Author: Peter Hartley

League grid and results – week 8

Not a good week for Kirkby, as we slip to the foot of the table after our defeat away at Guisborough. Losing another player to an early red card never …

League Grid after week 6

We had a very disappointing home performance against Consett, who are a well drilled and competent outfit who kept their line uncrossed, and managed to achieve their try bonsus point …

Regional Two North – Week 6

No great surprises this week, with the top four teams all winning. Kirkby had a player sent off after 10 minutes, with the score 0 - 0, and were always …

Regional North Two – Week 5

The clash of the two leading contenders was Northern at home to Middlesbrough, with the visitors coming out on top 21 - 39. The other high flyers West Hartlepool travelled …

North Region Division Two – League Grid

After week 5, a few interesting results . . . Aspatria 17 - 34 West Hartlepool Guisborough 7 - 33 Carlisle Keswick 18 - 17 Consett Kirkby Lonsdale 10 - …

Progress in the Cumbria Cup

Kirkby Lonsdale progress into the next round of the Cunmbria Cup with a well earned victory at home to Cockermouth. Kirkby fielded a young and quite inexperienced team, but their …

Regional North Two – Week 4

No surprises this week, we had a tough game at Middlesbrough, current Yorkshire Cup holders who are certainly contenders to win the league this season, with a large, mobile pack …

Saturday 5 October

Cumbria Cup match v Cockermouth, this game was not originally on our fixture list, and anyone looking to sponsor the match and ball should contact Peter Hartley.

Opening game of season

A large crowd turned up at Underley Park for the opening game of the season v Aspatria. Kirkby's young pack struggled against their more experienced opponents, and gave away too …

All First Team home league matches are sponsored

We have now obtained match day sponsors for all the home league matches for this forthcoming season. A huge thank you to you all, and look forward to seeing you …

Our new Head of Men’s Rugby

I’m really excited about starting my new role as Head of Men’s rugby. I am, however, in the unenviable position of following on from club legend Matt Hughes, who is …

Pre season friendly v Kendal

On Saturday 10 August, the second of our pre season friendlies, v our local friends and rivals from Kendal. Both teams had lots of players on holiday, but the youngsters …

Pre Season v Wilmslow

On Saturday 3 August, our friends from Wilmslow visited Underley Park for the first of our pre season friendlies. Both teams tried to play some rugby, and despite lots of …

Player Sponsorship for this season 2024-25

We aim to give the players' sponsors much more publicity this year, both in programme, website, social media and on matchdays. Can you help?