Gateshead Thunder (1999)
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Gateshead Thunder was a professional rugby league club founded in 1999 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which competed in the 1999 Super League but then merged with Hull Sharks after only one sea
Gateshead Thunder (new club) match, 2004
Newcastle Thunder
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Newcastle Thunder is a professional rugby league club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was founded in 2000 as Gateshead Thunder, after the merger of the original Gateshead Thunder into Hull F
Gateshead Thunder (1999)
…Wear, England, which competed in the 1999 Super League but then merged with Hull Sharks after only one season. To retain rugby league in Gateshead, a new Gateshead Thunder club (now Newcastle Thunder) played in Gateshead from 2001 until 2014. The club was formed by Kath Hetherington and Shane Richardson at an initial cost of £500,000 with sponsors…
Kingston Park became the Thunder's home ground in 2015