Mount St. Mary's College
Sheffield (Spinkhill), South Yorkshire, England
Mount St. Mary's College, Sheffield (Spinkhill), England — opened the college itself was founded in 1842; no separate opening date for its sports grounds was found, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of no rugby league club; the school is exclusively documented as a rugby union venue.
Sourcing caveat: The specific teams, date and competition for this venue's recorded rugby league fixture could not be identified from public sources despite extensive checking; this is disclosed as an open research gap rather than guessed at.
Ground facts
| Opened | the college itself was founded in 1842; no separate opening date for its sports grounds was found |
| Home club | no rugby league club; the school is exclusively documented as a rugby union venue |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 683 |
| Capacity | not confirmed |
| Floodlights installed | not confirmed |
| Surface | grass, among the college's nine rugby pitches |
| Years used | 2011 |
| Location | Sheffield (Spinkhill), South Yorkshire |
Name history
- Mount St. Mary's College — since 1842, no other name found
Rugby league history
This site's city note Sheffield (Spinkhill) reflects the school's real location: Spinkhill is a village in North East Derbyshire roughly eight miles from Sheffield. Mount St. Mary's College was a Jesuit Catholic school with a strong rugby union pedigree, including four national schools sevens titles between 1988 and 1995, before closing permanently in July 2025 due to financial pressures. The specific rugby league fixture recorded here in 2011, with a crowd of 683, could not be identified from public sources: it does not appear in any of the venue listings checked for England, Great Britain, France, Wales, Australia or several other representative sides, and no independent account of a rugby league match at this school was found.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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