The Halifax Panthers Wheelchair Rugby League Club are an English wheelchair rugby league club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The club competes in the RFL Wheelchair Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system. The club was formed in 2005. It is connected to the Halifax Panthers rugby league club through its branding, but operates as a separate organisation.
History In July 2005, wheelchair rugby league was introduced to England by a French team who played against a team from Halifax. The team was known as Calderdale in 2008 when several players were selected for the England world cup squad, but became Halifax RLFC Wheelchair Tag Rugby League in 2009.
Halifax wheelchair team was one of the three founding members of the wheelchair rugby league competition in the United Kingdom along with Bury Jigsaw and Mersey Storm, with the former beating Halifax in the inaugural competition grand final. Bury would be the dominant force in the early days of the competition, winning the round robin format national championship in 2012 and 2013. 2015 saw Halifax's first silverware winning the league and cup double, which they would retain twice over winning the double again in 2016 and 2017. Halifax missed out of the league in 2018 but retained the cup for a fourth year running. Halifax won the first official Super League in 2019. Halifax's next league title came in 2022, qualifying them for the newly formed European Club Challenge in which they shared the inaugural title with French champions Catalans Dragons after a 32–32 draw.
In June 2025, Halifax won the Challenge Cup for the fifth time by defeating London Roosters 46–24 in the final. They continued their season success by winning both the League Leaders' Shield and Grand Final of the 2025 RFL Wheelchair Super League. They did so going the entire season undefeated, marking a record third Super League title. In July 2026, Halifax retained the Challenge Cup by defeating Leeds 92–24 in the final.
Seasons
SeasonLeagueChallengeCupEuropean Club ChallengeDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPlay-offs2011Super League colspan="8"2nd/3rdrowspan="4"rowspan="13"2012National Championship colspan="8"2nd/3rd2013National Championship colspan="8"2nd/3rd2014National Championship colspan="8"2nd/3rd/4th2015Premier League colspan="8"ChampionsChampions2016Premier League colspan="7"ChampionsChampions2017Premier League colspan="8"ChampionsChampions2018Premier League colspan="7"Runners-upChampions2019Super League colspan="8"ChampionsSemi-finals2020Super Leaguecolspan="10"2021Super League 740331231683rdLost in Semi-finalThird-place2022Super League 6501416268101stChampionsFourth-placeSL: Phase 2530225921862023Super League 10505519351104thLost in Semi-finalFourth-placeChampions2024Super League 84134283468Runners-upQuarter-finals2025Super League 65103957811ChampionsChampionsrowspan="2" SL: Play-offs33002485661st
Honours Leagues Wheelchair Super League Winners (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2025
Cups Wheelchair Challenge Cup Winners (6): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2025, 2026
International European Club Challenge Winners (1): 2023
References
External links Halifax Wheelchair Rugby League Club Wheelchair Rugby League: Halifax Panthers