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Tribute: John Kear

Everyone at Bramley Buffaloes is deeply saddened to learn of the sudden and unexpected passing of our former coach, John Kear, at the age of 71.

2026 fixture list confirmed

Bramley Buffaloes’ full fixture list for the 2026 Yorkshire Men’s League season has been confirmed.

Bramley Buffaloes return for 2026 season

Bramley Buffaloes are delighted to announce that the club has been accepted into the Yorkshire Men’s League for the 2026 season. 

Statement: The future of Bramley Buffaloes

A message from Martyn Cheney to former player of Bramley Buffaloes, on behalf of the Bramley Rugby League Community Club Committee:

Buffs to visit Dewsbury Moor for pre-season friendly

Bramley Buffaloes will visit Dewsbury Moor for a pre-season friendly later this month, in preparation for the 2025 Yorkshire Men’s League season.

Fixture list confirmed for 2025 season

Bramley Buffaloes’ fixture list for the 2025 Yorkshire Men’s League season has been revealed.

Final chance for Bramley Baths to Raise the Roof!

Edwardian heritage treasure Bramley Baths has until end of February to hit their £350,000 fundraising target.

Support our charity fundraiser for Bramley Buffaloes and Toots

On Saturday 15 March, our players will embark on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge to raise £800 for Bramley Buffaloes and Toots mental health charity.

O’Neills launch Bramley Buffaloes pop-up shop

O’Neills have launched a Bramley Buffaloes pop-up shop, allowing supporters to get their hands on the latest club merchandise at a reduced rate.

Bramley Buffaloes promotion confirmed ahead of 2025 season

Bramley Buffaloes have been placed in Division 2 of the Yorkshire Men’s League pyramid, after an application to move up a division for the 2025 season was successful.

Join: Bramley Buffaloes Lottery

Help support the growth of rugby league in West Leeds by joining the Bramley Buffaloes Lottery, in partnership with Sterling Lotteries!

Tribute: Eddie Mullin

Everyone at Bramley Buffaloes is saddened to learn of the passing of Eddie Mullins.

Graham Idle funeral details confirmed

The family of Bramley Buffaloes legend Graham Idle invite you to pay your respects at his funeral on Friday 2 August.

Tribute: Graham Idle

Following the sad news of Graham Idle’s passing, below is a reminder of a true Bramley legend and tremendous human being, respected by teammates, opponents and fans of all clubs. RIP Graham Idle. Having shone playing in the amateur game in Leeds, Bramley quickly swooped to sign Graham in 1969. Nobody could have predicted that […]

Bramley Buffaloes submit Betfred League 1 application

Bramley Buffaloes can today confirm its intention to re-join the professional game by applying for a place in League One from 2025.

YML Trophy semi-final details confirmed

After our victory over Castleford Panthers in the quarter-final of the YML Trophy competition, which you can read all about here, we have being draw away from home in the semi-final against Moldgreen. The game will be played on the May 25 at the DRaM Centre, kicking off at 2:30pm.

50th Anniversary Celebrations of 1973 Floodlit Trophy Win

50th Anniversary Celebrations of 1973 Floodlit Trophy Win. On Sunday 17th December @ 1:30, we are hosting a celebration of the 1973 Floodlit Trophy success At West Leeds Rugby. Union Club, Bluehill Lane, LS12 4NZ. We want to see as many ex-players from both Bramley RLFC and the Buffaloes as possible.  But, we would especially […]

Peter Lister

It is with deep sadness that we have to announce the passing of Bramley Rugby League Legend Peter Lister.   Having signed from Leeds to obtain regular first team rugby, Peter made his debut at Hunslet on the 20thSeptember 1981.  He quickly became a firm favourite with the Bramley faithful, not only for his try-scoring feats […]

2023 Presentation Night – Winners

Last Night the Buffaloes held their annual presentation night at West Leeds Rugby Union Club, The Award Winners were – Doug Barker Trophy for Top Points Scorer – Martin Loveridge Mike Stephenson Trophy for Top Try Scorer – Dan Booth Ron Cheney Award for Most Improved Player – Lewis Johnson Ernest Humphries Trophy for Young […]

2023 Presentation Night

Tonight sees the Buffaloes holst their annual presentation night at West Leeds Rugby Union Club, starting at 7pm with entry being just £5 on the door. Come along and see who wins the annual awards.  up for grabs are – Roy Tinsley Memorial Trophy – Players Player of The Year Larry Keogh Trophy – Supporters […]

Saturday 22nd July

This weekends game with Westgate Common, has been postponed at their request, due to a funeral the previous day. We offer our condolences to the Westgate Common Club at this time.

Keith Wilks

We have learnt that former Bramley RLFC player Keith Wilks recently passed away whilst on holiday. Keith was one of three generations of the Wilks Family who played for Bramley over the years.  Wilfred played in the 1940’s, Keith played in the late 1960’s, and Robin played for the Buffaloes. Much love to Keith’s family, […]

Cottingham Cup Game

Tomorrows game with Cottingham Tigers in the Yorkshire Mens league shield competition has been cancelled as they are struggling to raise a team due to injuries.   our next game is on the 6th may against Goole vikings                                   […]

Dave Horn

It is with sadness that we learned during the week of the passing of Bramley RLFC Legend, Dave Horn. Dave Made 319 appearances for the Villagers between 1958 and 1971, scoring 66 tries. A service to celebrate Dave’s life will be held at the private chapel of Mahony & Ward Funeral Directors on the 27th […]

Norman Francis

It is with great sadness that we have to announce that former Bramley player Norman Francis has sadly passed away. Our sincere condolences go to his family and friends. Norman Francis signed for Bramley in October 1991 from Oldham and donned the amber and black for the first time when he came on as a […]

An Evening With Gorden Tallis

ON SATURDAY 12TH NOVEMBER AT THE SPINNING WHEEL, Admiral St, Leeds LS11 5NG, BRAMLEY RUGBY LEAGUE EX-PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH MJK SPORTING EVENT ARE PROUD TO BRING YOU AN EVENING WITH (RAGING BULL) GORDEN TALLIS. The former Brisbane Bronco, Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative second-row will be in town to talk […]

No games this weekend

This weekend should have seen both teams in action, The first team been at home to Skirlaugh, in what should have been a six point game to cover the home game from the 16th July, the game tomorrow which was an additional game to make up for the loss of West Hull and Parkside, and […]

Kieran Hudson – Players Comments

It was a game of two halves; in the first half of the game, we started strong & defended really well. However, our ball skill and ball structure were poor. As we have already discussed, this comes from a lack of numbers training and not having a consistent team week in and week out. We […]

Saturday 16th July

We have only one game today as first team opponents are unable to raise a team Tthe second second team face Brighouse Rangers in a division 7B  clash kicking off at 1230 at blue hill lane

Birkenshaw Game!

Tomorrows Second team game with Birkenshaw Blue Dogs has been postponed. The first team are in action over at King Cross Park in Halifax. King Cross Park play at Hopwood Lane, Halifax, HX1 4HA. The club is unfortunately unable to put transport on to the game this week and can only apologise for that.

Bramley Legends – Keith Bollon

Keith holds the distinction of playing for both Bramley Rugby League and Bramley Old Boys Rugby Union, as they were called at the time, a unique achievement, and he is always welcomed back at both clubs since his retirement from playing. He made his Bramley rugby league debut on 22nd January 1966 in the 4-11 […]

Bramley Legends – Barry Langton

Barry Langton Barry joined Bramley as part of the club record transfer deal, which took Graham Idle to Wakefield Trinity in 1975. The highly-rated half-back made his Bramley debut in the 12-28 Yorkshire Cup first-round defeat at Odsal on 31st August 1975. Barry scored his first try in the amber and black jersey in the […]

Cup Semi Final Draw

The draw for the Semi final of the Yorkshire Mens League Cup competition took place on Monday (6th June) of this week, with five teams left in the cup, Us, Brighouse Rangers, Almondbury, Doncaster Toll Bar and New Earwick All Blacks. The Toll Bar Vs New Earswick quarter final will take place on the 25th […]

Les Dyl

Les Dyl Sad to hear of the passing of arguably one of the greatest centres to play the game, the classy Les Dyl. Rugby League fans and especially those who frequented Headingley on a regular basis will know of his success and try laden career with Leeds and his partnership with the equally legendary winger […]

Season Update

Hello everyone. The season has been an up and down on so far, with teams cancelling on us and then dropping out, which meant that we didn’t have a game in the first 4 weeks of the season.  subsequently outlon dropped down to division four and the fixtures were rejigged to accommodate that change. Last […]

Saturday 23rd April

The First team has its first home game of the 2022 season on Saturday 23rd April, when high flying Almondbury Spartans travel to West Leeds. Kick off is at 2:30.  West Leeds Rugby Union LS12 4NZ This will be followed by a casino night starting at 7pm to raise funds for the club.

Fixtures update

The 2022 Season has been hit and miss for the First Team, with the season starting at the beginning of this month. However, due to Oulton Raiders dropping out of division one, this has led to a redraw of the fixtures, which means that the First Team season doesn’t get underway until next week, 2nd […]

Games this Weekend

Tomorrow sees the Buffaloes A Team in action against Birstall Victoria at West Leeds Rugby Union. Kicking off at half past two. The first-team game has been postponed until a later date in the season.    

First League Game

Tomorrow’s game with Oulton raiders has been postponed as they can’t raise a team. We will hopefully have a rearranged date soon.

Pre-Season Game – Cancelled.

Tonights Pre-Season game against West Bowling has fallen foul of the weather and Storm Eunice. Our Next Scheduled game is on the 26th February 2022 when we travel to Newsome Panthers ARLFC, 2:30 Kick off. The 2022 fixtures can be view on the fixtures page.

2022 Pre Season

The build-up to the 2022 Season starts on Monday 10th January when Pre-Season training commences at Priesthorpe academy, LS28 5SG. We are meeting at 6:45 pm. Coach Steve Langton said, “We are looking forward to welcoming last years squads back to training on the 10th January. Then every Monday and Thursday going forward and meeting […]

Charity Game

On the 20th November, a Buffaloes Select, Including Leeds, Featherstone, London Broncos, Bramley Buffaloes and England Player Dr Ikram Butt, will be taking on Team Colostomy Uk. Bramley Buffaloes chairman and owner of Cheney Payroll Services Martyn Cheney is delighted to host the game “Bramley Rugby League club has a rich and varied history dating […]

2021 Presentation Night

The West Riding on Wellington Street was the host for the Bramley Buffaloes’ 2021 presentation night – and a great night was had by all in a packed venue. Officials, players, sponsors and fans enjoyed an evening of quality beer, good food, great music and some unique singing and dancing from several players. The award […]

Presentation Night

Tickets are now on sale for the presentation night, which will be held on Saturday 30th October 2021, at the West Riding Hotel on Wellington Street, in the city centre. The event starts at 7:30pm and tickets are £10 per person. You can get your tickets from the club, please email the club, click here, […]

Season Update

Dear Bramley supporter. After a great deal of soul searching, the club and the coaching staff have decided that now is the time to terminate the 2021 season. It has become almost impossible to find opponents for the second team in what little remains of the official 2021 Yorkshire Men’s League season. And the First […]

Club Update

As of this weekend, for the rest of 2021, the Buffaloes will be playing their home games at West Leeds Rugby Union, 158 Blue Hill Lane, Armley, Leeds, LS12 4NZ. To Assist fans to get to the games, they have arranged with our Travel Partners, J&B Travel, to run a service from the Methodist Church […]

Fixture Postponement

This Weekends First Team game with Fryston Warriors has been postponed until later on in the season. The Second team game against Leeds Akkies will still be taking place

Fixture Change

Due to player unavailability from the teams we were due to play, neither of the club’s teams will be at home this coming Saturday 19th June. we are looking for a game for the second team as a replacement, but we will keep you informed.  

Fans Are Back

This weekend sees us allowed to welcome fans back to the ground to watch the Buffaloes for the first time in a very long time. We face Westgate Common this weekend, kicking off at 2:30 pm.  and Entry is still £2 for an adult. The fixtures for the rest of the season can be found […]

Mental Health Awareness Week: Exploring Grief & Stigma

On Thursday the 13th May we will be co-host an event, with Councillor Sharon Burke, principal of The James Burke Foundation, one of the clubs charity partners.  The Event is on-line, completely free and starts at 7pm The event is part of Mental Health Awareness week. To book your tickets for the event please click […]

Impact of National Lockdown on Rugby League

We as a club have been following the news and the Rugby Leagues Updates on return to play and training this month and we were planning to return to training on the 11th January 2021, with the latest guidelines in mind. However following the Prime Ministers statement to the nation on the 4th January, The […]

Community Rugby League Return to Play

As many of you know, with effect from 7th September, social gatherings of more than six people became illegal in England, however team sports such as rugby league, with an approved action plan in place, were excluded from this rule meaning we were able to participate in some form of activity as a team. Further restrictions […]

Bramley Buffaloes in lockdown: Where are we at?

We can’t quite believe it, but it’s been almost three months since we were last together as a team, and WE MISS YOU! With lockdown rules beginning to ease slightly, we wanted to reassure you that we are working hard behind the scenes to develop a procedure for return that is in line with the […]

Supporting the NHS

We have teamed up with O’Neills, our clothing supplier, to produce some specially designed tee shirts showing our support for the NHS. We have two designs, both shown below. we are selling these tee-shirts at £25.00 (plus £1.50 post where applicable). There is a minimum order on the shirts of 20 for each design, and […]

Staying Safe on Public Transport

The Government has announced that face coverings will be mandatory from the 15th June on Public Transport. So, to keep our members and the wider public as safe as possible, we have made reusable and washable face masks available to order. These can be purchased for just £5 plus £1 postage. You can reserve your […]

Lockdown Rugby League

This Saturday we are showing another of our lockdown busting games over on our Facebook page This weeks game is the Major Semi Final from 2010, when we faced Warrington Wizards for a place in the Rugby League Conference National Grand Final The game starts at 2:30 on Saturday 6th June over on Facebook, click […]

Mental Health Awareness Week

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly caused a lot of upset amongst people of all ages and sadly meant that we have been unable to participate in rugby. Whilst this is for the interest and safety of all involved and the wider community, we recognise that for many of our members, supporters and friends, Bramley Buffaloes […]

Getting to Know You – Martyn and Steve

With the rugby season looking as far away now as it did six weeks ago, we wanted to shine a light on the people who make our club ours, whether we are playing or not. In our brand-new ‘Getting to Know You’ feature, we’ll be featuring two players a week from the current crop of […]

Peter Astbury

It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of former Bramley favourite Peter Astbury. Razzer signed from Leeds and made his debut on Jan 9th 1971 in a 5-13 defeat at Batley. He scored his first try in the amber and black in the 16-4 victory at Rochdale Hornets in April […]

Statement in response to Bramley Rugby League concerns

We have recently been made aware of issues circulating social media relating to the conduct of Bramley Rugby League, and the confusion surrounding our association with the team. We would like to reassure all members, friends, and associates that the issues relate to Bramley Rugby League Juniors; a club in which we have no association […]

2020/21 season outlook and plans

On March 23rd, the PM Boris Johnson instructed that the UK must go into lockdown in a bid to prevent further spread of the COVIS-19 virus. As a result, the RFL has announced important changes to their predictions for the return of the season, https://www.rugby-league.com/article/56591/covid-statement–super-league, which leaves us in a position where we don’t know when […]

Official COVID-19 announcement

In light of the recent announcement from the Rugby Football League and Super League Europe regarding the suspension of fixtures initially until 3rd April, all scheduled fixtures will be postponed, and the clubhouse will remain closed until further notice. Whilst we are saddened by this decision, we must act in the best interest of our […]

2nd Team Game – Cancelled

Tomorrow, Saturday 14th March 2020, the second team game against Wetherby has been cancelled. we apologise for any inconvenience caused.    

History – Six or more goals in a match

The first Bramley goal-kicker to kick six goals in a match happened when Bramley lost 21-53 at Wigan in March 1935 when Welshman Ivor Rees had the goal-kicking role.  It would be just a month short of eleven years before Jack Gibson created a new goals-in-a-match record for the amber and blacks when he kicked […]

History – Tries in a season record-breakers.

As Bramley took part in their first season in the “Northern Union” (1896-97) right-winger Hambrecht topped the Bramley try-scoring list with five tries, The following season saw the record broken as centre Parker crossed for eleven tries including scoring six tries in four matches including home braces against Liversedge (14-0) and in the next match […]

History – Bramley record points total in a match

The first season in the Northern Union saw Bramley score a 17pts to 3 home victory over Bradford on 16th January 1897.  Forward Watkin leading the way with two tries, with right centre and right winger Ward and Hambrecht also touching down.  Watkin and Ward also kicked one goal apiece. The total was not surpassed […]

Bramley Hat-trick Heroes

Amazingly the first hat-trick of tries scored by a Bramley player after joining the Northern Union in 1896 was when right centre Joe Sedgewick crossed for an incredible seven tries in the 39-3 club record victory against Normanton at the Barley Mow in April 1906, a Bramley record that has never been broken. It would […]

History – Goals in a season record-breakers

In their first season in the “Northern Union” (1896-97) full-back Saynor topped the goal charts with six goals which was a third of the total goals kicked by the Bramley team for that season.  The following season saw Saynor create a new goals-in-a-season record when he completed 20 successful attempts. In his only season (1900-01) […]

Buffaloes Descend on Parliament.

