by financial problems and lacking a junior development base, was cut from the New South Wales Rugby League in 1983. Farrington preserved and remained the Chief Executive of the club when it was admitted to Sydney's Metropolitan Cup competition in 1990. Farrington died in December 2014 aged 88. Frank Farrington (rugby league) Frank Farrington (18 November 1926 – 9 December 2014) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1950s and later a long-serving administrator with the Newtown club in Sydney. Frank Farrington enlisted in the Australian Army shortly"
"Mike Gregory Michael Keith Gregory (20 May 1964 – 19 November 2007), also known by the nickname of ""Mike"", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Warrington from 1982 to 1994, and won 20 caps for Great Britain. He was the head coach of Wigan. Gregory was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England. He had a distinguished playing career, captaining both Warrington and Great Britain. He made his début for Warrington on Sunday 5 September 1982, and he played his last match for Warrington"
"by Warrington in the 1990–91 Regal Trophy Final during the 1990–91 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 12 January 1991, and was the coach, played left-, i.e. number 8, and scored a conversion in the 15-8 defeat by Wigan in the 1992–93 Regal Trophy Final during the 1992–93 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 23 January 1993. Hobbs also won caps for England while at Featherstone Rovers in 1984 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Featherstone Rovers in 1984 against France (2 matches), Australia, Australia (sub), New Zealand (3 matches), and Papua New"
"to financial pressures, Warrington listed 13 players for a total of £340k when they refused lower contract payments. Warrington made it to the final of the Regal Trophy in 1994 but lost 40–10 to Wigan at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, they also came close to winning the Championship finishing third on points difference behind Wigan and Bradford. The following season Warrington made the Regal Trophy final once more, again losing to Wigan. With the advent of Super League, several mergers between clubs were proposed. Warrington were scheduled to merge with Widnes to form ""Cheshire"" who would compete in the European Super"
"period of success in the 1950s and early 1960s before sliding into decline, and by the advent of the leagues in 1987, Workington were ranked in the lower levels of the English rugby union system. Although they won promotion in 1988 they did little until the end of the 1990s, when over a period of three seasons they forced their way up the leagues, gaining promotion from the old North West 3 in 1999, winning North West 2 in 2000 and then finally North Lancashire/Cumbria in 2001, to reach North 1 West, which at tier 7 is the highest level"
"games to the Super League XIV season, Warrington removed James Lowes from the position of head coach, and replaced him with then-England coach, Tony Smith who was also given the role of director of rugby. April 2009 saw Martin Gleeson depart for rivals Wigan and Stuart Reardon leave the club. Reardon then shortly signed for Hull F.C. As part of the deal that took Gleeson to Wigan, Richie Mathers made a return move to Warrington following a short loan deal back in 2002. On 30 May 2009, Warrington reached the semi-finals of the Rugby League Challenge Cup, beating Hull Kingston"
"Cup final for the seventh time. This was the first time Warrington played at Wembley. The Wire lost 21–17 to Huddersfield. In the 1933–34 season, Warrington played Australia and for once were beaten. Warrington also had the honour of playing the first rugby league match against a French side, captained by Jean Galia. In a season of firsts a match was played in Dublin to introduce the game to Ireland. A good crowd saw Wigan beat Warrington by 32–19. The highlight of the 1935–36 season was a place in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley. Barrow were beaten in the"
"was introduced in 1863. The name was changed to Worthington's in 2002 and shield became more obviously heart shaped. The shield was restored in 2011, and the brand's design was modified to resemble its 1920s appearance. Worthington's is involved in sponsorship of rugby union and rugby league. It is a major sponsor of Gloucester RFC (with whom it has been affiliated since 1983), Scarlets, Ospreys, Newport Gwent Dragons, Pontypridd RFC and Oldham R.L.F.C.. From 1998 until 2003 it sponsored the Football League Cup to the cost of £23 million. Since 2011, the brand has sponsored the St. Simon Stakes at"
