Kirkstall Training Ground
| Leeds Rugby Academy | |
| Location |
Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
|---|---|
| Owner | Leeds Rugby |
| Type | Sports facility |
| Tenants | |
|
Leeds Rhinos Yorkshire Carnegie Millom Marlins | |
The Kirkstall Training Ground is a training facility in Leeds owned by Leeds Rugby. The training facility is mostly used by Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Carnegie and is also used as a home for National Conference League side Millom Marlins and is used by Leeds City College[1]
The ground and the lower floors of the buildings on site suffered significant damage in the Boxing Day Floods of 2015. Whilst the ground was repaired and cleaned, the rugby teams used other venues around the city.[2] Leeds Rhinos manager, Gary Hetherington, suggested that the eventual clean up cost would be £6 million and it would not be until June 2016 at the earliest before the training centre could be used again.[3]
References
- ↑ Smith, Peter (29 December 2015). "Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Carnegie left reeling after flood". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ↑ "Leeds Rhinos: It could be May before Leeds can return to Kirkstall training base". Yorkshire Evening Post. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ↑ "Leeds Rhinos facing £1m flood damage bill for training ground". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
Coordinates: 53°48′51.5″N 1°36′16.7″W / 53.814306°N 1.604639°W