Widnes Vikings can confirm that the club will be withdrawing from the 2020 Challenge Cup. We were due to take on Super League outfit Catalans Dragons in the Sixth Round, set to be played over the weekend of August 22-23. After long consultations on the viability of returning to play, the club has decided to...Read More
#OnThisDay in 2007, Widnes Vikings recorded a 54-6 victory over Whitehaven to win the Northern Rail Cup. The Vikings took a huge number of travelling supporters with them, as they added another trophy to the long list of honours the club holds. On the day, Steve McCormack’s side ran in 9 tries to record a...Read More
Former Viking, Harrison Hansen, has recently spoke about his time at the club, paying huge credit to the fans of Widnes Vikings for their efforts during his spell at the DCBL Stadium. Hansen was speaking to Ryan Taylor on ‘Taylor Talks’, as he opened up about his time in Rugby League over the last two...Read More
Widnes Vikings had some brilliant times in Super League, firstly in 2002 until 2005, as well as our through our most recent spell between 2012-2018. During the above years in the top division, we have had some brilliant try scorers, and we want to test your knowledge on them. The question we have for you...Read More
As part of its ongoing dialogue and consultation regarding the impact of Coronavirus on the sport, the RFL has liaised with clubs regarding appropriate amends to the Operational Rules for 2020, and has also worked with clubs on arrangements for the Reserves League, (Under-18) Academy Championship and Under-16 Scholarships for the rest of the year. In consultation...Read More
While rugby league is suspended, we are going to test the knowledge of our supporters with a number of Widnes Vikings quizzes. Since the club returned to the Betfred Championship, there have been 33 different try scorers. This includes all competitive games we have played in, including the Challenge Cup and the 1895 Cup. All...Read More
The Rugby Football League and the Betfred Championship clubs today confirm that the 2020 Betfred Championship Summer Bash has been cancelled. The Summer Bash was scheduled as a 27th round of fixtures in addition to the 26 home and away rounds in the Betfred Championship for the 2020 season, and was due to be staged...Read More
Stuck for something to do during Lockdown and missing Widnes Rugby League? Then we have a potential solution in catching up with almost four decades’ worth of home match programmes in one download… Compiled by Steve Fox in 2015, it’s a computer file, about 1.7GB in size, in PDF format (that can be opened by...Read More