On Monday 20th January, The Parliamentary Rugby League Group will be hosting their annual dinner, and we will be there as guests of honour, and as the primary sponsor of the body’s annual charity dinner. The dinner, taking place in the House of Lords on 20th January, will raise money for Rugby League Cares and […]

Bramley Legends – Shaun Kilner

Shaun achieved what every Bramley supporter dreamt of as he pulled on the amber and black to make his first-team debut on his beloved McClaren Field on the 1st Nov 1981 against Blackpool Borough, a match that Bramley won 20-6.  His first try came in the 3-10 defeat at Station Road to Swinton, his other […]

Bramley Legend – Willis Rushton

Classy three-quarter Willis made his debut for Bramley at stand-off in the 12-5 home victory against fierce neighbours Hunslet on the 25th February 1956.  His first try for the club came in a stunning 31-10 home thrashing of Castleford while his other try of the season was scored in the 7-21 defeat at Hunslet’s Parkside […]

Bramley Legends – Peter Goodchild

Having represented Yorkshire while at Doncaster, Peter made his first Bramley appearance in the 17-5 home victory at home in the opening match of the 1970-71 season, Peter announced his arrival to McClaren field with two well taken tries.  His other tries that season included his first hat-trick for the club in a  17-13 away […]

McLaren Field

Our friend Darren over at Vectorhouses was commissioned by our Chair to redraw the main stand at McLaren Field, our spiritual home. This print is available to buy in A3 and A2 sizes, from their shop.  Darren has agreed to donate 10% of sales from this image to the Club. The Perfect gift for all […]

Bramley Legends – Terry Hollindrake

Having played in a test match for Great Britain and represented Yorkshire while at Keighley, Terry signed for Bramley from Hull in 1964 and made his debut in the 3-19 defeat at York on the 1st February.  His first try in the amber and black came at his former old ground the Boulevard when Bramley […]

Bramley Legend – Dave Sampson

Having signed from Wakefield Trinity Dave made his Bramley debut on the left-wing in the 11-16 home defeat against Leeds in the opening match of the 1966-67 season.  His first points for the club came as he kicked three goals in the stunning 20-18 Yorkshire Cup victory at Leeds while his first try in the […]

Bramley Legends – Trevor Briggs

Having to compete at Leeds with Mick Shoebottom, John Holmes, Syd Hynes and John Langley for a centre or stand-off place, Trevor decided to travel the short distance and sign for Bramley.  His enthusiasm, tenacity and drive to win made him an instant fans favourite.  Trevor donned the amber and black of Bramley for the […]

Bramley Legends – Jim Hainsworth

Jim pulled on the amber and black of Bramley for the first time on the 26th September 1959 in a memorable 14-10 home victory against Castleford.  He then became one of the first names on the team-sheet and ended the season with 31 appearances including a try-scoring appearance in the 39-0 Rugby League Challenge cup […]

Bramley Legends – Syd Abram

Syd Abram was a rugby league history maker before joining Bramley as he had the distinction of scoring the first try at Wembley in a Rugby League Challenge Cup final.  Playing at stand-off for Wigan as they defeated Dewsbury 13-2 in front of a crowd of 41,500 in May 1929. He arrived at Bramley with […]

Bramley Legends – Paul Fletcher

After giving loyal service to his beloved Leeds, Paul signed for Bramley and made his debut on September 6th 1981 in the impressive 21-12 victory at Halifax.  In a season which saw him start in 22 matches, he scored his first try for the club in a comfortable 20-6 home win versus Blackpool Borough with […]

Bramley Legends – Ivor Rees

Welsh-born Ivor signed for Bramley from Salford and made a stunning start by scoring the only try of the game in a 5-4 victory at Keighley on October 22nd 1932 while playing at left centre. His other try that season came in the Boxing day 5-8 home defeat against Bradford Northern.  He kicked his first […]

Bramley Legends – Dennis Warrior

Dennis Warrior joined Bramley in a transfer exchange with Leeds that also brought Joseph “Joe” Hulme to the Barley Mow, with Bob Bartlett and Dennis Murphy going to Headingley in January 1949.  Dennis made a try-scoring debut in the 19-4 home victory against Keighley and also scored in the 8-34 reverse at Salford and ended the […]

Bramley Legends – Andy Mason

Can a player who only made forty-four appearances for the club, be classed as a legend, in Andy Mason’s case it can.  After representing Yorkshire County Rugby Union on several occasions, Bramley acted swiftly and fought off many bigger and richer clubs to sign Andy for a club-record signing on fee. Andy made his debut […]

Bramley Legends – Peter Jarvis

Peter Jarvis made his first appearance for Bramley in the 15-12 victory at Huyton on August 28th 1971.  He featured in 29 matches that season and scored his first try for the club against his former club Hunslet at McClaren Field in a hard-fought 8-0 victory.  Other highlights of the season were a 15-10 home […]

Bramley Legends – Ernest Humphreys

Having played Rugby Union for Leeds Grammar School, Ernest signed for his beloved Bramley in 1948 and made his debut on the right-wing in the 17-7 home victory against Batley on 27th August 1949.  He appeared in a total of four matches during the season, three on the right-wing and one on the left-wing. The […]

Bramley Legend – Graham Idle

Having shone playing in the amateur game in Leeds, Bramley quickly swooped to sign Graham in 1969. Nobody could have predicted when he made his debut as a substitute for scrum-half Horsman in a 9-22 home defeat against Keighley that Graham would finish his career after 740 professional matches over 24 years and nine clubs […]

Masters Team

Bramley Rugby League has been around since 1879 and we are a progressive club, with lots of history behind us, and a lot more stories to look forward too. The Buffaloes will be playing in Bramley at Bramley Phoenix Rugby Union. We are looking to recruit players, over the age of 35 (there is no […]

Buffaloes seek Volunteers for 2020

Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Community Club are seeking Volunteers for the 2020 Season We are an ambitious team in the Yorkshire Mens League. Having won the Division two Championship in 2016, and reaching the forty/20 cup final in 2019. We are looking to recruit volunteers, who are looking for a challenge, to be involved with […]

Bramley Buffaloes seek ambitious players for the 2020 Season

We are an ambitious team in the Yorkshire Men’s League. Having won the Division two Championship in 2016, and reaching the forty/20 cup final in 2019. The Buffaloes will be playing in Bramley at Bramley Phoenix Rugby Union. We are looking to recruit experienced players, who are looking for a challenge, playing in front of […]

Buffaloes Seek Sponsors for 2020

Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Community Club is seeking Sponsors for the 2020/21 Seasons. We are an ambitious team in the Yorkshire Men’s League, playing in the Premier Division.  We are a progressive club, with 140 years of history behind us, and a lot more stories to look forward too. We will be looking to progress […]

The Internationals of Bramley

Just as Bramley’s long history up to 1999 is not littered with trophies won, and Cup Finals contested the club has not often been in the forefront when representative honours are being distributed.  No player has yet represented Great Britain in a Test Match while on the Bramley books and only one player has won […]

The first season in the Northern Football Union

Having decided not to join the breakaway league for its inaugural season, Bramley decided to join the new organisation a year later as the following report explains. Leeds Times Saturday 6th June 1896 The Bramley club held it 17th annual meeting on Friday, Mr C. Akeroyd presiding.  There was a large attendance.  The balance sheet […]

Bramley Legends – Steve Carroll

Steve made his Bramley debut on the right wing in the 12-23 Yorkshire Cup defeat in the opening game of the 1981-82 season.  His first try for the club came as Bramley lost 13-16 at Doncaster in the Easter weekend.  In all Steve’s debut season consisted of 8 starting appearances and five substitute appearances.  The […]

Bramley Legends – Peter Lister

Having signed from Leeds to obtain regular first team rugby, Peter made his debut at right centre in a 9-28 defeat at Hunslet on the 20th September 1981.  The following week saw him play his first match at McClaren Field and celebrated with his first try for the club in a 15-10 victory against Dewsbury.  […]

Bramley Legends – Jack Austin

Having played at Wakefield and Castleford (where he scored the only try in Castleford’s 7-2 victory in the 1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final against Swinton) Jack Austin signed for Bramley for the 1969/70 season and made a try-scoring debut in a tremendous 16-15 home victory against Hull, the next game also at home he scored again although […]

Bramley Legend – Chris Bowman

Having signed from the Otley Rugby Union club, “Big Chris” soon became a Bramley fan favourite with his block-busting runs and tries which usually had two or three would-be tacklers still trying to stop him as he crashed over the whitewash. Chris made his debut on April 29th 1979 in a 7-13 defeat at New […]

Bramley Legends – Bob Bartlett

Bob Bartlett was spotted by Bramley Chairman Walter Popplewell as he managed the 1946 Great Britain Rugby League tourists in Australia.  It is rumoured that Bob thought he was signing for Leeds and not for Bramley in Leeds! However his 100% commitment and skills soon made him a big hit with the Bramley supporters. He […]

Club Update

Hello players, families, friends and supporters. As you will be aware, we had to curtail this seasons playing activities, due to a lack of players. Looking towards next year and beyond, we would like to play again, having two adult teams and a masters team. But we can only improve this, by providing a better […]

Bramley Legend – Lou Marshall

Lou Marshall joined the Villagers from Leeds in February 1919 in exchange for winger Squire Stockwell, who later became a Test player, and made his debut for Bramley on Feb 15th 1919 as a try-scoring centre in an impressive 33-0 home victory against York He still holds the unique distinction of winning an international RL […]

Bramley Legends – Johnny Wilson

New Zealand Maori Johnny Wilson made his first appearance for Bramley in a 15-13 home victory against Salford where his first three goals for the club was the difference between winning and losing. A try and two goals in a 19 all draw at home to Wigan being the highlight of a season which brought […]

Major Sponsor Announced for the APPRLG Annual Dinner

The Parliamentary Rugby League Group has announced Bramley Buffaloes as the major sponsor of the body’s annual charity dinner. The dinner, taking place in the House of Lords on 19th November, will raise money for Rugby League Cares and present awards to worthy recipients in the game, as selected by Parliamentarians. Bramley Buffaloes play in […]

Bramley Legends – Johnny Wolford

Johnny Wolford made his first appearance for Bramley as a sixteen year-old, at home to Hunslet in a 12-18 defeat on the 29th Sept 1962 in an Eastern Division championship match.  His only other appearance that season was a 4-23 reverse at Featherstone Rovers in March 1963. Season 63/64 brought 14 appearances for Johnny at […]

Bramley Legends – James Lomas

Signed by Bramley from his home town club of Maryport, the 21 year-old stand-off made his Bramley debut in a 5-14 home defeat against Halifax.  His first try in Bramley’s colours came in a 10-0 home victory versus Liversedge where he also kicked two goals.  October brought another try when he scored the only points […]

Bramley Legends – Harold Edmondson

Harold Edmondson’s claim to fame lay dormant for almost seventy years.  It had generally been accepted that Harold Wagstaff at 15 years 175 days of age on his debut for Huddersfield in 1906 was the youngest player to have figured in first-class Rugby League.  Waggie’s claim is now obsolete as it has been conclusively shown […]

Bramley Legends – Dave Horn

Dave Horn made his Bramley debut in a 5-16 defeat at York on Dec 13th 1958, but then had to wait until Sept 1960 before he featured in the first team again when he was part of the Bramley team who lost 8-15 at home to Hull KR. After four appearances during the 1960/61 season, […]

Bramley Legends – Arthur Keegan

After a glorious and hugely successful career at Hull including playing in all three Ashes tests in 1967 and won a further four test caps against France. His international career ended with appearances for England against Wales and France in 1969. Yorkshire capped Arthur 13 times between 1963 and 1969, his last five appearances being […]

Buffaloes Lottery

We have launched a lottery scheme in conjunction with Sports Club Lottery, where for a minimum of £1 per week, you can win up to £25000. you can sign up by clicking here, and either completing the online form or download the form complete it and send it back to the Lottery Provider by post […]

Political Animals to take on Colostomy UK

The Political Animals RLFC are to play Colostomy UK’s rugby league side at Bramley Buffaloes’ ground on 17th August. The game will be played under modified masters rugby league rules to enable players of all ages and abilities to take part. Team Colostomy UK Rugby League is an initiative from the National charity Colostomy UK. […]

Barley Mow listed as an Asset of Community Value

Bramley Rugby League Community Club, aka Bramley Buffaloes, has nominated the Barley Mow as an asset of community value (ACV), so that community organisations have an opportunity to buy the building to benefit Bramley. Why have we done this? The Barley Mow is important to Club, as it was our home for many years, playing […]

Annoucement

It is with sadness that we have to announce that we have had to withdraw from the Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Divison for the remainder of the 2019 Competition. We have been struggling to raise a team for a few weeks, and the commitment has wained. The Committee would like to place on record our […]

Open Letter to Supporters of the Club

Hello friends If you are reading this, then you are a supporter of Bramley Buffaloes or have an interest in the club and its fortunes or those of its predecessor, Bramley Rugby League Football Club. We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the professional clubs resignation from what was then the Northern Ford Premiership, with […]

Maurice Bamford – Funeral Arrangements

The Funeral of former coach, Maurice Bamford, will take place at Park Wood Crematorium, Elland, HX5 9HZ on Friday 7th June, 12.00. This will be followed by a memorial event at Headingley Stadium from 1:30pm. We would encourage any ex-players and fans to attend.

New Earswick All Blacks Game

WE have rescheduled the game with new Earswick All BLacks from the 1st June 2019 to the 8th of June 2019, kicking off at noon. There will be a coach leaving the club at noon. playing address is White Rose Avenue, New Earswick, York, North Yorkshire, YO32 4AG

Lindley Swifts

Lindley Swifts have dropped out of the competition and their results have been expunged. we have no home on the 8th June. We are looking at rearranging one of our other fixtures

Cutsyke Raiders Game Postponed

Tomorrow’s game with Cutsyke Raiders has had to be postponed, due to circumstances beyond our control. Chair, Martyn Cheney said “We did not want to take this action but we are left with no choice. We are working hard to remedy this and will keep you all updated.” Please keep an eye on social media […]

Bramley Rugby League Community Club

On Saturday 25th May Bramley Ex-Players Association, in association with Bramley Rugby League Community Club will be holding our 2019 Ex Players Dinner at Bramley Phoenix RFC, Grosmont Terrace, Bramley LS13 3NY. 6:30 for a 7pm Start. The event will be hosted by the Bramley Ex-Players Association, with local legend, Roy Dickinson speaking in his […]

Forty20 Cup Semi Final

This weekend we are at home to Cutsyke Raiders in the Forty20 Cup Semi Final. However, we are having to play the game at West Leeds ARLFC, 28 Redshaw Rd, Leeds LS12 1HH. Kick off id st 2:45. Bramley Phoenix has both their teams at home and with the Yorkshire Men’s League requiring the game […]

Forty20 Cup Quarter Finals

This Weekend we are at home in the Forty20 Cup Quarterfinals, where we Face Nottingham Outlaws Kick off is at 2:30, entry is £2 for adults, Kids under 16 are free and programmes are available.

Forty20 Cup Game

Tomorrow, 16th March, we are at home again to our neighbours and friends from Stanningley SARLC. Kick of is at 2:30. Entry is £2 for adult and kids are free we play at Bramley Phoenix RFC, The Warrels, Bramley, LS13 3NY.

Fund Raising Event

Bramley Buffaloes are holding a fundraising evening at one of our partners, The Commercial in Armley, on Friday 15th February, starting at 7:15. The evening will be a casino themed evening with blackjack and roulette tables, we will be playing for Fun Money, and the top two people with the most Fun Money at the […]

2018 Presentation Night

On Saturday 10th November, Bramley Buffaloes will be holding their 2018 Presentation evening, at Bramley Phoenix RFC, Starting at 7 pm. In a Change from recent events, the evening will be a formal event, where the dress code is SMART. Tickets are £15 per person, and you will get a meal, there will be a […]

2018 Supporters Player of the year

Vote Now !! Voting is open for the 2018 player of the year.  Follow the instructions below. and vote for your player.

Buffaloes End the Season Well.

The Buffaloes in their last game of the season were at home to the Minor Premiers, Batley Boys. Earlier in the season, in the reserve fixture the Batley Boys, put 70 points on the Buffaloes, without reply. The Buffaloes were hoping to correct that result and with this being the third game inside a week, […]

Batley Boys Match Preview

Saturday 8th September Kick-off 2-30pm After two spectacular victories in five days, the Buffaloes are ready to flex their muscles against the Batley Boys team. After a crushing defeat by the best side in the Premier Division at Batley, the Buffaloes re-grouped and are now planning for next season with renewed optimism. Head Coach Steve […]

Siddal beaten on Summer Night

On a cloudy but warm night, both teams were hoping to get to play the fixture which had been postponed from the beginning of August when there was no referee available. There was much too-ing and froing with dates, but eventually, it was settled upon that the game would take place on the fifth September, […]

Siddal Academy Preview

On Wednesday night the Buffaloes are at home to Siddal Academy in the rearranged fixture. PLEASE NOTE Kick off is at 7 pm and not 7:30 as previously advertised. For supporters of a particular vintage, seeing the boys in Black and Amber playing under floodlights will stir memories of 1973 and the club’s BBC Floodlit […]

The Week Ahead

This week is a busy one for the Buffaloes.  We have two games to round off the 2018 season. We are at home for both games, at Bramley Phoenix RFC, The Warrels, off Grosmont Terrace, Bramley, LS13 3NY. The first game is on Wednesday evening, kicking off at 7 pm (and not 7:30 as previously […]

All Blacks Defeated in the Battle.

After the disappointment of a fortnight ago, when we couldn’t go to East Hull, the Coaches and Brad Wilson, worked hard to ensure that we had a team to travel to York, to tackle New Earswick All Blacks. The Team saw Kenny Parker returning to the club for the first time in a couple of […]

New Earswick All Blacks Preview

This Saturday the Buffaloes head to New Earswick All Blacks in what promises to be a tensely fought match with both teams languishing at the bottom of the Yorkshire Premier Division. The Buffaloes ran title-chasing Bentley close in their last game while the All Blacks were defeated 46-10 at Lindley. Both clubs share dynamic visions […]

East Hull Game OFF

It is with regret that we have to cancel our second game of the season, due to player unavailability. Both of these games have been away from home. We have 45 players signed on, but only eight regularly come training, and they were confirmed for tomorrow with a couple of maybes. Some of the players […]

Buffaloes Stall against Bentley.

On what turned out to be another scoring day, the Buffaloes finally had a game after nearly a month for varying reasons. Bentley ARLFC were today’s visitors, sitting second in the league, they may have been expecting an easier game, after the 40-10 defeat at Bentley earlier in the season.  But the Buffaloes were determined […]

Bentley motor into Bramley.

Saturday 11th August Kick-off 2-30pm Yes, our visitors this Saturday are Bentley who are coming off an impressive 36-0 away victory at Nottingham Outlaws which enabled them to secure a top four position for this year’s competition. Having lost in May at Bentley by 10-40, the Buffaloes are keen to get even in what should […]

Siddal Match Preview

Saturday 4th August Kick-off 2-30pm After two defeats and three weeks without a match the Buffaloes are looking for revenge as they take on Siddal Academy on Saturday. The boys in amber and black suffered a 20-22 defeat at Siddal in a match that looked to be heading for a Bramley victory until the Siddal […]

IMPORTANT NEWS

We should have been playing Nottingham Outlaws at their Lenton Lane Home. However we are unable to raise a team, due to our players being unavailable through holidays and work commitments. We thank Nottingham Outlaws for their understanding.

