Lancashire Cup (rugby union)

John Burgess Lancashire Cup
Lancashire Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2026-27
SportRugby union
Founded1893
Replaced by1971
CountriesEngland England
Most recent
champion
Vale of Lune (3rd title)
Most titlesOrrell (10 titles)
Websitehttps://www.lancashirerfu.com

The John Burgess Lancashire Cup is an English Rugby Football Union competition organised by the Lancashire Rugby Football Union and open to all eligible clubs in the Lancashire region including a number of clubs in Cheshire and Merseyside. The men's competition was discontinued at the end of 2013 as there were not enough teams willing to participate (partly due to the increased demands of league rugby)[1] and subsequently reintroduced in 2021.

History

Despite the Lancashire RFU being established in 1881 and having the most successful county team in the country, club rugby union took a long time to catch on in Lancashire. While bitter rivals Yorkshire had an established county club competition (the Yorkshire Cup) from 1878, Lancashire did not have a similar sustained competition until 1971. This lack of competitive rugby perhaps contributing to Lancashire's smaller membership of clubs when compared to its counterpart.

The Lancashire County Rugby Challenge Cup was first introduced in 1893-1894 season. As a consequence of the loss of clubs to Northern Union from 1895 onwards, the competition was withdrawn in 1897 and reintroduced in 1971. In 1997, the competition was renamed the John Burgess Lancashire Cup in honour of the former Lancashire and England Coach and RFU President.[2]

Some of the current clubs competing appear to be based outside of Lancashire, such as Liverpool St Helens and Waterloo, but when the Lancashire RFU was founded, places like Merseyside and Liverpool were part of the county, and these teams have retained their membership.

Final results

[3]

Year Winner Score Runner up Venue
1971-72 Orrell 16 – 0 Liverpool St. Anthony's Road, Blundellsands[4]
1972-73 Orrell 32 – 7 West Park St Helens
1973-74 Waterloo 12 – 9 Broughton Park
1974-75 Orrell 9 – 3 Manchester
1975-76 Widnes 21 – 9 West Park St Helens
1976-77 Liverpool 10 – 9 Orrell
1977-78 Orrell 12 - 3 Liverpool
1978-79 Liverpool 10 - 6 Orrell
1979-80 Waterloo 12 – 0 Broughton Park
1980-81 Orrell 12 – 6 Liverpool
1981-82 Orrell 17 – 12 Liverpool
1982-83 Orrell 26 – 3 Liverpool
1983-84 Liverpool 20 – 3 Preston Grasshoppers St. Anthony's Road, Blundellsands[5]
1984-85 Waterloo 11 - 6 Vale of Lune Woodlands Memorial Ground, Fylde[6]
1985-86 Vale of Lune 19 – 10 Preston Grasshoppers Woodlands Memorial Ground, Fylde[7]
1986-87 Waterloo 25 – 12 Orrell
1987-88 Orrell 23 - 6 Liverpool St Helens
1988-89 Orrell 48 - 6 Broughton Park Moss Lane, St. Helens[8]
1989-90 Liverpool St Helens 24 - 9 Waterloo
1990-91 Widnes 23 – 7 Orrell
1991-92 Vale of Lune 12 – 6 Widnes
1992-93 Waterloo 13 - 11 Liverpool St Helens
1993-94 Waterloo 19 - 6 Orrell
1994-95 Fylde 15 - 11 Manchester
1995-96 Liverpool St Helens 22 – 13 Widnes
1996-97 Orrell 27 – 17 Preston Grasshoppers
1997-98 Manchester 42 – 19 Fylde
1998-99 Manchester 29 - 27 Orrell
1999-00 West Park St Helens 33 – 23 Manchester
2000-01 Manchester 27 - 20 Sedgley Park Lightfoot Green, Preston[9]
2001-02 Sedgley Park 31 – 3 Fylde Lightfoot Green, Preston[10]
2002-03 Preston Grasshoppers 34 – 31 West Park St Helens Park Lane, Whitefield[11]
2003-04 Sedgley Park 51 – 25 Vale of Lune Park Lane, Whitefield[12]
2004-05 West Park St Helens 22 – 13 Preston Grasshoppers Park Lane, Whitefield
2005-06 Preston Grasshoppers 43 - 14 Waterloo Park Lane, Whitefield[13]
2006-07 Sedgley Park 24 – 14 Manchester Woodlands Memorial Ground, Fylde[14]
2007-08 Waterloo 30 – 19 Sedgley Park Park Lane, Whitefield[15]
2008-09 Fylde 37 – 17 Preston Grasshoppers Lightfoot Green, Preston[16]
2009-10 Fylde 15 – 7 Preston Grasshoppers Lightfoot Green, Preston[17]
2010-11 Fylde W/O Rossendale N/A
2011-12 Preston Grasshoppers 30 - 10 Sedgley Park Woodlands Memorial Ground, Fylde[18]
2012-13 Sedgley Park 28 - 24 Preston Grasshoppers Park Lane, Whitefield[19]
2013-18 (no competition)
2018-19 Blackburn 22 - 20 Rochdale Moorgate Avenue, Rochdale
2019-20 (not completed)
2020-21 (no competition)
2021-22 Preston Grasshoppers 59 - 8 Widnes Douglas Valley, Wigan[20]
2022-23 Blackburn 87 - 3 Firwood Waterloo Hand Lane, Leigh[21]
2023-24 (no competition)
2024-25 Firwood Waterloo 33 - 14 West Park St Helens Douglas Valley, Wigan[22]
2025-26 Vale of Lune 19 - 15 Widnes Douglas Valley, Wigan
2026-27

Number of wins

See also

References

  1. ↑ "No More Giant klling".
  2. ↑ "Lancashire Cup Finals 2026". Lancashire RFU. 19 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Club not live".
  4. ↑ "❤ wiganworld - Wigan Album, Orrell RUFC".
  5. ↑ "GIROBANK CHESHIRE CUP 1987-88 Final" (PDF). Cheshire RFU. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "John Burgess Lancashire Cup".
  7. ↑ "John Burgess Lancashire Cup".
  8. ↑ "GIROBANK CHESHIRE CUP 1988-89 Final" (PDF). Cheshire RFU. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Thwaites Lancashire Cup: Blood runs hot to lead Manchester to victory".
  10. ↑ "Cup Final of woe for Fylde - Blackpool Gazette". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24.
  11. ↑ "Park bid to turn back clock. - Free Online Library".
  12. ↑ "Valiant Vale give pacy Park a fright - Lancaster Guardian". www.lancasterguardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24.
  13. ↑ "Football: Waterloo are banking on a bright future. - Free Online Library".
  14. ↑ "Welcome to Fylde Rugby". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  15. ↑ "Rugby Union: Waterloo win Cup. - Free Online Library".
  16. ↑ "Fylde win John Burgess Lancashire Cup". www.everythingrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24.
  17. ↑ "Fylde final clash in hostile territory - Blackpool Gazette". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24.
  18. ↑ "Hoppers win Lancashire Cup". 7 May 2012.
  19. ↑ "Lancashire Rugby | Strength in Union". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  20. ↑ "Preston Grasshoppers vs Widnes". 21 May 2022.
  21. ↑ "v Firwood Waterloo Lancs Cup Final May 2023". 8 May 2023.
  22. ↑ "Lancashire RFU Annual Report 2024-25" (PDF). Lancashire RFU. 1 June 2025.
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