East Lancashire Lions is a rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 club from Darwen

Darwen

Darwen is a market town and civil parish located within Lancashire, England. Along with its northerly neighbour, Blackburn, it forms the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen — a unitary authority area...

 in Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

. They currently play in the Rugby League Conference National Division

Rugby League Conference National Division

The Rugby League Conference National Division is the highest division in the Rugby League Conference. Between 2003 and 2006, it was known as National League Three.-National League Three:...

. The Lions play their home games at the Anchor Ground, home of Darwen FC.

History

Bolton Le Moors were formed in 2003 as with the intention of trying to develop rugby league in Bolton. Their home ground in their early years was Bolton rugby union club. They joined the North West Division of the Rugby League Conference in 2003; they won the RLC Shield in this inaugural year beating Torfaen Tigers

Torfaen Tigers

Torfaen Tigers are a rugby league team based in Pontypool, Monmouthshire. They play in the Welsh Premier division of the Rugby League Conference.-History:...

 in the final at Wilderspool, Warrington. They joined the Central Premier Division in 2005.

Bolton Le Moors moved to Darwen to become East Lancashire Lions. They joined the North Premier Division. In 2006 they played through their first season, won the North Premier beating Cottingham Phoenix

Cottingham Phoenix

Cottingham Phoenix are a rugby league team based in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire. They play in the Yorkshire Premier division of the Rugby League Conference.-History:...

 in the Grand final and managed to get into the Harry Jepson Trophy Grand Final but eventually lost to South London Storm 30-0 at Ivor Preece Field

Ivor Preece Field

The Ivor Preece Field on Rugby Road, Binley Woods, Warwickshire is the home ground for Broadstreet RUFC designed by SR Davis architects with the sports ground designed by Peter Jones Associates, Quantity Surveyors Bucknall Austin, project managed by Falcon House Project Management.The first game...

, Binley Woods

Binley Woods

Binley Woods is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. However, it is sometimes wrongly considered part of suburban Coventry . In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,607....

 near Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

, the home of Broadstreet RUFC

Broadstreet RUFC

Broadstreet Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England. In 2008/2009, the team finished as champions of Midlands 1 League. The 2009/2010 season in National League 2 was their second season in the National Leagues, but they were relegated straight...

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In 2007, East Lancashire Lions joined the National Division

Rugby League Conference National Division

The Rugby League Conference National Division is the highest division in the Rugby League Conference. Between 2003 and 2006, it was known as National League Three.-National League Three:...

winning 4 out of 16 matches, coming eighth in the league. They finished a distant last in 2008 after winning just two of their 18 matches. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/3759393.East_Lancashire_Lions_look_to_climb_the_Rugby_League_ladder/

East Lancashire Lions are to take a season’s sabbatical from the National Division in 2010 to secure a new home base.