Nottingham Outlaws 28th July 2018

This weekend we travel to face Nottingham Outlaws, in the Yorkshire Men League. Due to Upton dropping out we haven’t played for two weeks, but the lads are raring to go after the enforced layoff. Nottingham Outlaws Play at Lenton Lane, Nottingham NG7 2SA. There is a coach leaving from the commercial, at Whingate in […]

Buffaloes Old Manned by the Swifts

On a sweltering sunny Saturday afternoon, before the smallest crowd of the season, due to the football thing, the Buffaloes were narrowly beaten by Lindley Swifts. The Buffaloes hit again by late drop outs and unavailability, had to change the team around again, with Connor McGill moving into the Centres and Aidan Baranyi playing at […]

Big Match Preview

Swiftly moving on from our match against the Batley Bodybuilders AKA Batley Boys, the Buffaloes are back in action when Lindley Swifts visit the Phoenix ground on Saturday for what promises to be a classic as both teams chase the play-off places. Bramley’s debut in the Premier Division this season started with a 8-26 defeat […]

Batley Boys Show the Buffaloes the Way Home

On a beautiful, scorching hot summers day the Buffaloes travelled the short distance to take on the Batley Boys, in the Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Division. A combination of the Sun, injuries and unavailability, left the Buffaloes depleted in numbers, travelling with only 15 players. Which was never going to be ideal against a well […]

Batley Boys – Big Match Preview

The big Boys are next ! The Buffaloes are back in action on Saturday the 30th June when they travel to table-toppers Batley Boys. The Buffs will be fired up to get back to winning ways after a disappointing and frustrating two point defeat at Siddal Academy two weeks ago. The Batley Boys have defeated […]

Siddal Outfox The Buffaloes.

The Buffaloes buoyed by the win over New Earswick All Blacks a fortnight ago were ready to take on the challenge against Siddal Academy, who they hadn’t faced since 2014. The Buffaloes were missing a few players from their last outing, notably, Captain Brad Wilson, and Forwards Nathan Hammond and Ryan MacDonald. And had Rob […]

Siddal Match Preview

After a magnificent display of free-flowing Rugby League in their 52-6 demolition of New Earswick All Blacks, the bullish Buffaloes travel to Siddal Academy this Saturday (16th June) after a fixture-free weekend. The Siddal club is hoping that their Academy team can produce more high-quality Super League players in the future such as Luke Robinson […]

Siddal Academy Saturday 16th June 2018

This weeks instalment in the Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Division, sees us travel the short distance to Halifax to take on the Siddal Academy Team. Kick off is at 2:30. There will be a coach leaving the commercial at 12:30. Please email the club at info@bramleybuffs.com to book your place. Siddal Play at Exley Lane, […]

All Blacks Shown the Buffaloes Charge

All Blacks Shown the Buffaloes Charge On a cloudy but warm Saturday afternoon, the Bramley Buffaloes welcomed the New Earswick All Blacks for their first visit to the Buffaloes, for this Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Division Clash. The crowd was slightly smaller than usual, affected by the rain that had fallen in the hours leading […]

New Earswick All Blacks Preview

Saturday 2nd June Kick-off 2-30pm The ALL BLACKS are coming to Bramley. Yes our visitors this Saturday are New Earswick All Blacks in what promises to be a crackerjack of a match with both teams on the same number of league points in the Yorkshire Premier Division. The Buffaloes ran the runaway league leaders East […]

Fundraising Event – Casino Night

On Saturday 30th June, Bramley Buffaloes will be holding a Casino Evening, which will raise funds for the club. The evening commences at 7pm with the tables open from 7:30pm. There will be a Roulette and BlackJack Table. Tickets cost £10 per person, and included in your entry fee will be supper, and £10,000 worth […]

Saturday 2nd June – New Earswick All Blacks

This Saturday sees us at home again, this time to New Earswick All Blacks, in the Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Division competition. Kick off is at 2:30, entry is £2 for adults, the only programme in the competition will be on sale at £1.50. Bramley Phoenix RFC, The Warrels, off Grosmont Terrace, Bramley, LS13 3NY […]

East Hull Take the VIctory in the Sun

Bramley Buffaloes welcomed league leaders, East Hull, to the Warrels for their second home game of the season, welcoming back some of last weeks missing players and three debutants. Harry Kilbride, and two ex-professional players, Kyle Briggs, and Ryan MacDonald, the latter making his second debut for the club, having last played for the professional […]

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This Weekends Game

In this weeks Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Division, we take on current League leaders East Hull. Saturday 19th May. The Warrels, off Grosmont Terrace, Bramley, LS13 3NY. Kick off is at 2:30. Entry is £2.00 for adults. Kids go free. The Buffaloes are looking to bounce back after their defeat at Bentley last weekend, and […]

Bentley Take the Upper Hand against the Buffaloes

Our latest Yorkshire Mens League game took us down the A1 to Bentley just outside of Doncaster, where we played Bentley ARLFC. Bentley was coming back from a defeat last weekend against the league leaders, and our opponents next weekend, East Hull. Whereas we were on the back of our first league win of the […]

This Weekends Game @ Bentley

This week we are in action again in the Yorkshire Mens League, we travel to South Yorkshire to take on Bentley ARLFC. Please note that the Kick off is at the slightly later time of 3pm, this at the request of Bentley as their second team is at home. The address is Scawthorpe Social Club, […]

Outlaws sent packing as Bramley sizzle in heat on return to Home Pastures

By Andy & Devon Johnson What a difference a week makes. The Buffaloes returned home on the hottest day of the year and set their stall out with some sizzling expansive rugby. The first two league games of the season were dominated by forwards on narrow pitches favouring the home teams but on a full […]

Upton Edge Out the Buffaloes

On a chilly damp Saturday afternoon, the Buffaloes travelled the short distance to Upton for the Buffaloes second Yorkshire Mens league game of 2018. There were a few enforced changes for the Buffaloes as Prop Ben Maynard-Worrincy, and Standoff Connor McGill was unavailable. As a result, Steve Langton and his Coaching team reshuffled the pack, […]

Swifts too Good for the Buffaloes.

On the first real sunny day of the Summer season, the Buffaloes opened their 2018 Yorkshire Mens League Season with a trip to Huddersfield to take on the Lindley Swifts. The Afternoon started ominously, when, during the team’s final preparation for the game the referee was striding up and down the pitch measuring the markings, […]

Bramley Renew Rivalry with Dewsbury Celtic

With both teams lacking a fixture, due to postponements and teams dropping out of the NCL, this game was hastily arranged to fill that gap. Its been a few years since we were last at Crows Nest Park in the Rugby Conference National, or National League Three competitions. Celtic withdrew from the summer competition, before […]

Pre-Season Friendly

We have this afternoon, kicking off at 2:30 a pre-season game with Dewsbury Celtic at Crows Nest Park and the club is located at Dewsbury INLC, Park Parade, Westtown, Dewsbury,West Yorkshire, WF13 2QJ

Ex-Players Event

We are 5 days from the event and we are in the process of tying down final number. If you want to come to the event, please contact any of the three people below by tomorrow 9pm (Tuesday 3rd April). The tickets are selling fast, so to guarantee your place at the event, contact, Martyn […]

Fixtures – 2018

2018’s fixtures have been released and are as follows Norland Sharks have asked us to rearrange the fixture, that was schedules for the 21st April to later in the season, due to their winter league commitments, with the Hull and District League. [table id=13 /] All home games will be played at Bramley Phoenix RFC, […]

Ex-Players Event – Race Night

Race Night section of the event. We are still looking for one sponsor for the Race, the sponsor will get their name in the race card, on our website and Facebook pages. £50 for the race. We are also selling horses for the races, £10 per horse for races two to six. You get to […]

Ex-Players Event – 7th April.

On Saturday 7th April 2018, Bramley Rugby League Ex-Players Association will be holding its first event, bringing together ex-players of both the Villagers and the Buffaloes. The evening will be held at Headingley Stadium, with doors opening at 7 pm and the event starting at 7:30 pm and will be compared by local legend Roy […]

Bramley Ex Players Association Event

On Saturday 7th April 2018, Bramley Rugby League Ex Players Association will be holding its first event, bringing together ex-players of both the Villagers and the Buffaloes. The association will hold the event to gauge interest and to help raise funds for the current Bramley club, the Bramley Buffaloes. The evening will be held at […]

Sponsorship Deals Available

Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Community Club is seeking Sponsors for the 2018/19 Seasons We are an ambitious team in the Yorkshire Men’s League. Having won the Division two Championship last year, we are looking to be promoted to a higher division. We are looking to progress further up the Rugby League Pyramid in the coming […]

Race Night – 25th November

On Saturday 25th November, we will be having a fundraising race night, at Bramley Phoenix RFC, the first race will be at 7:45 pm. Come down early and sample the delights that Bramley Phoenix has to offer. We are looking for people or businesses to sponsor each of the eight races. You will get your […]

2017 Presentation night

Last night the club held its annual awards evening, at The Commercial in Armley, where Graham and Lorraine hosted the event and local Boxer Billy Pickles came along and handed out the prizes for us. Bill Norfolk Award for Club Person of the Year – Steve Langton and Anne Hollin This years winners Have gone […]

Presentation evening

This Friday sees us holding our 2017 Presentation night, at The Commercial,in armley, starting at half past seven. Last Year Aaron Henry won four of the available awards, will he manage to repeat the feat, or will there be other challengers to the awards?? The awards up for grabs are – Bill Norfolk Award for […]

Buffaloes Take Home Championship

On a cold and overcast Saturday afternoon, which threaten a heavy downpour, the Buffaloes travelled the short distance to the home of our good friends Featherstone Lions, to take on Minor Premiers Hull Wyke, in the Yorkshire Men’s League division two grand final. The referee’s whistle was a constant feature throughout the game, the game […]

Supporters Player of the Year 2017

Voting is now open for the 2017 Supporters Player of the Year. You can vote by clicking on the link HERE and selecting your tope three players of 2017. Your first choice will be awarded three points, second two points, and third one point. these will be tallied up and the winner will be the […]

Grand Final – Hull Wyke this Weekend.

This weekend we travel to Featherstone Lions, to play Hull Wyke in the Yorkshire Mens League Division two grand final, Kick off is at 1pm. with the division one grand final kicking off at 3pm. We are running a coach to Featherstone, leaving from the commercial in Armley at 10:30am. The Bus will be leaving […]

Buffaloes Charge Past Hunslet

by Andy & Devon Johnson After winning the Jack Briggs Memorial Trophy in monsoon conditions at Hanging Heaton last week, the players were in a buoyant mood in the perfect conditions for their home semi-final clash with Hunslet Club Parkside. With only a minute on the clock, the Buffaloes showed their intentions with Keiran Foster […]

Play Off Semi Final

Tomorrow the Buffaloes take on Hunslet Club Parkside in the Yorkshire Men’s League Play off Semi final at Bramley Phoenix, Kicking off at 2:30. Entry is £2 for over 16s Programmes will be on sale. Come along and give the Buffaloes a cheer.

Buffaloes Win Jack Briggs Memorial Trophy

With the failures of the last few weeks, we were desperate for a game. Hanging Heaton ARLFC had been let down by their opposition for their annual Jack Briggs Memorial Trophy game, we were able to set in and fill the breach, which aided both clubs. The weather in the hours leading up to the […]

Travel to Hanging Heaton – Tomorrow

If you are travelling to the game and are going on public transport, so you can have a beer or two, then this is for you Two Arriva buses (for Huddersfield) will get you to Hanging Heaton and leave from the Bus Station (and the Z2 stop on Neville Street) every 15 minutes – both […]

Season finale

Our season ended with a whimper when both West Leeds and Brighouse Rangers forfeited their fixtures with us and we were awarded 24-0 wins against both teams. This, for a short period of time, put us top of the table, two points in front of Hull Wyke, and with a plus 2 points difference. Hull […]

Fixture this weekend

We have arranged a friendly game this weekend, with Hanging Heaton ARLFC. Hanging Heaton are in the Pennine League And this is their annual fixture for hte Jack Briggs Memorial Trophy. Their opposition let them down and we have been able to step in and take the fixture. Hanging Heaton play at Hanging Heaton WMC., […]

Brighouse game Cancelled

WE regretfully announce that the Brighouse Rangers game scheduled for 2nd September is cancelled as Brighouse can’t get a side. apologise for the lateness of the update, but we only found out at 11pm on Friday evening.

West Leeds Game – Postponed.

This weekends game with West Leeds has been postponed. West Leeds have been in touch with us tonight (Tuesday). To postpone this weekends game. They have suffered some horrendous injuries this year, and travelled to hull last weekend with a barebones squad and suffered two more serious injuries. We will try and rearranged a friendly […]

Buffaloes Take Down Wibsey

The Warriors main pitch was out of action, due to vandals demolishing the post, which seems to be a common theme across rugby pitches at the minute, we set off for their alternative pitch, which had not been marked out, thanks, Bradford Council. The referee was for calling the game off and awarding the win […]

Raiders take down the Buffaloes

This last weekend saw us take on Oulton Raiders ‘A’ team, in a hastily arranged friendly, through the efforts of former club player and coach, Steve Gill. The Oulton ranks contained former Buffaloes Favourites, Ben Dean and Aaron Blake, who was returning from injury. The game started brightly for the Buffaloes when in the fifth […]

Buffaloes Defeat King Cross Park

Buffaloes Defeat King Cross Park This week saw us take on King Cross Park at Bramley Phoenix, with a depleted team and a smaller crowd than normal, through holidays and the Challenge Cup Semi Final. From the Kickoff, King Cross allowed the ball to go dead, and the Buffaloes were on the attack from the […]

Buffaloes Comeback Against the Odds

Hunslet Club Parkside, visited the Buffaloes for the first time this weekend. With both clubs chasing a minimum of second place in the table, following the withdrawal of St Josephs, which reopened the race for the home games in the play offs. The game promised to be a thriller and didn’t disappoint, with the result […]

St. Josephs Drop Out.

We have learned today that St Josephs have dropped out of the Yorkshire Mens League Division Two. St Josephs are extremely disappointed to have to make this decision but a number of season ending injuries coupled with a lack of commitment from a number of players has left them with no choice. As they have […]

St Josephs this weekend.

St Josephs have been in touch this morning to say that they can’t get a side for this weekend. they would like to re-arrange the game for either the 5th August or 9th September. In the meantime, we are looking for a friendly for this weekend. We will keep you informed. please keep checking the […]

Hull Wyke Down the Buffaloes

The sun was out in Hull for this top of the table clash, between the Buffaloes and League Leaders, Hull Wyke, who was on the back of their second Win against Hunslet Parkside of the season, whereas we came into the game cold after two weeks enforced rest. The Buffaloes had a few enforced changes […]

Garforth Tigers Withdraw from the League

We got an email from the RFL on Friday afternoon stating that Garforth had withdrawn from the competition and that as per rule 3.3 of the competition, their results would be expunged from the league tables, as they had completed less than 50% of their fixtures. We are obviously disappointed that Garforth has withdrawn from […]

Garforth Game this weekend

We have been informed that Garforth are struggling for a team this weekend due to holidays and other commitments. We have rescheduled this game for either the Friday/Saturday 25th/26th August depending on the challenge cup finalists. Our next game is on the 1st July away at Hull Wyke.

Buffaloes Take Down The Rangers

This week saw Brighouse Rangers make their first visit to the Buffaloes in both clubs Current Guises, both established in 1879, and both dropped out of the professional game, albeit for a differing reason. Before a decent crowd, on an overcast afternoon, the Buffaloes were looking to extend their unbeaten run to seven games, while […]

Buffaloes Down Kings Cross Park in Tense Struggle.

On a warm and sunny afternoon in Halifax, the Buffaloes took on a young looking Kings Cross Park team, with a Buffaloes team missing a few regulars due to other commitments. The game started poorly for the Buffaloes when they gave away a penalty for a high tackle straight from the kickoff. In the 8th […]

Wibsey Taste Defeat at the hand of the Buffaloes

On a wet and cold afternoon in West Leeds, the Wibsey Warriors made their first visit to the Buffaloes and came away empty handed. The rain started just after dinner and apart from a 15-minute spell around half time was continuous and mostly torrential. The weather should have made the ball slippery like a ball […]

Buffaloes Trample the Tigers.

Buffaloes Trample the Tigers. Our latest Yorkshire Men’s League adventure took us to nearby Garforth, to take on the Tigers. The game day took an unexpected turn when the referee turned up and said that there would be no game unless the pitch was marked out. Leeds City Council had let Garforth down with the […]

Mental Health Awareness Week

Do you ever feel stressed out, depressed, worried about the future, lacking direction, re-living past problems or full of anxiety? You do, well you’re not alone. 1 in 4 people will suffer some form of Mental Health issue during their life-time and 1 in 6 people in the next 7 days will feel how you […]

Buffaloes Defeat Hull Wyke

On an overcast, cold afternoon the Buffaloes played host to the unbeaten Hull Wyke side, who last week had beat the previously undefeated Hunslet Club Parkside. The Hull team were a big fierce looking group who, it seemed were used to getting their way on the pitch and tried that from the off. However, the […]

Buffaloes Secure West Leeds Bragging Rights

by Andy Coldrick West Leeds Eagles 18 (6) v Bramley Buffaloes 34 (16) Bramley Buffaloes won a tough, scrappy West Leeds derby 18-34 at neighbours West Leeds Eagles by18-34 on Saturday as so consolidated their position in the top half of Division 2 of the Yorkshire Men’s League. The previous week’s comprehensive win at Bradford […]

Bradford Victoria Rangers

Yesterday we got notification from the league that Bradford Victoria Rangers had dropped out of Division two and had now being placed in Division four. As they had only played two games their records will be expunged from the competition.o

Buffaloes Too Strong For Rangers

Buffaloes Too Strong For Rangers by Andy Coldrick Bradford Victoria Rangers 10 (6) v Bramley Buffaloes 52 (18) Bramley Buffaloes registered their first win and points of the YML Division 2 campaign with a comfortable away win by 10-52 at Bradford Victoria Rangers on Saturday afternoon. This was their third consecutive away game so far, […]

Hunslet Beat the Buffaloes

In the first ever clash between the two clubs, who over the years have helped each other out and there are lots of players who have played for both clubs, Hunslet Club Parkside beat the Buffaloes 34-10, which flattered the home team as the game was much closer than the scoreline suggests. The game was […]

Bramley Fail at Fartown

In the 2017 season opener, the Buffaloes went down 30-28 to St Josephs, who snatched the win with a last minute penalty goal in front of the posts to win them the game. The game started during a torrential downpour which left the supporters and player soaked and the ball slippery as a bar of […]

Downloadable Fixture List

We would like you to download the enclosed file, print it off and ask your local pub, club, shop and workplace to display for us to help promote our games in 2017. This is your club, and we can’t operate without your help and assistance. Download the 2017 Fixture List

Physio Needed

Bramley Buffaloes require a Physiotherapist, with experience of working with sports teams, for the 2017 season. Expenses will be paid. The requirement is for the physio to be on site for game day Saturdays from 1st April through to September, and optionally one training per week. The fixtures can be found Here If you are […]

Yorkshire Mens League Fixtures

The 2017 season is nearly here and we have being placed in Yorkshire Mens League Division 2, with the other teams in the division being Bradford Victoria Rangers, Brighouse Rangers, Garforth Tigers, Hull Wyke, Hunslet Club Parkside A, King Cross Park, St Josephs, West Leeds Eagles, Wibsey Warriors There are some cracking local derbies in […]

Season Launch and Race Night

On the eve of the first game, we will be having a fundraising race night, at the Commercial on Whingate in Armley, Leeds, the first race will be at 7:45 pm. Come down early and sample the delights that The Commercial has to offer, with their regular guest beers. We are Looking for people or […]

Voice of the Fans – This year’s Must Attend Event for all Rugby League fans!

