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Swinton Lions
Also known as: Swinton
ID: team_137539
About
The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. Before 1996, the club was known simply as Swinton. The club was formed in 1866 when members of Swinton Cricket Club decided to take up "football" in the winter to keep fit. Other than an annual challenge against the local Lancashire Rifle Volunteers from 1869, the only games played were amongst the club's own membership. The first rugby match under floodlights took place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton on 22 October 1878.
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Heywood Road
Heywood Road is a rugby stadium in Sale, Greater Manchester, England, which has been the home ground of rugby union side Sale F.C. since 1905. From the 2016 season, it has also been home to Championship rugby league team Swinton.
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