Rugby League Record Keepers' Club

Following today's announcement about the liquidation of Salford Red Devils we await news of any 'phoenix club' taking their place in next years' competitions.

This will be judged on its merits but precedent is that any such club will be considered a continuation of the previous club.

The omission of the NSW-England wheelchair match from our website is deliberate: the game was not played to official rules, so is not considered first-class.
The lack of recent internatiionals in the men's and women's game will though be rectified shortly! Watch this space :-)

RL Records - Team by Season All time palyer list - The official website of the Rugby League Record Keepers' Club (RKC), the official statistics supplier to International Rugby League. Match and player records from 1895. Includes...

Link for Skolars' 2003 season: stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/teamseason.p...

And here's Salford 2025:
stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/teamseason.p...

Table showing most players used by professional rugby league clubs in a single season. Top ranked in London Skolars with 72 players in 2003, followed by Lancashire Lynx (71 in 2000), South Wales Scorpions (69 in 2012), with York and Salford Red Devils in joint 4th using 68 players in 2001 & 2025 respectively

@salfordreddevils.bsky.social have now used 68 players this season, which is a record for a club in the top flight.

It isn't an all-time record for the pro-ranks though, and in fact there are 3 teams who have used more.

London Skolars hold the record with 72 in their debut season in 2003.

ICYMI, Jim Sullivan’s world record appearance and goal totals have been increased.

stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/records.php

Wigan to celebrate 5000th game this Friday - Wigan Warriors Friday night’s game against Hull Kingston Rovers will mark the latest major milestone in the history of Wigan rugby league, as we become the first club to hit 5000 first-class competitive games. As a ...

Congrats @wiganwarriorsrl.bsky.social: wiganwarriors.com/blog/2025/08...
As referenced, the 5,000 games includes a match previously omitted in error.
It's addition has an important impact extending Jim Sullivan's British RL appearance record (now 929) and goals (now 2,870).

This week marks a major milestone in RL history, as we will see the first team compete in its 5,000th match.
Congratulations @wiganwarriorsrl.bsky.social
👏👏👏

...the bonus for winning the Championship.
To re-iterate, these gradings are based on 2024 adjusted for performance only, and no other off-field matters, but give some indication of likely movements on the one thing which is publicly visible. Please share & ask any questions 😀👍

...to a draft 2025 grade based on that movement, and re-ranked teams on that basis. Based purely on performance there would be no change in the top 12 teams; Salford lose 0.23 points, but Toulouse are currently gaining nothing. They would go above Salford if they were to earn...

...On this basis we've calculated the movement each club will see ON PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ONLY based on how things currently stand. Many off-field factors will also change, but these are currently 'hidden'. We've shown the movement for each club, and adjusted the 2024 grades...

...with 2025's where known (Hull KR & York's Cup wins). Wakefield and Oldham lose the Championship & L1 bonuses (neither can get these back this year after promotion), as do Wigan, though they could obviously still recover the 0.75 points for winning the GF....

...determine rankings, though in reality play-off performance will supersede this; the impact will likely be minimal though, but obviously some clubs may still move position in 2025. Bonus points are awarded for competition wins; we've removed the 2024 bonuses, and replaced...

...obvious whether a club will move up or down. For example, whilst many won't be surprised to see Leigh moving up, Warrington also progress, thanks to 2025 not being as bad as 2022 which now drops out of the calculation.
Methodology: we've assumed current league positions to...

There's a lot of talk about IMG performance grading scores rn, but what does the data say? We've cranked the numbers and the results might surprise some people.

The background: Scores are based on 3 year averages and are relative to other clubs, meaning it's not immediately...

The 30th anniversary of the first ever women's RL international match is coming up. One of our members, John Moriarty has done more than anyone on recording women's internationals, and is doing a countdown that you can follow here: www.facebook.com/events/10870...

Incredible achievement by Paul Sykes, and great to see this getting the recognition it deserves.

Also nice to see we can still talk about proper all-time records, not faux manufactured ‘competition only’ ones 👍

With his score today Herman Ese'ese equalled the record for tries in consecutive matches by a prop in the summer era, tying Tyler Dupree's record of 6 for Oldham in 2021.

The winter era is not easy to analyse at this stage, but this is likely to be an all-time record too.

🌍🏆Final Men's RLWC Qualifying Schedule Confirmed

🇫🇷France will face 🇯🇲Jamaica whilst 🇿🇦South Africa will take on 🇨🇰Cook Islands n October 2025!

📰https://bit.ly/42d52Q2

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Incredible growth in the data available on our website right now. Over 1,500 new players added in the past 6 weeks, which is great news for RL stats fans. It's less good news if you have responsibility for double checking the information that's been loaded...

Great to hear that @hullkr.bsky.social have confirmed they will be announcing attendance figures game-by-game again this season.

This is a really positive step in being transparent & sharing information, and we hope other clubs take their lead in reversing their earlier decision 👏

A blank weekend for Hall & Charnley means no change in the 300 try club.

Yes it was

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Wigan and Leigh have tonight played out the first RL match ever to finish 1-0 in extra time.

It's only the 4th game in history to finish 1-0, and only the 2nd in the top flight.

The last 0-0 was Whitehaven-Workington, 28/12/1993.

Wigan were in the last top flight 0-0, V. Cas, 26 Jan 1974.

With his hat-trick on his return to @leedsrhinos.bsky.social, Ryan Hall moved to within 5 tries of Mick Sullivan's 19th spot on the all-time try scorers chart. He's now 27 clear of Josh Charnley, who could move into the top 25 in the next few weeks

All set up following today's announcement 🙂

RL Records - Player List - Men All time mens player list - The official website of the Rugby League Record Keepers' Club (RKC), the official statistics supplier to International Rugby League. Match and player records from 1895. Inc...

Important milestone: we now have 20,000 players in our men's database.

With work now started on the winter era, the rate of new info being added has accelerated significantly.

For the most comprehensive stats on UK RL available, check out our website:
stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/playerdirect...

RL Records - Results Results List - The official website of the Rugby League Record Keepers' Club (RKC), the official statistics supplier to International Rugby League. Match and player records from 1895. Includes the ful...

All checks completed on the first first-class games of 2025.

Full details of all matches now on our website: stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/results.php?...

(if anyone can help out with the missing 18th players, please shout!)