This year’s Must Attend Event for all Rugby League fans! Supporters Direct’s Voice of the Fans conference will be held on the morning of Saturday 29th October at the RFL’s archive, Heritage Quay, at the University of Huddersfield. We are very pleased to announce this year’s Voice of the Fans keynote speaker as Brian Barwick, […]

Award winners 2016

Tonight winners at the presentation night were Bill Norfolk Award for Club Person of the Year – Graham Fisher Andrew Curtin John Clingo Doug Barker trophy for top points – Arron Henry Mike Stephenson/Oliver Reed Fan Club Award – Top Try Scorer – Aaron Henry Ernest Humphries Trophy – Young Player of the Year – […]

Presentation Night – Friday 23rd September

This Friday sees The Bramley Buffaloes hold their 2016 presentation evening, at the Commercial on Whingate, in Armley. The event starts at 7:30 with the presentations starting just after 8pm. The Hosts at The Commercial are laying on a buffet and Mad Mick will be doing his thing with the disco. Graham Fisher, part of […]

End of 2016 Season

It seems that the 2016 season is over, with no one returning our emails for sorting out the games that have been postponed. We presume that we will be awarded the games, but we will keep you informed. As a result of our two defeats to Odsal Sedbergh, they have been crowned champions. Congratulations go […]

tomorrows game with Moldgreen

Is cancelled as they can’t get a team

Supporters Direct Community Champion Award

As we move to the conclusion of another fantastic Rugby League Season, Supporters Direct is excited to announce we have teamed up with the RFL once again to find a worthy winner of the SD Community Champion Award 2016. The winner of the award will be invited along with a guest to the star-studded annual […]

Sedbergh Clinch Title

Under the scorching Bradford sun, the Buffaloes were out looking for revenge for the only defeat of the season a few weeks earlier, and the travelled the short distance in a determined mood. The Buffalo soldiers were thin on the ground with several key players missing for a variety of reason and some not coming […]

Buffaloes Rout Bulldogs.

On a warm summer afternoon, confusion rained in Wetherby, as to whether the game would take place, as when we arrived there were only four Bulldogs players there and they were telling us the game was off. Faced with the dilemma of whether to play the game and try and chase down Odsal Sedbergh superior […]

TOMORROWS GAME – GREETLAND ALL ROUNDERS

Tomorrow’s game with Greetland all-rounders has being postponed as Greetland can’t get a team. We have tried to get an alternative match but have struggled with the notice we received. we are trying to arrange the game for a mid-week night soon.

BUFFALOES QUALITY SEES THEM HOME

by Andy Coldrick Milford Marlins ‘A’ 18 (6) v Bramley Buffaloes 26 (10) Not for the first time this season (or likely the last), Bramley Buffaloes found themselves without a league game as no opposition was available, smart work by the Buffaloes committee ensured that we did not have another blank weekend as we visited […]

Buffaloes go on Rampage Over the Border.

After appealing for a fixture after Mirfield’s players took the opportunity of a cheap trip to Spain for a Stag do, our good friends at MancunianRL came to our aid. Playing in the North West Men’s League, Mancunians have been struggling for fixtures in the same way we have, with teams dropping by the wayside […]

Saturday 16th July – Milford away

We have successfully managed to organise a game for the weekend. We will be taking on Milford Second Team down at Kirkstall, kicking off at 2:30. The league had tried to rearrange the Drighlington game for Saturday but to no avail. We will be playing at Milford on Saturday 16th July Kick off 2:30.

Wednesday Nights Fixture

Wednesday night’s game with Drighlington has been postponed until later in the season, as Drighlington are unable to raise a team. The planned fixture for the weekend at Wallsend has also being cancelled as Wallsend’s second team, who we would have been playing have been granted a fixture. We are hopefully of arranging a fixture […]

Travel to Mancunians RL

We have been unable to get a bus for tomorrow’s game as there are some major events on around the country. I have tried over 50 companies today to no avail. to get to Mancunians, you need to get a train to Manchester Piccadilly and change there for a Crewe bound train and get off […]

Fixture Change

Saturdays game with Mirfield Stags has been postponed to a later date, either 27th August or into September. as a result we have swiftly moved to arrange a game with Mancuians RL (https://wearemancunians.com/), kicking off at 3pm. Mancunians play out of The Hough End Centre, which is on Mauldeth Road West, Manchester, M21 7SX we […]

Returning Heroes Charge the Buffaloes

The top of the table clash promised to be an outstanding game of Rugby League between two well match sides both with five wins from five, and the home faithful were looking forward to seeing Bramley legends, Steve Suddards, and Shaun Flynn in action.The crowd of 200 were not let down as both sides gave […]

Clinical Henry Too Good For Steelers

Clinical Henry Too Good For Steelers by Andy Coldrick Bramley Buffaloes 34 (24) v Hull Dockers Steelers 10 (10) Bramley Buffaloes continued their impressive unbeaten start to the season with a comfortable 34-10 victory over Hull Dockers Steelers on Sunday at the Warrels. Despite playing all the second half with only 12 men after prop […]

Fixture Change

This weekend’s game against Hull Dockers Steelers has being moved the scheduled Saturday afternoon kick off time to Sunday 26th June, the day after, kicking off at 11am. This is due to an event at Bramley Phoenix, which they were forced to rearrange at the last minute. The Two games that were postponed in the […]

SD Shield Table – 12th June 2016

Despite there being no game this last weekend due to Wetherby been unable to raise a team. The 24-0 we were awarded, and the other results in the competition went in our favour meant we have overtaken Hunslet into second place in the table.

Supporters Direct – Rugby League Shield

This year Supporters Direct is inviting all eligible Community Owned Clubs in membership of Supporters Direct to take part in the SD Rugby League Shield Virtual Tournament. Supporters Direct will create a virtual league of these clubs utilising their results in whichever league they are playing in to create a table which will be displayed […]

Buffaloes do an All Round Job on Greetland

After a slightly delayed start to the game, while the Greetland coach and man of many talents, Billy Lacey rounded up enough players; the Buffaloes were on the back foot from the off. With Greetland taking advantage of the referees keenness with his whistle, and some poor defending and handling from the side at the […]

Buffaloes Take on The Likely Lads

The Buffaloes took advantage of the free weekend in the league schedule to organise a friendly game with Wallsend Eagles, which in the end turned out to be a feisty affair, but the hit out that both sides needed. This was the Eagles second game of the season with them giving a run out to […]

Buffaloes Make it Three from Three

Bramley Buffaloes (36) 82 – Mirfield Stags Academy (0) 4 The Bramley Team marked their first home game in the village that supplied their name for the first time in a few years, playing out of their new home venue, Bramley Phoenix RFC. The weather was bright and sunny with a chilly breeze blowing across […]

Buffaloes Charge Past Moldgreen

The Buffaloes started their second round clash away to Moldgreen with a much-changed team from the one which began the previous week’s game at Hull Dockers. The game was a feisty affair, punctuated by the constant sound of the referees whistle. The game started with the buffaloes on the back foot, coughing up possession and […]

New Look Buffaloes Too Good For Steelers

New Look Buffaloes Too Good For Steelers by Andy Coldrick Hull Dockers Steelers 24 (18) v Bramley Buffaloes 34 (18) Bramley Buffaloes, under the guidance of new coach Steve Langton, produced a highly encouraging all round team display to defeat Hull Dockers Steelers away 24-34 in the opening game of their YML Division 5 campaign […]

2016 Fixtures

The 2016 season is nearly upon us and we are able to announce our fixture for the forth coming season in the Yorkshire Men’s League Division 5. We open our season with a Trip to Hull Dockers on the 30th April, and finish the season on the 20th August with the short trip to Drighlington. […]

NEW BRAMLEY COACH KEEPS IT LOCAL

Recently appointed Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League coach Steve Langton, formerly of Hunslet, is on the look out for local talent keen to don the amber and black. The Buffaloes, a fans owned club set up following the demise of the original Bramley professional club in 1999, dropped out of the league last season due to […]

TREASURY URGED TO GIVE TAX BREAKS TO COMMUNITY OWNED SPORTS CLUBS

*** Clubs deliver more than £125,000 of volunteering a year – report *** Democratically owned sports clubs could bring a big net benefit if they were given tax breaks, a new report from Supporters Direct argues. The proposal recommends creating a new tax status for democratically owned clubs that meet strict criteria, including reinvesting surpluses […]

Supporter Ownership Week 2015 – Crowdfunder campaign kicks off

Supporters Direct has begun its Crowdfunder campaign, in advance of the official launch of Supporter Ownership Week on the 11th April. The crowdfund will look to raise in excess of £20,000 to assist with the work that Supporters Direct does to convert clubs into supporter ownership. Each time a club becomes supporter owned it is […]

Supporters Direct Spring Meeting

Our friends at Supporters Direct are having a Spring Networking Meeting on the 22nd April,  which is open to all RL fans, not just to SD members. We announce d recently that we have entered into a Partnership arrangement with the RFL to engage fans with the game and to spread the word and we’d […]

New Players Wanted

Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Club are looking for players aged 6-to-16 to set up new teams! Come try out Rugby League! Players of all abilities welcome! For further details, or if you’re interested in joining the Bramley Buffaloes Coaching Team, Please Contact:- Tracy – 07950549758, or click here to email  

Save Money and Help the Club

Being a member of a supporters’ trust is about more than just loving sport. It’s about being involved, having your say, listening to others and working together as a community to secure a sustainable future for your favourite team. In short, it’s about fair play. You may not think sport has much in common with […]

Fund Raising Race Night

To Help raise funds for the players and coach that have been selected on the Yorkshire Lionhearts tour to Ukraine, we are holding a race night on Friday 20th March at The Bramley Villagers Sports & Social Club. All the horses in the 8 races will be named after Current and Ex Bramley Players from both incarnations […]

Parliamentary Rugby League Group welcomes Bramley Buffaloes

Parliamentary Rugby League Group welcomes Bramley Buffaloes The Parliamentary Rugby League Group has announced Bramley Buffaloes as a new Associate Member of the Group. The Buffaloes become the second community club to join the Group, alongside Brentwood Eels.  Other clubs include League One’s Oxford RL, Championship’s Batley Bulldogs and five Super League Clubs. As well […]

Players Wanted

Bramley Buffaloes are looking to strengthen their under 14’s squad. Players are wanted who are in school years 8 and 9.  It doesn’t matter if you’ve not played Rugby League before, all abilities welcome. Training Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.15 to 7.30 and Saturdays mornings at 11.00 until 12.30, until the seasons starts.

Pre Season Training Starts for Under 14’s

Pre-season starts on a cold/wet January  evening for the U14. Thanks to all that made it. Player registration is been undertaken for the old and new players. We are now training Tuesdays/ Thursdays 6.15 to 7.30 and Saturdays 11.00 to 12.30 new players welcome years 8 and 9.

Vacant Positions

Head Coach And Junior Coaches Required Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Community Club are seeking a Head Coach for the 2015 season onwards. The Buffaloes in 2014 won the Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Division Grand Final and minor premiership. We wish to recruit a level 2 qualified coach who should have experience of coaching at either […]

2014 Awards Night

Last night, Friday 5th December, saw Bramley Buffaloes hold their annual presentation evening for the open age and Under 13’s teams. The event was sponsored by our hosts for the evening, The Bramley Villager Sports and Social Club. The Under 13’s were given their awards first and the main winners were – Parents Player of […]

Presentation night

Friday 6th December sees the Bramley Buffaloes holding their annual presentation night, at Tbe Bramley Villager Sports and Social Club, starting at 7:30pm.  Entry is £3 for adults £2 for children and you can get a family ticket (2 Adults and 2 Children) for £9. Tickets are on sale at the club on Saturday 29th […]

Vote Now For Your Player of the Year

Voting is now open for the Larry Keogh Trophy – Supporters Player of the Year. The winner will be unveiled at the clubs presentation night, which will be announced shortly. Below is a list of players that have played 2 or more games during the 2014 season.  Please select only one player for each category.  […]

Super League Grand Final to be followed by Fans Consultation

Super League Grand Final to be followed by Fans Consultation On Saturday, Manchester United’s Theatre of Dreams will play host to the 2014 First Utility Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford. After 27 rounds of the regular season and 3 weeks of exciting play-off action the curtain will come down on another thrilling season. […]

Club Update

Last Night (6th October) the club held its Annual General Meeting for the year ending 31st December 2013. There were apologies from Cliff Spracklen, Lee Spracklen, Anne Hollin and J P Gerrin. The result of the election were announced. Rob McAlister was elected to the Fund Raising seat with a vote count of 60 to […]

Buffaloes Take The Big Prize

BRAMLEY BUFFALOES 30 WEST HULL 22 – Mend-a-hose Stadium, Castleford, Saturday by Phil Caplan In front of a vociferous crowd of over 300, Bramley’s early points blitz – which saw them register four tries inside the opening quarter – and determined goal line defence in the second half, saw them claim the Premier Grand Final […]

Grand Final Details.

On Saturday 27th September, Bramley Buffaloes contest their first Grand Final since joining the Yorkshire Men’s League competition at The Mend-a-hose Jungle in Castleford, kicking off at 3pm. The game will see the Minor Premiers, Bramley Buffaloes take on the reigning champions West Hull Lions, in what promises to be a rip roaring finale to […]

Finals squads named

The Mend-a-Hose Jungle will host the Yorkshire Men’s League Finals on Saturday. The first game kicks off at 1.00pm and sees the Group 1 table-toppers Scarborough take on Hunslet Club Parkside Academy in the Group 1 Play-Off Final. The clubs recently fought out a 22-22 draw in their final league fixture of the season and […]

Make your voice heard at Rugby League Fan’s event

The Voice of the Fans event, hosted by Supporters Direct, provides a platform for Rugby League fans to debate the key issues and challenges facing the modern game. The event, held at a Huddersfield University (Heritage Quay) on the 25th October 2014, will invite fans to unite and develop a path for developing the future […]

Buffaloes Tough it out to reach final.

After a three-week break and a whole host of shenanigans regarding the play-offs, the Buffaloes were back in action against West Hull with the winners going straight through to the Grand Final and the losers having a second chance against Siddal on the 20th September. The game started well for the Buffaloes, seeing them camped […]

Holderness Game – 30th August

Saturday’s game with Holderness has being cancelled as they are unable to raise a team to face us. We are instead going to the Villager Sports and Social Club from 4pm to celebrate the minor premiership with the players.  Please come along and show your appreciation for the players and their hard work this season. […]

York Acorn Game – Tuesday 26th August

Tomorrow nights game with York Acorn has been cancelled as York are unable to raise a team. Next game Saturday 30th August against Holderness Vikings, get along to Stanningley Park and Cheer the Team on in their last league game of the year.

Buffaloes Repel the Raiders

On a cold but bright August evening the Buffaloes played their seventh game in less than a month, Coach Gill again rotated his squad, bringing back Terry Brown, Ayden Webster, Rikk Sumner and Gaz Hudson; Andrew Hepworth made his first start since the Skirlaugh game at the beginning of the season. The game started badly […]

Updated Fixture Information

The game with Oulton Raiders (Wednesday 20th August) and York Acorn (Tuesday 26th August) , will now take place on Stanningley Park and not at Rodley as previously advised. We apologise for the late notification of this change.

Buffaloes Come Out on Top In Feisty Clash

The Buffaloes travelled to Siddal to face them for the second time inside a week.   This was also the Buffaloes fifth game in 3 weeks. The game was peppered with bizarre penalties, sin binnings and the referee’s whistle. The game didn’t start the way Buffaloes Coach, Steve Gill, had wanted, when in the 5th minute, […]

Buffaloes Reel in Milford

On a sunny but cool evening, the Bramley Buffaloes played Milford Marlins in their first game at their new home, the Canal Bank Ground. The game didn’t start too well for the Bramley team when the Milford kick off bounced and went into touch, giving the Milford the head and feed at the scrum, two […]

Buffaloes Take The Spoils In Top of Table Clash

The Buffaloes were playing their fourth game in 10 day, against a Siddal team who were top of the table. Buffaloes Coach Steve Gill made a few changes to the team that beat Kippax, bringing back half back pairing Stevie Suddards and Ben Dean. The game started with both sides testing out each other out, […]

Buffaloes Put the Knights to the Sword.

On a warm and sunny evening, the Buffaloes travelled the short distance to Kippax Knights for the Buffaloes third game in a week. The squad was rotated and Garry Butterfield and Jonny Bradley returned to the starting line up and Andrew Hepworth made his return after breaking his arm against Skirlaugh earlier in the season. […]

Buffaloes Raid Oulton to take the Victory.

Game two of the hectic finish to the season saw the Buffaloes travel the short distance to Raider Park, home of the Oulton Raiders. The weather forecasts and the sky were promising rain but thankfully it never came and the game was played in fine weather. Oulton opened the scoring after two minutes, when Winger […]

RELENTLESS BUFFALOES GRIND DOWN ACORN

On a sultry July evening in York, the relentless charges of a highly mobile Buffaloes team ground down a strong, capable and highly motivated York Acorn side to take the spoils 40-32 in a match that was not for the faint hearted. Defence was not the dominant feature of the match, which saw 13 tries […]

BUFFALOES AND BUTT’S DAY IN THE SUN – HOPEFULLY!

Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Club will be holding their first Summer Festival since merging with Rodley Rockets and the whole of West Leeds and the Rugby League community is invited! The event, scheduled to take place on Sunday 3rd August and kick off at 10.30am, will feature a host of junior and open age RL […]

Buffaloes Grind Out Win

On a wet but warm afternoon the Buffaloes took on the West Hull Lions, before the Buffaloes fans. The pitch was firm underfoot but the grass was slick following several downpours during the morning making possession vital. The first score came in the 12th minute when Liam Copland scored out wide for an unconverted try, […]

STALEMATE IN THE SUN

STALEMATE IN THE SUN On a glorious summer afternoon, in weather more suited to spending time on the beach rather than a rugby pitch, the Bramley Buffaloes took on their local rivals Hunslet Warriors in the Yorkshire Men’s League. For the majority of the game the Buffaloes were once again their own worst enemies, with […]

Kippax Game Saturday 5th July

Saturdays game with Kippax Knights has been postponed until Wednesday 6th August. 730 kick off. This is due to player un availability this weekend on our part The Under 11’s are at home on saturday morning so get yourselves down and watch them play instead for your Buffalo fix.

