Leeds Rhinos
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Leeds Rhinos Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Rhinos The Loiners |
| Short name | Leeds Rhinos |
| Website | therhinos.co.uk |
| Colours |
 Blue and Gold |
| Founded | 1870 |
| Current details | |
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| Chairman |
Paul Caddick Gary Hetherington |
| Coach | Brian McDermott |
| Captain | Danny McGuire |
| Competition | Super League |
| 2016 season | 9th |
 Current season
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| Records | |
| Championships | 10 (1961, 1969, 1972, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015) |
| Challenge Cups | 13 (1910, 1923, 1932, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1957, 1968, 1977, 1978, 1999, 2014, 2015) |
| World Club Challenges | 3 (2005, 2008, 2012) |
| Other honours | 39 |
| Highest points scorer | 3,967 - Kevin Sinfield |
Leeds Rhinos R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1870, they compete in the Super League, the top-level European rugby league club competition, and have won the competition a record seven times since its inception in 1996, most recently in 2015. They play their home matches at Headingley Stadium.
The club was known simply as Leeds until the end of the 1996 season. They are also historically known as the Loiners, referring to the demonym for a native of Leeds.
In 1895, Leeds was one of twenty-two rugby clubs which broke away from the Rugby Football Union and formed what is now the Rugby Football League. Leeds joined the Super League in 1996 and became Leeds Rhinos in 1997. The club is owned by the same company that owns Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union team, who also play their home matches at Headingley.
Leeds have won thirteen Challenge Cups, ten League championships and three World Club Challenge titles.
In 1864, H. I. Jenkinson placed an advert in the Leeds Mercury inviting players to meet up at Woodhouse Moor a few days a week from 7 am to 8 am. That advert attracted more than 500 members. From this interest several clubs were formed, including Leeds St John's.
Leeds St John's was formed in 1870 and was originally known as the "Old Blue and Ambers". The club played at the Militia Barracks from 1870 to 1888 before moving to Cardigan Fields, near Headingley, Leeds. Membership was originally confined to the church classes but was soon expanded. By 1887 St John's had reached its first cup final, the Yorkshire Cup losing to Wakefield Trinity.
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