"several Warrington players began to put swinging arms into their tackles, a tactic that went unpunished by referee Robert Connolly and his touch judges. This was the second 'clean sheet' in a row for the Kangaroos who defeated Bradford Northern 40–0. It was also the second game in succession against Bradford at Odsal Stadium where they had kept the home side scoreless having also achieved this during the 1986 tour when the Kangaroos won 38–0 (the 1990 Kangaroos had not played Bradford as part of their tour itinerary). Team captain Mal Meninga was the only member of the 1986 side"
"the 1989–90 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 28 April 1990, in front of a crowd of 77,729. Neil Harmon played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing Carl Webb) in Warrington's 16-28 defeat by Wigan in the 1987 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1987–88 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 11 October 1987. Neil Harmon played left-, i.e. number 8, (replaced by interchange/substitute Rowland Phillips on 79-minutes) in Warrington's 12-2 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1990–91 Regal Trophy Final during the 1990–91 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 12 January 1991. Neil"
"Centre, which has close ties to Granada Television, The Warrington School of Management, Social Sciences and Health and Social Care. The Warrington Campus is also the training ground for the rugby league team The Warrington Wolves, and Warrington town was the host for the Rugby League World Cup 2013, with the Campus hosting the Samoan players. In 2014 Chancellor George Osborne opened the university's new Science Park in Thornton, based at the site previously used by Shell UK for research and development. The Campus is used for a variety of science and engineering based courses and allows students to be"
"League Championships and are the fourth most successful team in the Challenge Cup with eight victories, behind Wigan, St. Helens and Leeds. Their most successful season came in 1953–54 when they completed a Championship and Challenge Cup 'Double', beating Halifax twice in the space of four days to first win the Challenge Cup 8–4 in a replay at Odsal, then clinch the Championship 8–7 at Maine Road. 1955 was the last time they were crowned Champions. Warrington are the 11th most successful Rugby league club in England behind Wigan Warriors, St Helens, Bradford Bulls, Hull FC, Leeds Rhinos, Salford Red"
"Wigan and the club's owner Dave Whelan to court, claiming Wigan should have done more to help him carry on. The case was settled out of court with Wigan agreeing to pay Gregory £17,500. After the settlement, Gregory said: On 19 November 2007, Having used a wheelchair for the previous year, Gregory died aged 43. Mike Gregory Michael Keith Gregory (20 May 1964 – 19 November 2007), also known by the nickname of ""Mike"", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Warrington from"
"1,000 points scored during one season (the last team to do so being Smith's Leeds Rhinos, along with St. Helens and Bradford Bulls in the same season). In 2012 Warrington won the 2012 Challenge Cup Final after a 35-18 win against Leeds Rhinos. After leading Warrington to the Super League Grand Final in 2012, 2013 and 2016, and also his second League Leaders' Shield in 2016, his spell as Warrington coach ended in 2017 when he departed the club at the end of the 2017 Super League season; at the time he was the league's longest-serving coach. Tony Smith (rugby"
"they drew Salford City Reds who beat them 66–10. In 2010, Wizards beat Huddersfield Underbank Rangers 23–18 Grand Final in the Grand Final at the Halliwell Jones Stadium to win the Rugby League Conference National Division title. In comparison, 2011 was a bit of an anti-climax as the Wizards failed to make the play-offs for the first time. Warrington Wizards merged with Woolston Rovers in readiness for the 2013 season and submitted an application to join the National Conference League under the Woolston Rovers name although it will be as the Wizards that they compete in the 2013 Challenge Cup."
"side going in and out of the first division but mostly wallowing halfway down the second. During this period, the fan base practically disappeared altogether, and as the 1990s arrived it was third division rugby which they found themselves in. Peter Walsh joined Town as Head Coach in the summer of 1992. Town were beaten finalists in the 1992–93 Divisional Premiership going down to Featherstone Rovers while in the 3rd Division. Workington won the Second Division Championship and Divisional Premiership trophy double in 1993–94, the Divisional Premiership was won over London Crusaders at Old Trafford, Manchester. That took them into"