Stradbrokes Solicitors

We are proud to have an ongoing partnership with Stradbrokes solicitors. They are offering a first consultation, free, for any family law issues that you may have. They also specialise in personal compensation claims such as road traffic accidents and trips/falls at work . They are a very friendly company with the experience needed to […]

Grand Prize Draw Winners

The draw was made for the Grand Prize Draw after the Skirlaugh game on Saturday. The Winners are – 1st Prize – Accommodate in Lanzarote – Ticket 0371 – John Stewart 2nd Prize – Hospitality Package Leeds Vs Hull Kingston Rovers – Ticket 0135 – Anne Hollin 3rd Prize – Meal for two at Herriots […]

Buffaloes Sink Sorry Skirlaugh

Buffaloes Sink Sorry Skirlaugh by Andy Coldrick In only their second home game of a so far of a disjointed Yorkshire Men’s Premier League season, Bramley Buffaloes inflicted a comprehensive defeat on a poor Skirlaugh Bulls team who succumbed to a 52-14 defeat. Instrumental in a dominant Buffaloes performance were Omar Al-Rawi, Aaron Henry, Jack […]

Pennine Winter Open Age Pre-Season

It’s that time of year again the winter season will be upon us soon. All players welcome big, small experienced, inexperienced , young or old. Training is at the Canal Bank Ground, Wednesday 2nd of july at 18:30 Full Address: Canal Bank Ground, Moss Bridge Road, Bramley, Leeds LS13 1HP See you there!!! If you’re […]

New Merchandise Available to Order

We are now able to take orders for our 2014 range of team wear and the 2014/15 replica playing kits. Items are manufactured to order and so will take four weeks to be delivered to us/dispatched to you. To Order click here for adults sizes and here for children’s sizes. Teeshirt         […]

Oulton Game Saturday 21st June

This weekends game with Oulton Raiders has been postponed, as they are unable to field a team this weekend. We will be looking to rearrange the game ASAP. We are confident that next weeks home game with Skirlaugh Bulls will take place.

Buffaloes Down High Flying Lions.

On a warm and cloudy afternoon in West Hull, the Buffaloes were looking to reclaim some of the form shown during the Kippax game and the first half of the Milford.  Several of the squad withdrew hours before the game, leaving Coach Steven Gill with a selection dilemma. Never the less his charges did him […]

Marlins Defeat the Buffaloes in Derby Clash

In the bottom of the table clash, Milford Marlins took on the Buffaloes at their Kirkstall base, in a game where the flow of play was disturbed by a 50-minute delay for an injury and three sending’s off. The game started poorly for the Buffaloes, in the 2nd minute, Milford loose forward, Dave Watmough, charged […]

Buffaloes Win The Joust With The Knights

In their first home game of 2014 and with their Canal Bank pitch out of action due to remedial work being carried out on it by Leeds City Council, the Buffaloes we forced to play on Stanningley Park. The glorious weather of the previous weekend was long forgotten and the weather up to kick off […]

Kippax Game, Saturday 24th May

Due to the on going issue with the pitch at Rodley we are again unable to play there and have being given use of the pitch on stanningley park, on the intake lane side of the park. Kick off is at 2:30 and post match activities will take place at the Villager Sports and Social […]

Bramley As Was

Following on from our previous successful event with Leeds Libraries, we are having another event to co-inside with Local History Month.  The event will take place at Bramley Library, on Hough Lane in Bramley, commencing at 2:30 on 27th May 2014. Speaking will be Ron Pearson, author of “Bramley As Was” and Cliff Spracklen, a […]

Pennine League Team Presentation Night

On Saturday 24th May, the Pennine League team will be holding their presentation evening at the Villager Sports and Social Club on Board Lane in Bramley. The event starts at 7pm and Entry is £2 for adults. There will be a Disco, Karaoke and refreshments on the evening. Tickets can be bought from the club […]

Hull Hoodoo Continues As Buffaloes Fall Short Again

Skirlaugh Bulls 26 (22) v Bramley Buffaloes 18 (4) Bramley Buffaloes suffered a third consecutive defeat of them season as their lack of success in Hull continued, going down 26-18 to Skirlaugh Bulls ‘A’ on Saturday. The Buffaloes 2014 Yorkshire Men’s Premier Division campaign has so far failed to take off due to a variety […]

Frustration As Buffaloes Fail To Learn Lessons

Holderness Vikings 34 (18) v Bramley Buffaloes 24 (18) Bramley Buffaloes were left frustrated and pointless for the second consecutive week as they once again squandered a potential winning position at league leaders and previously unbeaten Holderness Vikings as they let slip a 6-18 lead to lose 34-24. New boys Holderness Vikings have started the […]

Warriors gain the upper hand in the Battle of South Vs. West Leeds

On a bright and breezy afternoon the Buffaloes opened their 2014 Yorkshire Men’s League season with a defeat at near neighbours Hunslet Warriors. The Buffaloes were up against it from the off when they fumbled the kick off and Warriors Coach and Captain Amraz Hamid capitalised and nipped through the shellshocked defence.  Stand Off Ryan […]

Holderness game

Due to issues with the pitch at the Canal Bank Grounds, which the council are working on as we speak, we have had to reverse the fixture.  Which means we are away at holderness this weekend, Skirliaugh next weekend and at home ont eh 24th May Holderness play at – Saltaugh Road Playing Fields, Saltaugh […]

Milford Away on Saturday

Due to player illness we have had to postpone our game against Milford at the weekend. This game will be rearranged shortly

Supporters Direct Meeting – Wednesday 9th April

Supporters Direct, the support body for supporter owned clubs, are hosting their first networking event of 2014 at the home of the first supporters owned professional rugby league club, Rochdale Hornets. The event will take place from 7.00pm on Wednesday 9 April at Spotland Stadium and all members of the Hornets are invited to join […]

Updated Summer Open Age Fixtures

There is an issue with the fixtures section of the website, which we our providers are looking at for us. The updated Fixtures for the 2014 are Date Home   Away TBC York Acorn Vs. Bramley Buffaloes 12/04/2014 Milford Marlins Vs. Bramley Buffaloes 26/04/2014 Hunslet Warriors Vs. Bramley Buffaloes 03/05/2014 Bramley Buffaloes Vs. Holderness Vikings […]

This Weekends Activities

All the Junior Buffaloes are at home this weekend. Under 11’s and 13’s tomorrow  are playing Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks, kick offs 10:30 and 11:30 respectively. On Sunday the 8’s are  playing Swillington, kick off at 11 am Kick Off. Inbetween the games we have our fundraising auction evening (with a difference) at 7:30 pm up […]

Auction Night – Saturday 22nd March

On Saturday evening we are holding another event, to help raise funds for injured Buffaloes, Craig Lovelock. Craig was badly injured prior to Christmas and is unable to work at the moment. The Rugby League community has rallied around and donated items for us to Auction off to assist Craig in his hour of need. […]

Game – Sunday 9th March

Ossett Trinity Game Sunday 9th March 2pm Kick off This Sunday see the Buffaloes Summer team play it’s first game at our new canal bank ground, kicking off at 2pm. The game is in aid of raising funds for our current assistant coach Craig Lovelock. Craig has also played for the Buffaloes for the past […]

Seeking New Players

Bramley Buffaloes are seeking players of all ages, whether you have played the game before or not, come on down to the club and give Rugby League ago. We are looking for players of any age, but we currently run teams at Under 8’s, Under 11’s and, Under 13’s and Adult teams in both summer […]

Club Update

We are seven weeks in to the merged venture and it has been an adventure.  The Pennine League season is nearly over, weather permitting, and the new junior and summer open age seasons are just around the corner so we would like to take a moment and welcome you to the Bramley Buffaloes. It has […]

ASDA come to Buffaloes rescue

Young rugby players are back in business after burglars raided their fundraising tuckshop. Thieves stole about £100 of supplies that were being sold to raise money for a rugby festival in May after trashing the clubhouse at Bramley Buffaloes. But supermarket bosses have replenished the stocks after hearing of their plight. Club co-chairman Tracy Bowes […]

Event – Saturday 1st February 2014.

Saturday 1st February sees the Buffaloes hold their first event of 2014, when we are holding our Presentation night for the 2013 Yorkshire Men’s League season, incorporated into this we will be launching the new club, where memberships will be on sale. Please vote for your player of the year by clicking here. Voting Closes […]

Game on Saturday 11th January 2014.

This Saturday sees the first game for the newly merged club, with the Pennine League team taking on Siddal in their last home game of the 2013/14 season. Kick off is at 2pm and the game will be played at the Canal Bank Ground in Rodley. Tracy Bowes, said “This is an exciting day for […]

BUFFALOES AND ROCKETS AGREE MERGER

New Rugby League Partnership to benefit West Leeds Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Club and Rodley Rockets ARLFC have formally agreed to merge from the start of 2014. The partnership, which will see the new club playing under the Bramley Buffaloes name, was unanimously agreed by members from both clubs at meetings just before Christmas. Buffaloes […]

Important Club News

On Wednesday 18th December the club held a Special General Meeting, where the members were balloted on the proposed merger with Rodley Rockets. The members voted unanimously in favour of the merger and so the two clubs will come together in the near futures. Keep your eye on the website, Facebook and twitter feeds for […]

Rugby League Development day

On Saturday 18th January 2013 Supporters Direct are hosting a mini conference for all Rugby League fans and clubs as well as fans of all sports to find out about Supporters Direct, celebrate the game, network together, and hear from the governing body, the Rugby Football League. It will give fans the chance to have […]

Events on Saturday 7th December 2013

This coming Saturday sees the Buffaloes involved in two separate events, the first during the afternoon, and the second in the evening. 1973 Floodlit Trophy Reunion On Saturday afternoon, starting at 2pm, there will be a reunion for the 1973 Floodlit Trophy winning team  and other ex Bramley players. This year is the 40th anniversary […]

Art Exhibition for the Rugby League World Cup

Bramley Baths calls in the Ghostbusters

Bramley Baths calls in the Ghostbusters: Swim-Along-Cinema to screen cult film in the 109 year old pool. I Love West Leeds Festival and Bramley Baths are teaming up for a spooky swim-along-cinema this October 27th at 7.30pm. Ghostbusters (PG) will be screened in West Leeds’s one and only temporary swimema, creating an interactive cinema experience […]

Season Ends As Buffaloes Gored by the Bulls

Season Ends As Buffaloes Gored by the Bulls The Buffaloes season came to a disappointing end in the Semi Final of the Forty-20 Yorkshire Men’s League, at Eastside Community Sport Ground against Skirlaugh Bulls. The game was dominated by the official who proceeded to blow the pea out of his whistle for the entirety of […]

Yorkshire Men’s League Semi Final

In the semi final of the Forty-20 Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Division, Bramley Buffaloes travel to to Skirlaugh Bulls, in the game between the teams finishing second and third in the league, with West Hull taking on Kippax Knights in the other semi final. The game will kick off at 2:30, with a coach leaving […]

Game Arranged for Wednesday 4th September

After a disappointing end to the season, when Oulton were unable to fulfil the fixture we have arranged a friendly game against Shaw Cross Sharks, to make sure we head into the play off’s with a game under our belts. The game will take place on Wednesday 4th September kicking off at 8pm. Entry to […]

Buffaloes Crush Acorn to Secure Play-Off Spot

Buffaloes Crush Acorn to Secure Play-Off Spot by Andy Coldrick A dominant second half performance by the Buffaloes saw them score six converted tries without response to secure an end-of-season play-off spot and guarantee at least a third place finish in the league. Following a week’s break since beating Stanningley ‘A, the Buffaloes returned to […]

Annual General Meeting and Open Discussion.

Bramley RLCC are holding their Annual General Meeting, which will be held at The Bramley Villager Social Club, on Thursday 8th August 2013.  The meeting will start at 8pm. The meeting will be in two parts, an open discussion with regards to the proposed merger and the formal AGM, where the voting on the two […]

Buffaloes Defeat Local Rivals.

Buffaloes Defeat Local Rivals. After last week’s games, the Buffaloes were back on home soil albeit as the away team, taking on Stanningley.  The Bramley team were looking to avenge the 20 all draw in the opening game of the season and gain their ninth successive win. The result was never really in doubt, as […]

Rugby League World Cup Event

Join us at Bramley Library, on Saturday 3rd August,  for our Rugby League World Cup event with Geoff Lee and the Bramley Buffaloes – Fun for all the family! There will be rugby themed events in the children’s library, plus a display of rugby books that can be borrowed on your library card. The event […]

Updated Fixture

Our game which was scheduled for next friday evening, 2nd August against Oulton Raiders has been rescheduled for Friday 30th August, with an 8pm kick off. We have asked for this move as we would have finished our regular league games on Sunday 11th August and then played again in the play-offs, should we qualify, […]

Buffaloes Prevail In Hull Despite Officiating Blunders

Buffaloes Prevail In Hull Despite Officiating Blunders by Andy Coldrick   Bramley Buffaloes finally left the field at West Hull on Saturday nearly two hours after the game had first started with an invaluable two points as they continued their impressive run towards the play-offs. A final score of 32-38 does not begin to tell […]

BUFFALOES NAMED TEAM OF THE MONTH

Bramley Buffaloes have been named team of the month in the Yorkshire League for June by Rugby League’s Forty-20 magazine after putting together a run of four consecutive victories. Bramley head coach Steve Gill, who has masterminded the Buffaloes’ recent charge up the table, commented: “This is great news and a tribute to all the […]

Magnificent Seven for the Buffaloes

The Buffaloes started the game at the top of the table and looking for their seventh consecutive win.  Confidence in the camp was high and coach Steven Gill looked to his team to perform. The Buffaloes opened the scoring in the 12th minutes when standoff Omar Al Rawi finished off a move he started himself […]

Buffaloes Catch a Marlin

On a tropical afternoon, Bramley Buffaloes travelled the short distance to their neighbours Milford Marlins, where a victory would put them top of the table and a sixth victory in succession. In the first minute Buffaloes winger Liam Copland broke through the home teams defence, popped a nice pass into the waiting arms of Second […]

Buffaloes Put Knights to the Sword

In an Early kick off, as part of Kippax’s Gala day the Buffaloes ground out their fifth straight win of the season.  The game was a hard fought scrappy affair littered with penalties, handling mistakes and some stern defence from both sides. The win moves Bramley in to the third place in the table, a […]

Buffaloes Move into Fourth Spot

The Buffaloes came in to this game on the back of three straight victories and were looking for their fourth.  Coach Steve Gill was confident with that the squad would do the job, but had the tough choice of who to leave out. The weather was overcast but the forecast rain never appeared however there […]

IMPRESSIVE BUFFALOES MAINTAIN IMPROVEMENT

IMPRESSIVE BUFFALOES MAINTAIN IMPROVEMENT by Andy Coldrick Bramley Buffaloes Head Coach Steven Gill and his coaching team must have been encouraged by the continued improvement in the Buffaloes team as they comprehensively beat mid table Oulton Raiders ‘A’ at Raider Park on Saturday 0-30. The performance was as comprehensive as the score-line; in fact the […]

Re-arranged Fixture

The Game with Oulton Raiders has now been re-arranged for this Saturday 15th June, at 2:30. The Address of Oultons Ground is Oulton & Woodlesford Sport & Social Club, Oulton Sports Pavilion, Oulton Green, Leeds, LS26 8EL.

ROCKETS SET TO BLAST OFF WITH BUFFALOES!

West Leeds-based rugby league clubs Bramley Buffaloes and Rodley Rockets are currently exploring the possibility of merging to form one junior and open age club. Bramley, who currently field an open age mens’ team in the Yorkshire League, was formed in 2004 by supporters after the demise in 1999 of the original professional Bramley RLFC […]

Buffaloes Reel in the Marlins

On a beautifully sunny afternoon, the Buffaloes took on the Milford Marlins in a hastily re-arranged game held at Bramley Phoenix’s ground, where Club Coach and Captain, turned groundsmen to ensure the game went ahead. An intense battle ensued, with Milford opened the scoring in the 4th minute when prop Anthony Hallinan barged over for […]

Fixture Change!

This weekend Game is now on Saturday (Tomorrow) 8th June, at Bramley Phoenix.  Kick off is 2:30 If you’ve never been before the address of the ground is Bramley Phoenix RFC Grosmont Terrace, (off Warrels Road), Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS13 3NY A map of the area is here

Oulton Raiders Saturday 1st June

The Game against Oulton Raiders has been postponed due to circumstances outside our control. This game will be rearranged as soon as possible

Buffaloes Gain Edge Over Warriors

Hunslet Warriors (0) 6 Vs. Bramley Buffaloes (0) 8 The Buffaloes travelled the short distance to Hunslet Warriors for the second of the Leeds Derby’s on another cold and blustery afternoon. Defence was the order of the day and an absorbing game took place before an enthusiastic crowd. In the first half the Buffaloes had […]

Buffaloes Gored by Bulls

Skirlaugh Bulls ‘A’ 42 (18) v Bramley Buffaloes 10 (10)  On a cold afternoon at Salt End, the Buffaloes were up against the Forty-20 Yorkshire Men’s League, Premier Division league leaders, Skirlaugh Bulls. After a poor performance the previous weekend against York Acorn, the Buffaloes were looking for an improved showing. The weather abated in […]

Skirlaugh game tomorrow

The game tomorrow has being pushed back half an hour making the kick off time 3pm

POOR BUFFALOES DON’T TRAVEL WELL

York Acorn ‘A’ 36 (18) v Bramley Buffaloes 10 (10)  Following an encouraging performance against West Hull ’A’ the previous week, Bramley Buffaloes travelled to play York Acorn  ‘A’ full of confidence, unfortunately a combination of a generally a poor performance by the Buffaloes and some inept referring handed York Acorn an ultimately comfortable 36-10 […]

Lions Take Down the Buffaloes

A Grey and overcast afternoon saw an enthralling battle between the Buffaloes and the Lions.  The game could have gone either way and wasn’t settled until two minute from time. Bramley opened the scoring in the 2nd minute when Hooker, Graham Harrison, nipped through a hole in the defence to score. In the 13th minute, […]

BUFFALOES LOOKING TO TAME LIONS

Bramley Buffaloes take on the high flying West Hull Lions this Sunday at The Arthur Miller Stadium. Please note that this game will kick off at 3.00pm at the request of our visitors. The team from West Hull, the club that launched the celebrated career of former Buffaloes Coach Paul Cook have had a storming […]

DERBY BLUES FOR DISAPPOINTING BUFFALOES

Bramley Buffaloes 12 (4) v 26 (24) Kippax Knights After slumping to a heavy defeat in their opening game two weeks ago, Kippax Knights bounced back in the best possible manner with a deserved 26-12 victory against Bramley Buffaloes at Stanningley on Friday evening. In contrast, Bramley were looking to build on their draw with […]

BUFFALOES SPRING IN THE STEP AS THEY AWAIT KIPPAX

Bramley Buffaloes having not been allocated a match in the Yorkshire Men’s League calendar are eagerly anticipating their second match of the season in this exciting and unpredictable competition, against Kippax on Friday evening, 17th April, kick off 8.00pm at the well appointed Arthur Miller Stadium. “With the weather finally having turned warmer we are […]

Buffaloes Work Hard for Draw

The opening game in the forty-20 Yorkshire Men’s League, for the Bramley Buffaloes saw them draw 22 all against a spirited Stanningley Team. The Conditions were prefect for fast free flowing Rugby League and that’s what the large crowd saw.  Stanningley Centre John Sheron opened the scoring in the 8th Minute with a short dash […]

Bramley breath again with Gill at helm

Bramley Buffaloes begin their tenth season back in Rugby League with an exciting new challenge and a new man at the helm in club legend Steve Gill.

