West Park
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
West Park, Leeds, England — opened unknown, 4 rugby league games hosted, home of Leeds Rhinos Women appear to use West Park as a home venue for some fixtures (3 of the 4 recorded matches, 2024-2026, all Leeds home wins) -- plausibly a lower-capacity alternative to Headingley Stadium for early-round or lower-crowd fixtures, though this is inferred from press coverage rather than stated directly. The earliest recorded match (2011) instead involved Milford ARLFC (an unrelated amateur club, also based in the same West Park/Kirkstall area of Leeds) -- whether that match was played on the same pitch as the later Leeds Rhinos Women fixtures, or merely at a differently-named ground sharing the "West Park" area name, could not be confirmed..
Ground facts
| Opened | unknown (No rugby-league-specific or confirmed general opening date exists. The adjoining rugby union facility "The Sycamores" (West Park Leeds RUFC) was developed on newly acquired land 2006-2008 with a new clubhouse opened July 2008, following a 2006 merger of Leeds RUFC and West Park Bramhope RUFC -- but this describes the neighbouring union facility, and it is not confirmed whether the rugby league fixtures were played on the same pitch. West Park as an open space in the LS5 area of Leeds clearly predates this redevelopment.) |
| Home club | Leeds Rhinos Women appear to use West Park as a home venue for some fixtures (3 of the 4 recorded matches, 2024-2026, all Leeds home wins) -- plausibly a lower-capacity alternative to Headingley Stadium for early-round or lower-crowd fixtures, though this is inferred from press coverage rather than stated directly. The earliest recorded match (2011) instead involved Milford ARLFC (an unrelated amateur club, also based in the same West Park/Kirkstall area of Leeds) -- whether that match was played on the same pitch as the later Leeds Rhinos Women fixtures, or merely at a differently-named ground sharing the "West Park" area name, could not be confirmed. |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 4 |
| Top recorded crowd | 400 |
| Capacity | Not found in any source. |
| Floodlights installed | Confirmed present on the adjoining West Park Leeds RUFC "Sycamores" facility (first XV pitch, grass training pitches, and an all-weather pitch) -- not independently confirmed as the exact pitch used for the rugby league fixtures. |
| Surface | The Sycamores complex has three grass pitches plus one all-weather (synthetic) pitch; which surface hosted the rugby league fixtures specifically is not stated. |
| First rugby league match | 5 Mar 2011 -- Challenge Cup, Round 3: Milford 16 def by Gateshead 38 (crowd 400, the venue's top recorded crowd) |
| Last rugby league match | 19 Apr 2026 -- Women's Challenge Cup, Round 3: Leeds 72 def London 0 |
| Years used | 2011–2026 |
| Location | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
Name history
Rugby league history
A shared, multi-club community ground rather than a purpose-built rugby league stadium -- used by amateur club Milford ARLFC in 2011 and later by Leeds Rhinos Women for Women's Challenge Cup and Women's Super League fixtures (2024-2026). No finals or internationals recorded.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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