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The Newcastle Thunder are a professional rugby league club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They play in the Bet Fred League 1 competition, the third tier of rugby league in the United Kingdom. They play their home matches at Kingston Park, also home to rugby union side Newcastle Falcons. The club was known as Gateshead Thunder until 2015.

History

The club was formerly known as Gateshead Thunder, and played their home games at Gateshead International Stadium in Gateshead. The club was formed by supporters of the original Gateshead Thunder after that organisation made the decision to relocate to Hull at the end of the 1999 season. ^[1] The new club entered the Northern Ford Premiership for the 2001 season, however they struggled to compete, and eventually finished 17th out of the 19 clubs. ^[2]

Gateshead continued to struggle in the following season, finishing bottom of the league in 2002. ^[3] When the Northern Ford Premiership was split into two divisions for the 2003 season the club joined National League Two, and again finished in the bottom two, being kept off the bottom only by new entrants London Skolars. ^[4] The club's fortunes began to improve in 2005, a seventh place finish being enough to gain a first ever place in the play-offs, before losing to Workington Town in their first ever play-off game. ^[5] The club again finished seventh in 2006, but went on to lose 46–18 to Featherstone Rovers in the play-offs. ^[6]

In 2008 the club won its first silverware, finishing the season as League 1 champions. ^[7] As champions, the club were promoted to the Championship, and avoided on-field relegation by finishing seventh under coach Steve McCormack ^[8] Thunder's joy at securing a second season in the second tier was however short-lived, as the club was wound up following a dispute between the directors. A new company was formed to continue the club, however the club had to restart as a Championship 1 side, effectively being relegated for the 2010 season. ^[9]

Gateshead Thunder were taken over by the owners of rugby union side Newcastle Falcons in 2015 ^[10]. The club was rebranded as Newcastle Thunder and applied for permission to use Kingston Park in Newcastle as their home ground.^[11]

Further silverware was earned in 2016, when Newcastle defeated North Wales Crusaders to win the League 1 Shield ^[12]

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

2019 squad

2019 transfers

Records

Player records

Team records

Attendance records

Honours

Former players

Juniors

Thunder also run a U16 Scholarship side and an U19 Academy side that play in the Super League U19’s structure

The 2018 u16 team has seen wins against London Broncos, Widnes Vikings and Leeds Rhinos and the u19’s picking up an early season win against Wakefield Trinity

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thunderrugby.com/club_info/history|title=Club History|publisher=Newcastle Thunder|accessdate=5 September 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=156|title=2001 Season|publisher=Cherry & White (RLFans)|accessdate=5 September 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=153|title=2002 Season|publisher=Cherry & White (RLFans)|accessdate=7 September 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=154|title=2003 Season|publisher=Cherry & White (RLFans)|accessdate=7 September 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=155|title=2005 Season|publisher=Cherry & White (RLFans)|accessdate=7 September 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=470|title=2006 Season|publisher=Cherry & White (RLFans)|accessdate=7 September 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/newcastle-thunder|title=Newcastle Thunder|publisher=Evening Chronicle|accessdate=7 September 2017}}
8. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8241467.stm|title=McCormack joy as Thunder survive|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 September 2009|accessdate=10 September 2017}}
9. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8326982.stm|title=Gateshead rescue bid gathers pace|publisher=BBC Sport|date=26 October 2009|accessdate=10 September 2017}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/rugby-league/newcastle-thunder-soar-under-new-9330359|title=Newcastle Thunder to soar under new ownership, predicts Brian Carney|publisher=Evening Chronicle|date=26 May 2015|accessdate=7 September 2015}}
11. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/30901286|title=Newcastle Thunder: Gateshead rugby league side relocates|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Sport|date=20 January 2015|accessdate=20 January 2015}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rugby-league.com/kingstone_press_leagues/match_report/13120|title=Sunday 18th September 2016 Match Report|publisher=Rugby Football League|accessdate=7 September 2017}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thunderrugby.co.uk/on-field/dent-moves-north-for-2018/|title=Dent moves north for 2018|publisher=Newcastle Thunder|date=4 December 2017|accessdate=4 December 2017}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=https://thunderrugby.co.uk/on-field/ollett-secures-thunder-switch-from-dewsbury/|title=Ollett secures Thunder switch from Dewsbury|publisher=Newcastle Thunder|date=20 November 2017|accessdate=7 December 2017}}
15. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/castleford-tigers/castleford-youngster-fitzsimmons-joins-newcastle-1-8858553|title=Castleford youngster Fitzsimmons joins Newcastle|work=Pontefract & Castleford Express|date=15 November 2017|accessdate=22 January 2018}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thunderrugby.com/club_info/records__honours|title=Records and Honours|publisher=Newcastle Thunder|accessdate=7 September 2017}}