Newcastle Thunder
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Newcastle Thunder Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | Thunder |
| Short name | Newcastle |
| Website | thunderrugby.com |
| Colours |  |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Current details | |
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| CEO(s) | Keith Christie |
| Coach(s) | Mick Mantelli |
| Captain(s) | Joe Brown, Rhys Clarke (co captains) |
| Competition | League 1 |
| 2014 Championship 1 | 4th |
| Records | |
| Challenge Cups | Quarter finalists (2009) |
| National League Two | 1 (2008) |
| Most capped | 217 - Robin Peers |
| Most points | 449 - Benn Hardcastle |
Newcastle Thunder R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They play in the Kingstone Press 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.
Newcastle is the only professional rugby league club in North East England. The club was founded in 2000 as Gateshead Thunder as a replacement for the original Gateshead Thunder club that had merged into Hull F.C. after one season in the Super League. The club have won one trophy during their run, the 2008 National League 2 championship.
In 1999 Gateshead Thunder was added to the Super League as an expansion team. Playing at Gateshead International Stadium, the club was relatively successful on the field but suffered heavy financial losses, and so at the end of Super League IV the club was merged with Hull Sharks, with the team relocating to Hull. Following this, a group of supporters formed a new Gateshead Thunder club, which was accepted to play in the Northern Ford Premiership starting in the 2001 season. The new club struggled both on and off the field, facing financial problems again in 2002 before being accepted to play in the new National League 2 competition in 2003.
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