Editing Wakefield (section)

===Rugby===
[[File:Wakefield Trinity Wildcats hospitality suites (geograph 5814488).jpg|thumb|Belle Vue Stadium]]
[[Wakefield Trinity]] is a [[rugby league|Rugby League]] club currently playing in the Super League following promotion from the Championship in 2024. The club, founded in 1873, was one of the initial founders of the [[Rugby Football League|Northern Union]] after the split from the [[Rugby Football Union]] in 1895. The club plays at [[Belle Vue (Wakefield)|Belle Vue stadium]].<ref name="WTrinity">{{cite web |title=Wildcats |url=http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/wildcats-history-c351.html |publisher=wakefieldwildcats.co.uk |access-date=21 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031130154/http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/wildcats-history-c351.html |archive-date=31 October 2009}}</ref> Several local teams play in different leagues of the [[British Amateur Rugby League Association]], BARLA.
They include Wakefield City, Westgate Wolves, Crigglestone All Blacks, Kettlethorpe and Eastmoor Dragons.<ref name="BARLA">{{cite web |title=BARLA |url=http://www.barla.org.uk/Clubs/ |publisher=barla.org.uk |access-date=21 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313160950/http://www.barla.org.uk/Clubs/ |archive-date=13 March 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rugby Union Football is played at [[Sandal RUFC]]<ref name="sandalrufc">{{cite web |title=Sandal rufc |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/sandalrufc/?primary=theclub&secondary=history#_ |publisher=pitchero.com |access-date=21 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130021301/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/sandalrufc/?primary=theclub&secondary=history#_ |archive-date=30 January 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> and was played by [[Wakefield RFC]] at [[College Grove (sports ground)|College Grove]] from 1901 to 2004 when the club ceased to play.