Royal Air Force College
Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England
Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, England — opened unknown, 9 rugby league games hosted, home of Royal Air Force representative rugby league team.
Ground facts
| Opened | unknown (The College itself opened in 1920 as the world's first air academy, and hosted rugby union as early as 1929, but no source confirms when its grounds began hosting rugby league specifically — the earliest recorded rugby league fixture is 2010.) |
| Home club | Royal Air Force representative rugby league team |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 9 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Years used | 2010–2024 |
| Location | Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
Name history
Rugby league history
Home grounds of the Royal Air Force's representative rugby league team, which traces to an unofficial 'Blue Bombers' squad formed in 1992 to work around a then-ban on the sport in the military; RAF Rugby League gained official sanction in January 1996. The RAF side plays its home Challenge Cup qualifying ties here, and also competes annually in the Inter-Services Championship against the Army and Royal Navy, winning the title in 2001, 2012 and 2016. No crowd figures survive for any of the nine recorded matches at the College, spanning 2010 to 2024.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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