Yorkshire Men’s League beats the chill!

The Forty-20 Yorkshire Men’s League held their 2013 launch night with the Snozone in Castleford providing the venue.

BUFFALOES BOUGHT TO BOOK FOR READING CHALLENGE

Bramley Buffaloes coach Steven Gill together with mascots Billy the Buffalo, Ronnie the Rhino and England RL star Jamie Jones-Buchanan helped to launch a new reading initiative in conjunction with the Rugby League World Cup at Leeds Central Library recently. Steven, Ronnie, Billy and Jamie were on hand to promote the Reading Agency’s Six Book […]

Bramley Buffaloes Look for New Competition

Bramley Buffaloes is urgently on the look out for a new rugby league competition to take part in for the 2013 season after finding out in October that their place in the RFL Conference no longer exists.

GILL TAKES OVER AT BRAMLEY AS LINGARD DEPARTS

Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Club has moved quickly to appoint a new Head Coach with club veteran Steven Gill taking the reigns following the departure of Craig Lingard to pastures new. Craig, recently named by Batley Bulldogs coach and former Bramley RLFC coach John Kear as his new assistant, is the latest in a long line […]

Community Game Raffle Winners

The Community Game Raffle was drawn last week, by England head coach Steve McNamara at Red Hall.

CLEAN SWEEP FOR STANILAND

Andrew Staniland was the toast of the town after picking up four key awards at the recent Bramley Buffaloes Player of the Year Awards. As well as collecting the trophy for top try scorer Staniland walked away with the Supporters Player of the Year, Coaches’ Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year. […]

Bramley History Society

This Saturday the 29th September will see Bramley History Society host their Annual Event at the Community Centre, on Waterloo Lane, from 9:30am until 12:30pm. We have been invited along and will be having a stall, where you can buy some of the clubs merchandise, and tickets to the clubs award evening, details of which […]

End of Season Awards

The End of Season awards night will take place on Friday 12th  October, at The Bramley Villager Sports and Social Club on Broad lane in Bramley Tickets are on sale and selling fast, you can buy them on line by clicking here, or visiting our stall at the Bramley History Societies Annual Event, on this […]

CONFERENCE CALL KILLS OFF BRAMLEY DREAM

It appears that the name of Bramley will disappear once again from the Rugby League map after a decision by the National Conference League to reject their application for entry into a league in which they’ve competed over the past season. The original Bramley Rugby League Club folded in 1999 after years of mismanagement but […]

2012 Awards Evening

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Bears Beat Bramley In Bank Holiday Battle

Bank Holiday Monday saw the Coventry Bears host a rearranged league match against Bramley Buffaloes at the Butts Park Arena. This, the first of two final league ties offered the chance for the Bears to take third place in the National Conference League. Scoring commenced after only two minutes. Bramley gave away a penalty, from […]

Kippax Knights put to the sword

After early evening torrential downpours put the game in doubt for the second time this season, the British summer sprung another surprise and the sun came out for this highly anticipated clash. Kippax opened the scoring in the second minute when loose forward  Warren Leafe took advantage of some poor defending to score under the […]

BUFFALOES CO-OP CLASH CANCELLED

Bramley Buffaloes have been forced to cancel this Saturday’s final home game of the RL Conference season due to the inability of their schedulled opponents, South Wales Hornets, to field a team. The match was being sponsored by The Co-operative Group’s Leeds and Wakefield Area Committee to celebrate and promote the International Year of Co-operation. […]

Bramley show Olympic spirit

NOTTINGHAM OUTLAWS 16 BRAMLEY BUFFALOES 22 – Harvey Haddon Stadium, Saturday Outlaws face a fight to hold on to a play off spot after Bramley inflicted their sixth straight defeat, the Buffaloes making the most of the chances that came their way. The opening exchanges set the pattern as neither side could settle with the […]

FREE ENTRY FOR BUFFALOES CO-OPERATIVE CLASH

Buffaloes support UN Year of Co-operation Co-operation is the name of the game when Bramley Buffaloes take on SouthWales Hornets on Saturday 18th August at Stanningley’s Arthur Miller Stadium(2.30pm)! The Rugby League Conference clash, with free entry for all, is being sponsored by The Co-operative Group’s Leeds and Wakefield Area Committee to celebrate and promote […]

Buffaloes Undo Wizards Spell

WARRINGTON WIZARDS 26 BRAMLEY BUFFALOES 40 – Wilderspool, Saturday Bramley turned the form book upside down with a stunning victory at high flying Wizards.   The visitors produced a brilliant first half display to stun the hosts and despite a brave second half fight back it proved in vein as the Buffaloes were left to […]

Sonics Soar To Victory

BRAMLEY BUFFALOES 22 BRISTOL SONICS 28 – Arthur Miller Stadium, Sunday Sonics came back from a 10-point half time deficit to record their second win of the season claiming victory in the dramatic final minute.   Bramley were the first to score in the second minute, hooker Ben Pitts scooting over next to the posts, […]

Cents take the Money from the Buffaloes

ST ALBANS CENTURIONS 28 BRAMLEY BUFFALOES 16 – Toulmin Drive St Albans picked up their first-ever win against over the Buffaloes despite being without player/coach Shane Rampling. Bramley put the Saints defence under pressure from the kick off and forced consecutive goal line dropouts culminating with quick hands putting winger Andrew Staniland over in the […]

Bank Down Buffaloes

Rangers completed a nine-day double over the Buffaloes. Adam Ryder’s second try, on the hour, proving to be the turning point in an entertaining contest. There was also much to admire in the frequency and ferocity of the defence, Dave Valentine leading the way with 66 tackles for the visitors. Rangers opened the scoring when […]

Underbank Away 4th July

Underbank Rangers 30 – 12 Bramley Buffaloes Half Time: 20 – 6 Venue: Cross Grounds Champions Underbank Rangers hit eight straight wins in the National Conference League Division III as they outclassed Bramley Buffaloes 30-12 in a feisty encounter at The Cross. Lee St Hilaire was doubtful prior to play prior kick-off but the skipper […]

Knights Tame Buffaloes

KIPPAX KNIGHTS 30 BRAMLEY BUFFALOES 0 – Long Dyke Lane, Saturday Knights responded well to last week’s heavy defeat as they shut out the Buffaloes in the Yorkshire derby. Both teams deserve credit for putting on a good show that was, at times, played in driving rain and a blustery wind. Kippax were disciplined and […]

Kippax On Saturday

BUFFALOES HUNT DOWN BEARS

by Andy Coldrick   Bramley Buffaloes recorded their third win of the season with a determined 26-16 victory over Coventry Bears at Stanningley on Sunday. Following their win the previous week at Bristol confidence was high in the Buffaloes camp as they entertained mid table Coventry, looking to post back-to-back wins for the first time […]

BUFFALOES DEFENCE STANDS FIRM IN THE WET

Bramley Buffaloes recorded their first away win of the season on Saturday when they got the better of Bristol Sonics in a tight contest at a rain swept Aretians RFC. This was a hard fought victory which was only sealed when the Buffaloes scored two tries in the final 10 minutes. Once again there were […]

Stags Defeat The Buffaloes

BRAMLEY BUFFALOES 20 HEMEL STAGS 34 – Arthur Miller Stadium, Sunday Lack of a goal kicker cost the Buffaloes as they missed five conversions and went down to Hemel who maintained their lead at the top of the division. The Stags – who fielded 16 British players – posted tries a minute either side of […]

Wizards Over Power the Buffaloes

After a 45 minute delay to kick off due to accidents on the M62, the game understandably got off to a slow start with both teams testing each other out.   The first opportunity came the way of the Buffaloes on 8 minutes when standoff Craig Lovelock put a neat kick through that was knocked […]

Lingard Stars as Buffs Win

The game started badly for the Buffaloes when in the second minute Saints player coach, Shane Rampling nipped over for the opening points of the afternoon, converted by the reliable Gareth Waters. Five minutes later, Bramley Coach, Craig Lingard, making his debut for the club waltzed through several defenders and scored the first of his […]

Buffaloes Robbed by the Outlaws

BRAMLEY BUFFALOES 34 NOTTINGHAM OUTLAWS 40 – Arthur Miller Stadium, Sunday A hat trick from Outlaws centre Chris Money and a late score Jimmy Goodwin score ensured that Bramley’s first outing of 2012 ended in defeat and brought Nottingham’s first away win in three seasons. Nottingham opened well, scoring on two minutes through Paul Calland […]

BUFFALOES FINALLY READY TO GET CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY

After three false starts Bramley Buffaloes will be hoping to finally get their 2012 National Conference season underway next Sunday (13th May) with a game against Nottingham Outlaws (2.30pm kick-off) at Stanningley’s Arthur Miller Stadium. The Buffaloes have seen their first three games of the season cancelled due to waterlogged pitches and recently appointed Head […]

Saturday’s Game at Coventry – NEWS!!!

WE have just been informed that tomorrows game with Coventry Bears is postponed due to the Xcel Leisure Centre pitches been under water.     Coventry Official Alan Robinson said “We have been working feverishly to find and alternative venue for the game but we have come up blank.” “Many of the local Rugby Union […]

Saturday’s Game at Coventry

Saturday Sees Bramley Buffaloes take on Coventry Bears. at the Xcel Leisure Centre, which is a change to their normal venue due to reseeding work. The Address of the new venue is Xcel Leisure Centre Canley Coventry CV4 8DY Entry is £5 for adults£3 for concessions. Space is available on the Team Coach, to book […]

Friday Night

Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Community Club has regretfully been forced to postpone its first fixture of the 2012 National Conference season at Stanningley on Friday evening against Warrington Wizards due to a number of mitigating factors. Club Chair Martyn Cheney explained: “We’ve had issues over the close season with player availability and these unfortunately have […]

Fixtures Released

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BUFFALOES TAP INTO CRAIG’S BULLDOG SPIRIT

  Former Batley Bulldogs and Sheffield Eagles star Craig Lingard has taken over the reigns as Head Coach at Bramley Buffaloes following the departure of club veteran Chris Gardner. Lingard spent ten years at Mount Pleasant before turning his hand to coaching in 2008 with a spell on the staff at the Bulldogs before assisting […]

Fancy a MAGIC bargain?

Fancy a MAGIC bargain? We have had a good response so far and to allow us to try and fill the coach, we have extended the deadline until March 18th. On Sunday May 27th Bramley RL are hoping to fill a coach to go to Sundays matches on the Magic weekend. All rugby fans are […]

Fans Development Day

Supporters Direct are holding a Development Day for rugby league supporters’ trusts on Saturday 18th February in Huddersfield. Starting at midday. Following the event we have some discounted tickets for the Huddersfield Giants v Warrington Wolves game.  The tickets are priced £10 + 90p booking fee. Please note that you are only able to purchase tickets […]

International Year of Cooperatives

Today marks the launch of the United Nation’s International Year of Cooperatives. As a supporter-owned rugby club, we welcome the opportunity to highlight the crucial role of fan ownership in ensuring the health of the game and sustainable clubs. We are committed to democratic ownership of clubs on a one member one vote basis, maintaining […]

Calling All Players Old and New

Buffaloes Head Coach, Chris Gardner, announced yesterday that Pre-Season training would commence on Monday 23rd January 2011.  At the Arthur Miller Stadium, starting at 6:30pm. Training will take place every Monday and Wednesday between 6:30 and 8pm. All Players old and new are welcome. if you have any queries please contact Chris on 07890 515081

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Our friends at Code 13 Sports Media have teamed up with Tackle Tube to offer a fantastic Tackle Tube for a club of your choice. Nominate a club to win this fantastic prize, the club with highest number of nominations is the winner. To nominate a club to win a Tackle Tube simply: 1) Email 

AMBITIOUS PLAYERS WANTED

AMBITIOUS PLAYERS WANTED Buffaloes on the charge! Ambitions for the new 2012 season and beyond The ambitious Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Club is looking for equally ambitious players to join the Buffaloes 2012 stampede. The Co-operative Championships structure is changing, with the prospects of a genuine pyramid system opening up over the next few seasons, […]

ASSISTANT COACH/ FITNESS CONDITIONER WANTED FOR THE NEW 2012 SEASON

ASSISTANT COACH/ FITNESS CONDITIONER WANTED FOR THE NEW 2012 SEASON The ambitious Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Club is looking for an Assistant Coach to join Head Coach, Bramley legend Chris Gardner, as part of the Buffaloes 2012 stampede. Ideally qualified to Level 2, but not essential, the successful applicant will be experienced in and specialise […]

BUFFALOES PUSH STAGS ALL THE WAY

BUFFALOES PUSH STAGS ALL THE WAY by Andy Coldrick BRAMLEY BUFFALOES (12) 12 Vs HEMEL STAGS (10)  30 The curtain came down on the RLCN 2011 regular league season at the Arthur Miller Stadium on Sunday when the Bramley Buffaloes put in a great shift and pushed the Hemel Stags all the way before finally […]

KNIGHTS CRUISE TO VICTORY & SEAL SECOND SPOT

KNIGHTS CRUISE TO VICTORY & SEAL SECOND SPOT by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 6 (0) v Kippax Knights 62 (34) The gulf in class and fortunes of these two clubs was ruthlessly exposed on Wednesday evening as the Kippax Knights cruised to a very comfortable 6-62 victory over Leeds neighbours Bramley Buffaloes and so secured […]

BUFFALOES SPIRITED IN DEFEAT

BUFFALOES SPIRITED IN DEFEAT   Dewsbury Celtic (24) 54 v Bramley Buffaloes (6) 6   The Buffaloes difficult season continued in the humid heat of Crows Nest Park, Dewsbury, with Coach Chris Gardner hit by dropouts on the day of the game.  Only 13 players arrived for the kick off and these were soon reduced […]

SECOND HALF SEALS WIN FOR COUGARS

Buffaloes faced the Welshmen at home for the first time, looking for back to back wins in 2011 to end a difficult season on a high. Once more their preparations were hampered by late pullouts and that seemed to affect them early on. Liam Watton took advantage for the visitors in the fourth minute, the […]

BUFFALOES HOLD FAMILY FUN DAY

This Saturday, 13th August, sees the Buffaloes hosting their Family Fun Day in support of Martin House Children’s Hospice. The day will be centred around Bramley’s match against Valley Cougars, kick off 2.30pm, at the Arthur Miller Stadium.     Gates open at 1pm. Entry is £5 for adults – with £1 going to Martin […]

BATTLING BUFFALOES END LOSING RUN

BATTLING BUFFALOES END LOSING RUN by Andy Coldrick Nottingham Outlaws 20 (14) v Bramley Buffaloes 34 (22)   Bramley Buffaloes Head Coach Chris Gardner had good reason to smile on Saturday evening after he had just watched his team end their nine-match losing run with a battling, but well deserved 20-34 success away at Nottingham […]

McRAE GUEST COACHES AT BRAMLEY

The Bramley Buffaloes team were lucky enough to be involved in a training session delivered by legendary Rugby League coach Shaun McRae at Stanningley this week. Shaun McRae kindly offered his time to come down to the club and work alongside Head Coach Chris Gardner in delivering a defensive drill training session. The former Challenge […]

COVENTRY PROVE TOO STRONG FOR POOR BUFFALOES

COVENTRY PROVE TOO STRONG FOR POOR BUFFALOES by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 16 (4)  V Coventry Bears  54 (30) Coventry Bears kept alive their top 6 hopes with a very comfortable 16-54 win over a poor Bramley Buffaloes team at Stanningley on Sunday. Buffaloes coach Chris Gardner hopes of building on the performances by his […]

BUFFALOES MISS CHANCE TO TAME LIONS

BUFFALOES MISS CHANCE TO TAME LIONS by Andy Coldrick   Featherstone Lions 26 (18) v Bramley Buffaloes 10 (4) Bramley Buffaloes will reflect on an opportunity missed as they slumped to a 26-10 defeat against in-form Featherstone Lions at The Millpond on Wednesday evening. Looking to back-up from the weekends game at Underbank with other […]

TEAM TO FACE FEATHERSTONE

Bramley Buffaloes Head Coach Chris Gardner has named a largely unchanged side from that which put in an impressive performance against unbeaten league leaders Huddersfield Underbank Rangers on Saturday at The Cross.     Looking to put an end to their losing spell, Buffaloes welcome back prop Anthony Ward and Steve Mead replaces Sean Storrie […]

BUFFALOES BEST SO FAR!

BUFFALOES BEST SO FAR by Andy Coldrick Huddersfield Underbank 42 (18) v Bramley Buffaloes 26 (8) Despite the Bramley Buffaloes going down to a record seventh straight defeat on the bounce, there was no disgrace in losing 42-26 at runaway leaders Huddersfield Underbank. It was widely acknowledged by players and supporters alike that this was […]

WIZARDS SECURE VALUABLE WIN

WIZARDS SECURE VALUABLE WIN OVER BUFFALOES by Andy Coldrick   Bramley Buffaloes 14 (4) v Warrington Wizards 28 (18)   Warrington Wizards reignited their top 6 chances with a dour, but valuable 14-28 away win at bottom of the table Bramley Buffaloes on Friday night at a rain swept Stanningley. Jono Smith was once again […]

COSTLY ERRORS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE BUFFALOES

COSTLY ERRORS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE BUFFALOES GAME  by Andy Coldrick Kippax Knights 52 (30) v Bramley Buffaloes 6 (2)   Kippax Knights secured a comfortable 52-6 victory over the Bramley Buffaloes on Friday night at the Welfare Ground where Knights winger James Cryer and scrum half Phillip Swallow both scored easy hat-tricks. Although the Buffaloes […]

REVISED KICK OFF TIME

Tomorrow’s match away at Kippax Knights has a revised kick off time of 7.30pm, not the 8pm start as previously advertised. For spectators joining us on the coach to Longdyke Lane, the coach will be leaving the Arthur Miller Stadium at 6pm prompt. Hope to see you there!

