Alnwick RUFC vs Ilkley RFC, Saturday 17th October 2026, Venue: Greensfield, Alnwick, Result: Alnwick 66pts, Ilkley 26pts Alnwick are emerging as promotion favourites as the league table, after 4 early season matches, reveal their second place behind unbeaten neighbours Northern. They have failed once to claim try bonus points in winning all their matches. Ironically Ilkley have one more of these precious points but have only won twice. Alnwick remain sore that, had Ilkley not

Following a welcome wet week in drought stricken Yorkshire there was some doubt whether the firm ground of last week at Stacks Field would be affected.

The Centurions were brought back down to earth with a 7 - 51 defeat against league leaders Whitby, as a much changed Ilkley side came up against a big, experienced and physically imposing Pirates outfit.

Ilkley Centurions 82 – 3 Harrogate Pythons 2nds A very busy and resplendent Stacks Field greeted Harrogate Pythons as Ilkley hosted a league double header. The conditions were perfect: beautiful sunshine, not a breath of wind, and a pitch that looked like the green baize at the Crucible. The large Harrogate pack didn’t look particularly enthusiastic about proceedings. In fact, with the sun beating down, sun cream appeared far more appropriate than Vaseline. Harrogate started

Stacks Field has rarely looked so resplendent, the green sward basking in early Autumn sunlight and eagerly awaiting the first belated home match of the season. After their disappointing trip to the seaside last week, the Dalesmen certainly had something to prove and this they did with aplomb, putting on a dazzling performance that left their visitors reeling and their supporters wondering where that had all come from. Well a lot had come from a rejuvenated pack that played o

Scarborough RUFC vs Ilkley RFC, Saturday 26th September 2026, Venue Silver Royd, Scarborough, Scarborough 34pts, Ilkley 27pts A beautiful day and warm welcome greeted the Dalesmen to this first game of the delayed season. It was Scarborough’s first ever match in Regional One North East having won promotion under the coaching of ex-England star Ben Foden. Having recruited well during the break and going into their centenary season, the wonderful Silver Royd complex was buzzing

For the first time in the club’s 127-year history, the third team, the Centurions, played a league match. A coach trip up to beautiful Wensleydale. The sunshine greeted the travellers and the vista was spectacular. Not many places can challenge Ilkley on that front, but I’m afraid we have to doff our flat caps on that front. As the farmers were at a critical stage of their season, Ilkley assisted the opposition with players. League rules aside, rugby is a game like no other;

This Final clash was set for an exciting evening with the home side having lost only one league game out of 20 all season, a formidable achievement, against an Ilkley 2nd XV having had an indifferent season but finishing with a good away win at York. Yarnbury's 4G pitch was immaculate as both sides lined up on a cool May evening. Yarnbury immediately seized the initiative with their elusive centre sidestepping his way through a startled Ilkley defence to put his team up 7 -

Thanks to the never-ending bone-headed decisions taken by the RFU and the tin-eared Yorkshire RFU, Ilkley’s season was due to finish today at around 4.30. Instead, the Dalesmen decided to pack it all in thirty minutes earlier, squandering a commanding lead, to fold and lose by 48 points to 43. What a shame for retiring players Blake Morgan and Tom Dickinson, who could and should have had a far more memorable last game for the club they have served so well. Both played the fu

With fourth place in the League nailed on, Ilkley travelled up to England’s northernmost rugby club with nothing to play for but pride. Their hosts on the other hand were anxious to secure second place in order to have home advantage in the forthcoming play-offs, which will be against Harrogate, whose demolition of Sandal means they will finish third. There were various changes in the Ilkley side , which could not be described as being at full strength, but they made a lively

With Ilkley pretty much at full strength and coming off the back of a comfortable win away at Driffield, there was considerably more optimism in the air amongst the Ilkley faithful, compared with the visit to Heath in November. Back then, with half a dozen or more players missing, the Dalesmen were on the end of a 45-10 pummelling, so on a lovely Spring day, there was something to prove, not least as the visitors had just lost their only match of the season to date, away to A

