OneBore Stadium
Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
OneBore Stadium, Castleford, England — opened 1926, 1,841 rugby league games hosted, home of Castleford Tigers.
Sourcing caveat: Specific dates/opponents for Wheldon Road's international touring-team matches (documented in general terms as spanning 1929-1994) could not be independently confirmed beyond a single 28 October 1970 England fixture where even the opponent was not clearly given in sources found; reported here as a general span rather than a fabricated match list.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1926 (Castleford RLFC's first season (1926-27) was played elsewhere ('Sandy Desert' / an earlier ground); the club moved into Wheldon Road in 1927.) |
| Home club | Castleford Tigers |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1,841 |
| Top recorded crowd | 14,814 |
| Capacity | 10,500 (reduced from a Super League-era high of 11,731, current since 2023) |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| Challenge Cup Finals hosted | 1 |
| Floodlights installed | 1965-66 season |
| Surface | Grass |
| First rugby league match | Castleford RLFC moved to Wheldon Road for the 1927 season, having played their inaugural 1926-27 campaign elsewhere (exact first fixture at the ground not identified in sources found) |
| Years used | 1914–2026 |
| Location | Castleford, West Yorkshire |
Name history
- Wheldon Road — 1927-2000, and still the base/traditional name used alongside every sponsor name since
- The Jungle — 2000-2001, Jungle.com sponsorship
- PROBIZ Coliseum — 2010-2012
- Wish Communications Stadium — 2013
- The Mend-A-Hose Jungle — 2014-2024
- The OneBore Stadium — since 13 August 2025
Rugby league history
Castleford Tigers' home since 1927, traditionally known as Wheldon Road (and long nicknamed "The Jungle") regardless of the sponsor name of the day. The ground's all-time attendance record, 25,449, was set for a 1934-35 Challenge Cup third-round tie against Hunslet; the Super League-era record is 11,731, for a league match against Leeds Rhinos on 7 March 2004. Renamed The OneBore Stadium from 13 August 2025 under a two-year naming-rights deal with local tunnelling firm OneBore Tunnelling, timed just ahead of the club's 2026 centenary year, after a proposed replacement ground (the long-mooted Five Towns Stadium/Axiom scheme in nearby Glasshoughton) repeatedly stalled and was abandoned in favour of redeveloping the existing Wheldon Road site.
Originally also home to Castleford Town F.C. (association football) from 1926.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 1934/35 Challenge Cup third round, 9 March 1935 — Castleford v Hunslet, attendance 25,449 (the ground's all-time attendance record; not a Challenge Cup Final)
- Hosted international touring-team fixtures from 1929 to 1994 (individual dates, opponents and scores not independently confirmed in sources found, beyond a documented 28 October 1970 England international)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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