LIONS PREY ON BUFFALOES COSTLY MISTAKES

LIONS PREY ON BUFFALOES COSTLY MISTAKES by Andy Coldrick   Bramley Buffaloes 10 (0) v Featherstone Lions 36 (18)   Featherstone Lions secured a valuable three points as they beat a determined Bramley Buffaloes outfit 10-36 at Stanningley on Friday night. Featherstone scored three tries in each half, the second burst of three tries coming […]

TONIGHT’S MATCH

  Bramley coach Chris Gardner has named a strong side to face Featherstone Lions tonight at the Arthur Miller Stadium, kick off 8pm. A reshuffled team has Gardner in the starting line up, bolstering an already strong pack with his experience. Looking ahead to tonight’s match, Gardner says “we still have a couple of key […]

Game Change

Our next home game, which should have been played on Saturday 2nd July against Featherstone Lions, has had to be moved forward and will now be played on Friday 1st July 2011, with an 8pm kick off. We have been requested to change this game by the Lions, to allow them to take part in […]

BUFFALOES PUNISHED BY STAGS IN THE SUN

BUFFALOES PUNISHED BY STAGS IN THE SUN Hemel Stags 60 (28) v Bramley Buffaloes 14 (6) The Buffaloes poor away form continued as they slipped to their fourth straight away defeat as they were comprehensively beaten 60-14 at a sun drenched Pennine Way on Sunday. Once again soft early tries were conceded and Hemel held […]

BUFFALOES CONCEDE FIRST DEFEAT TO CELTIC

SLOW START COSTS BUFFALOES

SLOW START COSTS BUFFALOES  by Andy Coldrick Valley Cougars 44 (20) v Bramley Buffaloes 18 (6) The Buffaloes made their longest journey of the season when they visited the Valley Cougars on Saturday; unfortunately they paid the price for a slow start and went down 44-18. After the very encouraging performance the previous week against […]

BUFFALOES DOMINATE OUTLAWS TO SECURE FIRST WIN

BUFFALOES DOMINATE OUTLAWS TO SECURE FIRST WIN by Andy Coldrick Bramley Buffaloes 36 (18) v Nottingham Outlaws 10 (6) After three consecutive heavy defeats the Bramley Buffaloes bounced back in style as they produced an outstanding all round display in both attack and defence to record a well deserved 36-10 home victory over the Nottingham […]

BUFFALOES PROVE EASY MEAT FOR BEARS

BUFFALOES PROVE EASY MEAT FOR BEARS by Andy Coldrick  Coventry Bears 76 (34) v Bramley Buffaloes 8 (8) The game was over as a spectacle after the Bears raced to 22-0 lead within the first 12 minutes through tries by Full Back Tom Tsang, Loose Forward Rob Brown, Winger Tanaka Chamunokara and Chad Grant. Unfortunately […]

Buffaloes Mauled

BUFFALOES MAULED by Andy Coldrick  Warrington Wizards 66 (36) v Bramley Buffaloes 6 (6) Reigning Champions Warrington Wizards recorded their first win of the season when they convincingly saw off Bramley Buffaloes 66-6 in clinical fashion in The Co-operative Rugby League Conference National at Wilderspool Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Following three defeats it was imperative […]

GUTSY BUFFALOES DEFEATED BUT BACK

GUTSY BUFFALOES DEFEATED BUT BACK by Andy Coldrick Bramley Buffaloes 14 (4) v Huddersfield Underbank Rangers 50 (22) Everyone associated with the Bramley Buffaloes club breathed a sigh of relief when their RLCN round 3 game kicked off on Sunday afternoon at Stanningley against unbeaten Hudderfield Underbank Rangers. Up until just a few days ago […]

Buffaloes Lose Team Member

It is with great regret and sadness that we have to announce the sudden passing of club director, David Cromack, during the last week. Dave was a club stalwart for many many years, watching the club from being a child, score board operator at both McLaren Field and Arthur Miller Stadium, as well as Kit […]

BUFFALOES GET SET TO CHARGE

Troubled Bramley are finally ready to get underway against Huddersfield Underbank in the Conference National League this weekend, and caretaker coach Chris Gardner insists his side are ready to go. The Buffaloes have struggled with injuries and player recruitment over the close season following the departure of former coach Mark Butterill and the brief tenure […]

Bramley Buffaloes and Head Coach Peter Roe

Bramley Buffaloes and Head Coach Peter Roe have decided to part company and current assistant Chris Gardner will now prepare the team for the start of their 2011 Co-operative Rugby League Conference National season. Roe took charge of the club late in 2010 but his own personal work commitments within the Probation Service and other […]

NEW COACH GARDNER SET TO GROW


Bramley Buffaloes new Head Coach Peter Roe has hailed his recently appointed Assistant Coach, Chris Gardner, as “black and amber to the core with the ability to go a long way in Rugby League as a coach.”   Roe, who has recently taken charge at the Co-operative Conference National club, has handed Gardner the chance […]

Players Required

Bramley Buffaloes Community Rugby League Club is on the look out for experienced and talented RL players to join the club’s bid for success inthe RFL Conference, the fourth tier of the summer game in the UK. The club, formed by supporters in 2004 after the original Bramley went out of existence in 1999, has […]

ROE-VER RETURNS WITH BRAMLEY

Rugby League Conference club Bramley Buffaloes has recently appointed Peter Roe to the position of Head Coach in time for the start of the 2011 season. Roe, one of the most widely known names in Rugby League, starred as a player with his hometown club of Keighley, Bradford Northern and Hunslet before beginning his coaching […]

BUFFALOES CASCADE INTO 2011!

Community owned rugby league club Bramley Buffaloes’ inimitable mascot, Billy the Buffalo, has identified his number one supporter in the form of West Leeds-based HR software specialists Cascade. Formed in 1992, Cascade has established a reputation as one of the foremost developers of specialist HR and payroll software solutions. They have agreed a two year […]

RUGBY LEAGUE CONFERENCE NATIONAL SPREADS ITS ROOTS

CO-OPERATIVE RUGBY LEAGUE CONFERENCE NATIONAL, the elite division of the summer community game and the level below the Championship, will have three new sides in 2011 which will see the competition truly live up to its name. Current Champions Warrington Wizards – who defeated Huddersfield Underbank Rangers 23-18 in a thrilling Grand Final at the […]

Head Coach Vacancy

We wish to recruit a level 2 qualified coach who should have experience of coaching at either professional, National Conference or regional Premier league level. You should have a proven track record of working with, and developing players. The Buffaloes play in the Rugby League Conference National league and are looking to progress further up […]

Raise Funds For Free!

Raise Funds For Free! Did you know you don’t have to spend anything to raise funds for Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Community Club with easyfundraising? The FREE FUNDS page lets you raise OVER £250 for us without spending a penny! The featured retailers will make free donations just for switching to their service, participating in […]

HUDDERSFIELD UNDERBANK END BUFFALOES GRAND FINAL HOPES IN TOUGH ENCOUNTER

HUDDERSFIELD UNDERBANK END BUFFALOES GRAND FINAL HOPES IN TOUGH ENCOUNTER by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 12 (6) v Huddersfield Underbank 24 (8) Huddersfield Underbank secured their place in next week’s RLCN Grand Final following their 12-24 victory at the home of last season’s champions, the Bramley Buffaloes with a professional and well executed victory at […]

Community Raffle 2010

Ric Tomlinson from Blackpool is the lucky winner of the 2010 Community Raffle and will swap Blackpool Tower for the Statue of Liberty as he enjoys a five night trip for two to New York complete with £1,000 spending money. The top prize in the annual draw also includes £5,000 worth of equipment for the […]

WIZARDS EARN GRAND FINAL PLACE AFTER BUFFALOES SEE RED AND YELLOW

WIZARDS EARN GRAND FINAL PLACE AFTER BUFFALOES SEE RED AND YELLOW by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 16 (6) v Warrington Wizards 27 (19) Players and spectators alike expecting a tense struggle between these two teams in an effort to reach the Grand Final will have been ultimately disappointed with the game they witnessed as referee […]

Buffalo to Scale Everest

This coming weekend, August 27th, Buffaloes Prop and Try Scoring Machine, along with 24 of his family and friends will be scaling Ben Nevis, to raise funds for the Yorkshire Cancer Centre. Richard and his dad Eric had already scaled Scafell Pike and Snowdon and planned to tackle Ben Nevis last year. But, sadly, Eric […]

UNDERBANK TAKE THE SPOILS IN TIGHT CONTEST

UNDERBANK TAKE THE SPOILS IN TIGHT CONTEST by Andy Coldrick  Huddersfield Underbank Rangers 24 (14) v Bramley Buffaloes 22 (16) Huddersfield Underbank won their seventh consecutive victory to maintain their good form going into the play-offs as they beat Bramley Buffaloes 24-22 in a brutal encounter with no quarter asked or given at the Cross […]

BUFFALOES TAME LIONS AND CLINCH FIFTH MINOR PREMIERSHIP

BUFFALOES TAME LIONS AND CLINCH FIFTH MINOR PREMIERSHIP  by Andy Coldrick  Featherstone Lions 20 (16) v Bramley Buffaloes 30 (10) Bramley Buffaloes travelled to The Millpond on Sunday knowing a win would clinch their fifth successive Minor Premiership whilst the Lions needed the points to secure a top 6 finish. A fast open game was […]

BUFFALOES CLOSE IN ON A FIFTH SUCCESSIVE MINOR PREMIERSHIP TITLE

BUFFALOES CLOSE IN ON A FIFTH SUCCESSIVE MINOR PREMIERSHIP TITLE by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 32 (20) v Warrington Wizards 20 (4) Bramley Buffaloes took a huge step towards securing their fifth successive Minor Premiership title when they defeated their closest rivals, Warrington Wizards 32-20 at Stanningley on Saturday. The Buffaloes won their first Minor […]

BUFFALOES HOLD CANCER AWARENESS DAY

Table topping Bramley Buffaloes will be holding a Cancer Awareness Day for their forthcoming home game against second placed Warrington Wizards at the Arthur Miller Stadium on Saturday 31st July (2.30pm kick-off). The RLC National leaders and reigning champions have a three point lead and a game in hand over the Cheshire side and the […]

DRAKE GUIDES BUFFALOES TO KIPPAX DERBY WIN

DRAKE GUIDES BUFFALOES TO KIPPAX DERBY WIN by Andy Coldrick  Kippax Knights 10 (4) v Bramley Buffaloes 40 (20) Bramley Buffaloes maintained their three point lead at the top of the RLCN with another convincing victory over local Leeds rivals Kippax Knights with a 10-40 away victory on Sunday. Buffaloes coach MarkButterill spoke before the […]

OUTLAWS OVERPOWERD BY BUFFALOES

OUTLAWS OVERPOWERD BY BUFFALOES Nottingham Outlaws 0 (0) v Bramley Buffaloes 28 (10) Bramley Buffaloes produce another top draw performance on Saturday when they travelled to The Bay and beat Nottingham Outlaws 28-0, the score-line does not reflect the Buffaloes dominant performance in this game. This victory maintained the Buffaloes 3 point lead over Warrington […]

BUFFALOES NIL CELTIC TO STAY TOP

BUFFALOES NIL CELTIC TO STAY TOP  by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 26 (6) v Dewsbury Celtic 0 (0) Bramley Buffaloes recorded their third successive home win to stay three points clear at the top of the RLCN as they defeated a determined Dewsbury Celtic 26-0 at a hot and sultry Stanningley on Saturday afternoon. The […]

DOMINANT BUFFALOES HALT STAGS RUN

DOMINANT BUFFALOES HALT STAGS RUN by Andy Coldrick Bramley Buffaloes 26 (14) v Hemel Stags 12 (4) On a hot and sticky afternoon on Saturday, it was top versus third at the Arthur Miller Stadium as Bramley Buffaloes entertained Hemel Stags in a mouth watering clash. This game marked the beginning of the second half […]

BUFFALOES GO CLEAR AT TOP OF TABLE

BUFFALOES GO CLEAR AT TOP OF TABLE  by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 28 (18) v Huddersfield Underbank 12 (0) This was the first meeting of the Bramley Buffaloes and Huddersfield Underbank since the two teams met in last season’s Grand Final at Warrington, on a cloudy, blustery afternoon at the Arthur Miller Stadium it was […]

Buffaloes Possess Too Much Fire Power

BUFFALOES POSSESS TOO MUCH FIRE-POWER FOR DETERMINED LIONS AS TEMPERS FRAY IN THE HEAT by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 30 (12) v Featherstone Lions 12 (2) Bramley Buffaloes extended their lead at the top of the RLCN following a composed 30-12 home win over Featherstone Lions at sun-soaked Stanningley. The Lions cause was not helped […]

BUFFALOES REGISTER OUTSTANDING VICTORY BY DEFYING ALL THE ODDS

BUFFALOES REGISTER OUTSTANDING VICTORY BY DEFYING ALL THE ODDS by Andy Coldrick Warrington Wizards 30 (18) v Bramley Buffaloes 36 (18) There are occasions during a season when it sometimes more difficult than others to write a balanced report on a game that and be able to do the game justice, this is one of […]

KNIGHTS DESERVEDLY TAKE DERBY HONOURS

KNIGHTS DESERVEDLY TAKE DERBY HONOURS by Andy Coldrick Bramley Buffaloes 12 (0) v Kippax Knights 17 (14) In front of a bumper Friday night crowd at Stanningley, Kippax Knights deservedly took the honours in a hard fought by error strewn game against Bramley Buffaloes. Leading 0-14 at the break the Knights held off the Buffaloes […]

SPEIGHT LOOKING FOR IMPROVEMENT!

Bramley Buffaloes second row Simon Speight is once again catching the eye this season with a string of consistent performances but he freely admits that the side has yet to reach top gear. “We’ve not started off that well despite winning our opening four league games,” explained the 25-year-old Bradford-born forward. “It’s a real joy […]

JUNIOR SHINES IN SUMMER GAME!

One of the brightest lights in Bramley Buffaloes unbeaten start to the season has been powerhouse prop Junior Brandford. The 22-year-old, currently studying for a degree in Sports Development and PE at Trinity All Saints, joined the West Leeds outfit at the start of the season after being spotted by Buffaloes coach Mark Butterill whilst […]

BUFFALOES AND KNIGHTS SEE THE LIGHTS!

Rarely has a game in the fourth tier of summer rugby league attracted so much interest. Bramley Buffaloes take on Kippax Knights in the Co-operative Rugby League Conference National under the lights next Friday (21st May) at Stanningley (kick-off 8pm) in a match being billed as one of the most exciting clashes in the young […]

DETERMINED OUTLAWS SHOW PLENTY OF CHARACTER

DETERMINED OUTLAWS SHOW PLENTY OF CHARACTER – BUT BUFFALOES MAKE IT FOUR FROM FOUR by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 18 (18) v Nottingham Outlaws 10 (0) Bramley Buffaloes made it 4 wins out 4 as they beat Nottingham Outlaws by 18-10 on Sunday at Stanningley and so joined Featherstone Lions at the top of the […]

BUFFALOES MAINTAIN SOLID AWAY FORM AT DEWSBURY

BUFFALOES MAINTAIN SOLID AWAY FORM AT DEWSBURY by Andy Coldrick Dewsbury Celtic 14 (10) v Bramley Buffaloes 26 (12) Bramley Buffaloes maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a solid, if unspectacular third successive away victory, winning 14-26 at local rivals Dewsbury Celtic on Saturday. Tough scrambling defence was the foundation for this victory […]

WILLIAMS INSPIRES BUFFALOES TO AWAY-DAY WIN IN LIVERPOOL

WILLIAMS INSPIRES BUFFALOES TO AWAY-DAY WIN IN LIVERPOOL by Andy Coldrick  Liverpool Buccaneers 18 (0) v Bramley Buffaloes 32 (24) Bramley Buffaloes made it two away wins from two in the defence of their crown as they successfully negotiated the challenge of Liverpool Buccaneers on Sunday at Sefton RUFC. This was a clinical display from […]

BUFFALOES DIG DEEP TO WIN.

BUFFALOS DIG DEEP TO WIN. by Andy Coldrick Hemel Stags 20 (14) v Bramley Buffaloes 32 (6) The Buffaloes produced a performance of two halves as they opened the defence of their title with a hard fought 20-32 away win at Hemel on Sunday. Ill discipline and a lack of cohesion in the first half, […]

BUFFALOES FINISH STRONGLY TO DEFEAT STORM

BUFFALOES FINISH STRONGLY TO DEFEAT STORM by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 44 (16) v South London Storm 16 (12) Bramley Buffaloes completed their 2-game pre-season with a solid 44-16 victory over a determined South London Storm at the Arthur Miller Stadium, Stanningley on Sunday in the annual East Coast Challenge match The Bramley team saw […]

BUFFALOES OUT TO QUELL THE STORM!

BUFFALOES OUT TO QUELL THE STORM! Bramley Buffaloes bring their 2010 season preparations to a close next Sunday (April 11th) with a home friendly at Stanningley against South London Storm. The reigning champions will be looking to make a strong start against the Londoners outfit and Buffaloes coach Mark Butterill is taking nothing for granted: […]

BUFFALOES DEFENCE SETS STANDARD

BUFFALOES DEFENCE SETS STANDARD by Andy Coldrick  Bramley Buffaloes 46 (24) v Wigan Riversiders 2 (2) If a strong defence wins you titles and cups then Bramley Buffaloes coach Mark Butterill must have been pleased with the commitment shown in defence by his players on Sunday as they overcame a gutsy Wigan Riversiders, 46-2 in […]

SUPER LEAGUE EXPERIENCE FOR BRAMLEY COACH!

Bramley Buffaloes coach Mark Butterill has recently spent a few days with Super League side Warrington Wolves to get a feel for how the Cheshire outfit train and prepare for big games!   “I’ve been lucky enough to spend a couple of days at Warrington,” explained Mark “with a view to furthering my coaching knowledge […]

BUTTSY PLEDGES FUTURE TO BRAMLEY!

BUTTSY PLEDGES FUTURE TO BRAMLEY! Bramley Buffaloes coach Mark Butterill has committed himself to the community owned club by penning a new three year deal. Widely regarded as one of the brightest coaches in rugby league, the former Bramley RL professional marked his first season in charge of the West Leeds outfit by leading them […]

FIXTURE DERBY TO WELCOME KNIGHTS

FIXTURE DERBY TO WELCOME KNIGHTS The fixtures have been released for the 2010 Co-operative Rugby League Conference National season and a local derby is first up for newcomers Kippax Knights. The RLC Yorkshire Premier Champions will have home advantage at Long Dyke Lane against Dewsbury Celtic when they make their bow in the top tier […]

NEW LOOK FOR CO-OPERATIVE RUGBY LEAGUE CONFERENCE NATIONAL

BRAMLEY FANS KITTED OUT WITH 2010 TICKET DEAL !