A cloudy and cool day awaited Ilkley at Driffield but the Dalesmen warmed their faithful supporters with a lively and competent performance to gain a well deserved win. Despite missing three players from last week's side, Ilkley made a bright start playing up the slight slope when from a scrum the ball went quickly right and Harry Harrison slipped his tackles and good interpassing gave Blake Morgan an unconverted try. Driffield came back but were repulsed and Ilkley were aga

There was a big crowd of supporters at Stack's field for this local derby match and conditions were good and dry. As expected the match was hard fought with Ilkley throwing their all at Harrogate. Ultimately though, Harrogate's very big pack held the upper arm and swung the day for the visitors. Ilkley had a dream start when Ilkley's forwards regained lost scrum ball to release full back Freddy Brown who left Harrogate with a great view of his back as he scorched through for

Ilkley vs Pocklington U17 Colts 22 Feb 26 – Reported by Gary Ferguson The Winter Sun made a rare Yorkshire cameo at Stacks Field — presumably bribed with tea and biscuits — as a gallant but numerically challenged Pocklington side arrived for the sequel nobody knew they needed: 14-a-side rugby. Numbers may have been down, but spirits were not. Ilkley, still feeling the aftershocks of last week’s epic against Keighley, welcomed back Captain Harry Schmidt and Loosehead Prop Will

Regional One North East: Cleckheaton 25, Ilkley 44 ILKLEY are well on track to better their highest-ever finish in Regional One North East. They currently sit third, having advanced a place at the weekend after winning their derby 44-25 at bottom-of-the-table Cleckheaton, while Harrogate dropped a spot to fourth following their 44-36 home defeat to leaders Heath. However, finishing above the seventh place that Ilkley achieved last season is not the limit of their ambitions.

Ilkley 12 v Keighley 7 The rain relented to provide the first dry window for what feels like weeks. The pitch was in amazing condition. Fresh from the sponsors team photographs with Mike Picken (Attis), Mike Simms (Cardinal), Joe Widdop (Ripon Ground Care), Mark Hall (Business Waste) and David Shaw (Ilkley Pride) all supporting local youth rugby with a spanking new strip, training tops and bags. The lads ran out as firm underdogs. A scratch side with many absentees, Jacob

Following what seemed like a full week of rain, sunshine greeted the players on Saturday afternoon in what turned out to be a very good win for Ilkley but a win which was very well contested by Blaydon, particularly in the first half. Ilkley started at pace gaining a penalty from their kick off and possession from their lineout allowing a swift moving maul to give Blake Morgan their first try, not converted. Ilkley kept the pressure on and on 9 minutes from another Ilkley li

The rain relented in the early hours to provide much better conditions than expected for this rearranged match. Ilkley started brightly when Charles Morgan kicked a penalty long downfield. Middlesbrough failed to gather and illegally prevented Ilkley scoring from their kick ahead resulting in a penalty try and an early 7 - 0 lead. To their credit Middlesbrough came straight back and pushed Ilkley back via a penalty to their 5 metre line from which they mauled their way over

Ilkley travelled up to the murky hills of Cumbria for this return match which Ilkley won well in a rather one sided contest at Stack's Field back in October. It soon became clear that Penrith were looking to reverse the scoreline with their huge front row leading their charge. Early scrum pressure from Penrith forced a penalty and from the resulting kick Penrith were up to the Ilkley 10. However, Ilkley's defence held firm and Ben Magee led Ilkley's response upfield on the a

The last match of the year and one for the Dalesmen to forget. Despite scoring four sparkling tries, team discipline was left on the bus and Sandal took full advantage, belying their lowly position in the league. An astonishing 11 penalties were awarded against Ilkley in the first half alone, compared to just the 1 against Sandal. Matters improved somewhat in the second half, but the ratio was still 7 to 4 and there is no doubt that the game was lost for that reason.Ilkley di