In May 2006, a successful beach Rugby League 9's exhibition game was held at North Avenue Beach, Chicago between the Chicago Saints and the touring UK team Ormskirk Heelers.[2] The Saints would be the front-runner to a planned Chicago based AMNRL team that would eventually be named the Chicago Stockyarders. In 2009 an organization named Midwest Rugby League was formed to promote rugby league in the Midwestern United States, and to operate the Stockyarders team from 2010 onwards.[3]
The Stockyarders made their first on-field appearance on July 31, 2010 at the American National Rugby League (AMNRL)'s annual War at the Shore tournament. They played an exhibition rugby league sevens game against the Northern Raiders, which ended with an 18-10 loss for the Stockyarders.[4][5] Dan Hoskin scored their first ever points with a debut try in a Man of the Match (MVP) performance. They played a second exhibition sevens game as a curtain raiser to the AMNRL Grand Final at A. A. Garthwaite Stadium in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Visiting Australian Kangaroo player Daniel Wagon guested for the Stockyarders in a game against the Philadelphia Fight. The Fight won the game 24-16.[6]
In October 2010 the Stockyarders signed their first sponsor, and announced their intention to play a full exhibition schedule in the 2011 season.[7][8][9]
The Stockyarders had been at the forefront of developing a Midwest conference concept for the AMNRL before the league folded. In 2012, the Western Storm, Iowa City Crash and Lewis University all played games against the Stockyarders at Winnemac Park Chicago under this format resulting in a record of 1-2 for the Stockyarders. The same venue also hosted the AMNRL Midwest sevens tournament in Chicago which was won by an Irish Exiles team. After a year in hiatus the Stockyarders and Midwest Rugby League revived this conference concept with the AMNRL Midwest Piranha Guard development series which will saw games played against Elmhurst college and Lewis University in spring 2014 and the Stockyarders finishing with a 2-0 record.[10]
The team are currently in talks to enter the USA Rugby League, the USA's top level rugby league competition.[11]
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The Chicago Stockyarders are a semi professional rugby league football team based in Chicago Illinois The team was established in 2010 and played two exhibition rugby league sevens games while preparing for a fuller exhibition schedule for the 2011 AMNRL season They originally planned to join the American National Rugby League AMNRL however the league has since folded and plans are currently being made to join the current first grade U S competition the USA Rugby League 1 Chicago StockyardersClub informationFull nameChicago Stockyarders Rugby League Football ClubNickname s YardersFounded2010 13 years ago 2010 Current detailsGround s Jorndt Field stadium Winnemac ParkCEOMike FeatherstoneCoachMike FeatherstoneCaptainQuinn Macali Dave White Snake WhitneyCompetitionPiranha Guard Development Series Midwest Rugby League Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditIn May 2006 a successful beach Rugby League 9 s exhibition game was held at North Avenue Beach Chicago between the Chicago Saints and the touring UK team Ormskirk Heelers 2 The Saints would be the front runner to a planned Chicago based AMNRL team that would eventually be named the Chicago Stockyarders In 2009 an organization named Midwest Rugby League was formed to promote rugby league in the Midwestern United States and to operate the Stockyarders team from 2010 onwards 3 The Stockyarders made their first on field appearance on July 31 2010 at the American National Rugby League AMNRL s annual War at the Shore tournament They played an exhibition rugby league sevens game against the Northern Raiders which ended with an 18 10 loss for the Stockyarders 4 5 Dan Hoskin scored their first ever points with a debut try in a Man of the Match MVP performance They played a second exhibition sevens game as a curtain raiser to the AMNRL Grand Final at A A Garthwaite Stadium in Conshohocken Pennsylvania Visiting Australian Kangaroo player Daniel Wagon guested for the Stockyarders in a game against the Philadelphia Fight The Fight won the game 24 16 6 In October 2010 the Stockyarders signed their first sponsor and announced their intention to play a full exhibition schedule in the 2011 season 7 8 9 The Stockyarders had been at the forefront of developing a Midwest conference concept for the AMNRL before the league folded In 2012 the Western Storm Iowa City Crash and Lewis University all played games against the Stockyarders at Winnemac Park Chicago under this format resulting in a record of 1 2 for the Stockyarders The same venue also hosted the AMNRL Midwest sevens tournament in Chicago which was won by an Irish Exiles team After a year in hiatus the Stockyarders and Midwest Rugby League revived this conference concept with the AMNRL Midwest Piranha Guard development series which will saw games played against Elmhurst college and Lewis University in spring 2014 and the Stockyarders finishing with a 2 0 record 10 The team are currently in talks to enter the USA Rugby League the USA s top level rugby league competition 11 See also EditRugby league in the United StatesReferences Edit chicago taking stock of their future with rugby league Archived from the original on 2016 04 15 Retrieved 2016 04 12 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2011 07 15 Retrieved 2011 05 15 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Rugby League in the Midwest American Rugby News October 16 2009 Archived from the original on October 18 2009 Retrieved February 17 2011 War at the Shore American Rugby News July 27 2010 Archived from the original on July 30 2010 Retrieved January 27 2011 Brian Lowe August 1 2010 War at the Shore Success American Rugby News Archived from the original on August 4 2010 Retrieved January 27 2011 AMNRL Grand Final XIII American Rugby News August 23 2010 Archived from the original on August 25 2010 Retrieved January 27 2011 Chicago Stockyarders Sign First Sponsor wearerugby com October 13 2010 Archived from the original on July 18 2011 Retrieved January 27 2011 Brian Lowe November 1 2010 USA Strategic Plan wearerugby com Archived from the original on January 18 2011 Retrieved January 27 2011 Brian Lowe January 8 2011 Sharks To Rejoin AMNRL wearerugby com Archived from the original on January 16 2011 Retrieved January 27 2011 Stockyarders kick off AMNRL Piranha Guard development series with a win chicago taking stock of their future with rugby league Archived from the original on 2016 04 15 Retrieved 2016 04 12 External links EditMidwest Rugby League Website Chicago Stockyarders Website Chicago Stockyarders AMNRL com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chicago Stockyarders amp oldid 1014666886, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