Bramley Buffaloes have again teamed up with Tingley based construction firm PPD for the 2010 season to launch their 2010 season ticket deal. This deal sees supporters getting a season ticket and a 2010 home shirt for the fantastic price of £50 for Adult shirts, and £25 for junior shirts and Concessions. Also available for […]

See the Challenge Cup Final and Help Your Club!!

Through initiatives set up by the RFL, you can help your club raise funds and get tickets to the the 2010 Option 1 £41 ticket: Carnegie Challenge Cup Final A £41 ticket to the Challenge Cup Final. Option 2 Hotel & Ticket • £41 Carnegie Challenge Cup Final ticket • A choice of hotel from […]

Davies Report and the RL Challenge Cup Final

The Rugby League All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), the Board of the Rugby Football League and Supporters Direct oppose this recommendation. The RFL has given evidence to the Committee and responded to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to this effect. An Early Day Motion (EDM) has been tabled by Neil Turner MP […]

SKY’S STEVO STARS AT BUFFALOES AWARDS NIGHT!

Rugby League Conference champions Bramley Buffaloes’ annual awards evening proved to be another great success with former rugby league star and Sky pundit Mike Stephenson taking centre stage. ‘Stevo’, as he is affectionately known, is a big supporter of the Buffaloes and member of Bramley’s Oliver Reed Fan Club and he was on hand to […]

4 Nations Ticket Deal

The RFL are offering us Tickets for the 4 Nations game on Saturday 7th November, at the Galpharm Stadium, between England and New Zealand. £20 Tickets are available for just £10 and concession tickets are just a £5 as part of this deal. The Buffaloes will get some cash back from this deal so support […]

Taylor names Great Britain Community Lions squad

Great Britain Community Lions coach Jimmy Taylor has named a 28-man training squad ahead of the Lions clash against France A at the end of November. Taylor – who along with manager Jimmy Aspinall was recently re-appointed for a three-year term – will put his squad through their paces on Sunday November 15 at Hopwood […]

BUFFALOES HOLD AWARDS NIGHT

The victorious Bramley Buffaloes will be holding their annual awards presentation night at Milford Rugby Club on the evening of Friday 6th November with supporters invited to attend the event. Head coach Mark Butterill and his squad of players, who recently triumphed in the RLC National Grand Final, will be in attendance together with club […]

Buffalo Soldiers Win Title

Buffalo Soldiers Win Title BRAMLEY BUFFALOES 38 HUDDERSFIELD UNDERBANK RANGERS 22 – Halliwell Jones Stadium The unerring boot of Bramley’s Paul Drake ensured that the Buffaloes ended their Grand Final drought. Three times the bridesmaids in the last four Grand Finals, the perennial league leaders’ have faltered at the biggest fence but, against a seemingly […]

BRAMLEY RUGBY LEAGUE AT A CROSSROADS

Seven years after helping to revive the famous Bramley name club chair Martyn Cheney admits the West Leeds side are at a crossroads. As the Amber and Black get set to embark on their fifth consecutive Grand Final appearance against Huddersfield Rangers at Warrington next Sunday Cheney is eager to find a focus for the […]

IT’S A TEAM GAME FOR DAZZLING DRAKE

Few players at any level of any sport anywhere in the world can compete with the remarkable record of Paul Drake, Bramley Buffaloes mercurial number six and perennial points machine. The 27-year-old will once again finish the season as Bramley’s top points scorer with his metronome right boot having now notched a total of 1,362 […]

NOTHING BUTT VICTORY WILL DO!

Bramley Buffaloes will be aiming to make it third time lucky as they embark on their fifth consecutive Grand Final appearance in the fourth tier of rugby league. It’s been a remarkable journey for the community owned West Leeds club since the original Bramley folded in 1999 and head coach Mark Butterill, in his first […]

BUTTERILL PLEASED WITH FIRST YEAR IN CHARGE

Bramley Buffaloes Rugby League Head Coach Mark Butterill can look back on his first season in charge with justifiable pride as the West Leeds outfit head off to Warrington next Sunday (4th October) to compete in their fifth consecutive Grand Final – kick off 12.30pm. The Bramley-born coach commented: “My first season has been very […]

Tickets and Travel for the Grand Final

Tickets for the game should be bought in one of the following ways – tickets in advance from the R.F.L. Customer Service Centre – telephone number 0844-856-1113 – opening hours 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. On line at www.rugbyleaguetickets.co.uk or by post to the RFL Customer Service Centre, Red Hall, Red Hall Lane, Leeds, LS17 […]

easyfundraising Special Offers – September 2009 – Raise Money. Save money.

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LATE DRAKE STRIKE STUNS UNDERBANK

LATE DRAKE STRIKE STUNS UNDERBANK Bramley Buffaloes 30 (10) v Huddersfield Underbank Rangers 24 (12) Bramley Buffaloes snatched a dramatic late victory over West Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Underbank Rangers in the RLCN Play-Off Semi-Final on Saturday at Stanningley to book their place in the Grand Final for the fifth consecutive year. When Chris Thorley edged […]

CO-OPERATIVE RUGBY LEAGUE CONFERENCE NATIONAL 2009 AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

CO-OPERATIVE RUGBY LEAGUE CONFERENCE NATIONAL 2009 AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED The short lists have been drawn up for this season’s Co-operative Rugby League Conference National end of season awards as the competition enters its eagerly-anticipated play off phase this weekend. Based principally on man of the match nominations from the weekly rounds, chosen by the teams, […]

BUFFALOES DO IT TOUGH

BUFFALOES DO IT TOUGH Carlisle Centurions 20 (14) v Bramley Buffaloes 28 (4) On paper this looked a routine end-of-season game for Minor Premiers Bramley Buffaloes against league newcomers, Carlisle Centurions who had only won 4 games all season. However when you factor in that the game was a ‘dead rubber’ with nothing for either […]

RLCN Team of the Month – August 2009

The latest ‘Team of the Month’ has been announced for the Co-operative Rugby League Conference National. It is featured in this month’s ‘Rugby League World’ magazine, out tomorrow (Friday Sept 4th). CO-OPERATIVE RUGBY LEAGUE CONFERENCE NATIONAL – TEAM OF THE MONTH – AUGUST 2009 1. Will Thomas (Nottingham Outlaws)2. Tom Coad (Featherstone Lions)3. Steve Potter […]

Buffaloes Find Sweet Sneakers

Bramley Buffaloes have once again come up trumps with the local band, Sweet Sneakers. The Sweet Sneakers track Lions and Loopholes appears on the latest Buffaloes highlights clip, featuring the recent game against Liverpool Buccaneers. The foursome have been writing and performing since early 2009, and have an energetic, fast style, similar to the Strokes, […]

BUFFALOES CLINCH FOURTH RLCN MINOR PREMIERSHIP

BUFFALOES CLINCH FOURTH RLCN MINOR PREMIERSHIP Bramley Buffaloes 28 (16) v Featherstone Lions 22 (0) In a hard fought game at Stanningley on Sunday, Bramley Buffaloes clinched their fourth successive Minor Premiership following a hard fought 28-22 win over close rivals Featherstone Lions in front of a very good crowd. Bramley made a few enforced […]

ROBIN IN THE BRAMLEY FAMILY WAY

New Buffaloes signing Robin Wilkes will be carrying on a rich amber and black family tradition when he pulls on the Bramley shirt for the first time. The 21-year-old forward will be following in the footsteps of father Keith and grandfather Alfred who both turned out for the West Leeds club during its professional era. […]

DRAKE EDGES BUFFALOES CLOSER TO TITLE

DRAKE EDGES BUFFALOES CLOSER TO TITLE Bramley Buffaloes 37 (18) v Hemel Stags 28 (10) On a gloriously sunny afternoon at Stanningley, Bramley Buffaloes beat Hemel Stags 37-28 in an entertaining game which saw the Buffaloes take a decisive step towards winning the Minor Premiership for the fourth consecutive season. Paul Drake played a major […]

RLCN Team of the Month – July 2009

The new edition of ‘Rugby League World’ Magazine, which is out 7th August contains the latest Co-operative Rugby League National Team of the Month. With three regular season rounds to go, the top six are all but assured but finishing positions for the play offs are still very much up for grabs. League leaders Bramley […]

LOCAL BUILDER BUFFALOVES IT!

Well known local builder and amateur rugby league player Graham Nash is pledging to continue running with the Buffaloes through the recession and is urging others firms to follow suit and get involved with their local sports clubs! Graham, whose uncle is former Great Britain RL scrum half Steve Nash, is MD of PPD (Leeds) […]

BRAMLEY PERFORMING IN UNISON!

Rugby League side Bramley Buffaloes are performing in UNISON thanks to a recent sponsorship deal with the Leeds UNISON Local Government Branch, which is part of the giant union that looks after the working conditions of 1.3 million people! Leeds UNISON steward and Bramley fan Glen Pickersgill read about the club’s perilous predicament in February […]

Buffaloes Get Pins and Needles

Bramley Buffaloes continue with their highlights clips on YouTube, this time featuring the recent game against Carlisle Centurions. The track featured on the clip is by The Cartelles, from Cardiff. The Cartelles formed in the last few months of 2006, throughout 2007 the band quickly picked their feet up receiving radio play from over 35 […]

BUFFALOES MOVE CLOSER TO MINOR PREMIERSHIP

BUFFALOES MOVE CLOSER TO MINOR PREMIERSHIP Dewsbury Celtic 6 (6) v Bramley Buffaloes 42 (22) Bramley Buffaloes took a significant step closer to retaining the RLCN Minor Premiership when they outplayed their hosts, Dewsbury Celtic, and recorded an excellent 6-42 away win at Crow Nest Park. Once again Mark Butterill had to shuffle his team […]

Buffaloes Relaunch Website

Bramley Buffaloes and Code13 Sports Media are happy to announce the relaunch of the Bramley Buffaloes website. Bramley have been working with Code13 since 2006 as the clubs web and design partner. Earlier this season Code13 became the Buffaloes official teamwear provider and produced the club’s home and away kits and off field apparel. Commenting […]

RUTHLESS BUFFALOES DESTROY TAME LIONS

RUTHLESS BUFFALOES DESTROY TAME LIONS East Lancashire Lions 4 (0) v Bramley Buffaloes 82 (52) Following the previous week’s disappointing result at Huddersfield Underbank, Buffaloes coach Mark Butterill was a more satisfied man on Saturday evening after he had watched his team ruthlessly put a gallant East Lancashire Lions to the sword at Blackburn RUFC, […]

RANGERS SNATCH IMPORTANT LATE VICTORY OVER BUFFALOES

RANGERS SNATCH IMPORTANT LATE VICTORY OVER BUFFALOES Huddersfield Underbank Rangers 30 (16) v Bramley Buffaloes 28 (16) A titanic ‘duel in the sun’ battle between the competition’s leading two sides was settled in dramatic style on 79 minutes as Rangers’ Richard Aka won the race to a Darren Hawkyard stabbed kick to complete a fine […]

Buffaloes Find Their Middleman

Buffaloes Find Their Middleman. Bramley Buffaloes launch their latest highlights video clip with the help of Leeds band Middleman. The Clip shows the tries from their recent win over Cumbrian Team Carlisle Centurions, on Saturday 13th June down at the Arthur Miller Stadium and features the Middleman track It’s Not Over Yet. Buffaloes Head Coach, […]

July easyfundraising News

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OUTLAWS HOLD OFF BRAVE BUFFALOES FIGHTBACK

OUTLAWS HOLD OFF BRAVE BUFFALOES FIGHTBACK Nottingham Outlaws 30 (14) v Bramley Buffaloes 22 (4) Despite a brave second half fight-back, Nottingham Outlaws inflicted a first defeat of the season on the Bramley Buffaloes when they beat them 30-22 at the Bay Ground, Nottingham on Saturday. The Outlaws made a number of changes following their […]

OLD BOYS FAIL TO STOP BUFFALOES

OLD BOYS FAIL TO STOP BUFFALOES  Bramley Buffaloes 40 (34) v Gateshead Storm 22 (16) Bramley Buffaloes maintained their unbeaten run with a hard fought 40-22 victory over a very determined Gateshead Storm team which was supplemented for probably 1 game only by a number of players drawn from Hunslet Old Boys, on Thursday evening […]

BUFFALOES SET HIGH STANDARD AGAINST SORRY WIZARDS

You would have been hard pressed to find a spectator present before the game who would have bet on a 56-4 final score line in a Buffaloes vs. Wizards match, especially as Bramley were down to their final 17 available players. However, a dominant performance, definitely their best of the season, saw the Buffaloes dismantle […]

LIONS DENY BUFFALOES NINTH STRAIGHT WIN

Featherstone Lions 26 (10) v Bramley Buffaloes 26 (10) A Dean Gamble try on the stroke of full-time converted by Leigh Joyce ensured that Featherstone Lions and Bramley Buffaloes both took 2 points apiece as a bad tempered and wholly unsatisfying game ended 26 all at the Millpond. Featherstone therefore ended the Buffaloes 100% record, […]

BUFFALOES DEMOLISH GALLANT CENTURIONS

BUFFALOES DEMOLISH GALLANT CENTURIONS Bramley Buffaloes 94 (50) v Carlisle Centurions 0 (0) Bramley Buffaloes recorded their biggest win of the season when they comprehensively demolished a gallant Carlisle Centurions, 94-0 at a sun drenched Stanningley on Saturday. Stars of the show were Aidy Manley with four try’s, Jon Nicholls with three try’s and Paul […]

Rugby League Conference National top side announced

The Co-operative Rugby League Conference National team of the month for May has been announced in this month’s edition of ‘Rugby League World’ Magazine, which is out tomorrow (Friday) Unbeaten league leaders Bramley Buffaloes provide three players while newcomers in 2009, pacesetters Nottingham Outlaws and Carlisle Centurions are also represented, with Nottingham captain and stand […]

BIG DAY FOR SKY HIGH LOU !

Action girl Louise Evans has her head in the clouds after putting the finishing touches to a fundraising event in aid of Leeds Rugby Foundation’s activities in the community. Louise, who hails from Leeds and is a keen supporter of the Rhinos, will be doing a charity parachute jump in July but as well as […]

Buffaloes Get Behind Eightball

Bramley Buffaloes have released their latest YouTube clip, for their recent game with Dewsbury Celtic, when they won 30-4. The backing track comes from Hamilton based Eightball were formed in 2005 by Paul, Andy and Ritchie. The band had many drummers but none really suited the bands unique style of music. In 2007, when Andy […]

BUFFALOES BUILD FUTURE WITH PPD

Tingley-based building firm PPD (Leeds) Ltd has helped to construct a bright new future for community-owned rugby league club Bramley Buffaloes after agreeing to become main sponsor for the 2009 season. PPD works on domestic building projects across the Yorkshire region and they will now be featuring on the front of the Buffaloes shirts for […]

Fixture Change

Bramley Buffaloes fixture with Gateshead Storm, due to take place on Saturday 30th May, has being switched and will now take place at the Thunderdome in Gateshead, Kick Off 3:30pm. This will be prior to the Gateshead Thunder Vs St Helens Carnegie Challenge Cup tie. Gateshead Chairman Rob Jones said, “The Thunder club approached us […]

Buffaloes on track with RMT!

Bramley Buffaloes are celebrating 100% start to their 2009 Co-operative National rugby league season by signing a sponsorship agreement with rail union RMT. The community owned club have started their sixth season back with six wins from six starts and will now be featuring the RMT logo on their warm up and post match playing […]

FOREVER WEDNESDAY GET STUCK INTO BUFFALOES!

The Bramley Buffaloes latest rugby league match action video on YouTube continues to showcase the UK’s musical talent with a track called Her Red Stiletto by Forever Wednesday getting stuck into the flood of tries in a recent 78-4 victory over East Lancashire Lions in the Co-operative National League. Forever Wednesday, Residing in Farnham (South […]

BUFFALOES GO FOR SIX APPEAL

BUFFALOES GO FOR SIX APPEAL Bramley Buffaloes go into this Saturday’s West Yorkshire derby against Dewsbury Celtic (Arthur Miller Stadium, Stanningley 2.30pm) looking to make it six wins out of six and maintain their 100% record in the Co-operative Conference. The Buffaloes have already racked up 214 points including last weekend’s 78-4 demolition of East […]

Buffaloes are Sandboxed

The Buffaloes began their quest for the 2009 Co-operative Rugby League Conference National Title with a 38 20 victory over new boys Nottingham Outlaws, at the Arthur Miller Stadium, on Sunday 19th April 2009. Video highlights of the game are now up on Youtube, exclusively on the Buffaloes Youtube Channel. The backing track for the […]

ONE HUNDRED UP FOR MIGHTY FLYNN

At 25 Shaun Flynn is already a Bramley Buffaloes veteran having just become the first player from the community owned club to reach 100 appearances. The flying winger, well known for his multi coloured hair and dazzling pace, wasn’t aware of the milestone until it was mentioned to him last week after the victory at […]

RED HOT GREEN MAKES HIS MARK

Young utility player Craig Green represents the future face of Bramley Buffaloes according to coach Mark Butterill. The 21-year-old joined Bramley from West Leeds in the close season and he’s already making a big impact in a team that’s hoping to build on its 100% record with a home game against Huddersfield Rangers on Saturday […]

FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER?

Bramley’s barnstorming second rower John Eliker is hoping to make it fourth time lucky in 2009 after missing out on the club’s last three Grand Final appearances. “It was agonising to miss the end of season finale in each of the last three seasons and I’m going all out with one purpose in mind this […]

AIDY READY FOR BUFFALOES CHALLENGE

Armley lad Aidy Manley is hoping to make his mark with the Bramley Buffaloes in 2009 after making the step up from West Leeds ARLFC. The 20-year-old centre, who has been playing the game since he was 13, is well aware of the tradition attached to the amber and black as the club embarks on […]

NO IFS WITH BUTTS FOR BRAMLEY NEW BOY!

Rugby League has been coursing through the veins of Bramley Buffaloes new boy Jim Shuttleworth since he was old enough to pick up a ball! The 28-year-old back row forward has just returned from a two year stint with Southport Tigers in the Queensland Rugby League and he can’t wait for the Buffaloes 2009 home […]

FREE ENTRY EXPERIMENT DRIVES BRAMLEY FORWARD

Bramley Buffaloes get their 2009 home campaign underway next Sunday with an open invitation to fans old and new as well as the population of West Leeds to taste the action for free! The innovative initiative, sponsored by Leeds Co-operative Members Committee, sees the Cooperative RL Conference National side waive normal admission charges for the […]