Until the formation of Rotherham Rangers in 1977 rugby league had never been part of the sporting scene in Rotherham. That all changed on the 18th of September of that year when Rotherham Rangers amateur rugby league club played it first ever West Yorkshire League game against local rivals Sheffield Concord. Rangers won the game by 33 points to 25
Following that first game and after a few seasons of struggling to raise a team and win games, Rangers finally began to recruit better players, achieve success in the local cup competitions and progress through the league structures.
The club had several changes of name from Rangers to Roosters and then to Giants. The Rotherham club also played at eight different grounds before going out of existence in 2012.
The story of rugby league in Rotherham is told in:
The Other Rugby
