Liverpool Buccaneers Rugby League Football Club are an amateur rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 club from West Derby

West Derby

West Derby is a suburb in the north of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2001 Census, the population of the ward was 14,801 .-History:...

 in Liverpool

Liverpool

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. The team play home games at Sefton RUFC

Sefton RUFC

Sefton Rugby Union Football Club is an amateur rugby union team who are based in Liverpool, England. Sefton, is the oldest established Rugby Union Club in Liverpool. Situated in the West Derby district of the city, the Club can now claim to field sides from all age groups most weeks of the season...

 in West Derby. Currently they play in the North West Premier

Rugby League Conference North West Premier

The Rugby League Conference North West Premier is a division in the Rugby League Conference for teams in the North West of England.It was first contested in 2008 following the break-up of the previous North Premier into the North West and Yorkshire Premiers....

 division of the Rugby League Conference

Rugby League Conference

The Rugby League Conference , was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales.The RLC was founded as the 10-team Southern Conference League in 1997, with teams from the southern midlands and the...

 and the North West Merit League

North West Merit League

The North West Merit League is a rugby league competition for clubs in the North West of England. It is a feeder league for the Rugby League Conference.-History:...

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History

The team was formed in the winter of 2002. They joined the North West Division of the Rugby League Conference

Rugby League Conference

The Rugby League Conference , was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales.The RLC was founded as the 10-team Southern Conference League in 1997, with teams from the southern midlands and the...

 in 2003.

In the 2006 season they won both the Cheshire Division and subsequently went on to win the RLC Regional Grand Final however in the 2007 season they ended up top of the North West Division but narrowly lost to Widnes Saints

Widnes Saints

Widnes Saints are a rugby league team based in Widnes, Cheshire. They play in the North West Premier Division of the Rugby League Conference.-History:...

 in the Regional Grand Final.

Liverpool joined the Rugby League Conference National Division

Rugby League Conference National Division

The Rugby League Conference National Division is the highest division in the Rugby League Conference. Between 2003 and 2006, it was known as National League Three.-National League Three:...

in 2008 and made the play-offs.

Liverpool Buccaneers withdrew from the National Division in 2010.

Club honours

• RLC Regional Champions (National): 2006
• RLC Cheshire Division Champions: 2006
• RLC National play-offs: 2008

Hall of fame

• 2008- Mark Webster
• 2009- Chris Chamberain
• 2009- Keiran Lacey
• 2009- Tony Woods
• 2009- Chris Lee
• 2009- Mike Woods

Coaching staff

• 2002- 2003 Mike Rush(Head Coach)
• 2003- 2005 Lee Addison (Head Coach)
• 2005- 2005 Mark Yates (Head Coach)
• 2006–Present Chris Chamberlain (Player / Head Coach)

External links

• Official website