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After becoming the first ever winners of the Yorkshire Cup in 1876, the club went on to win it on another four occasions. Several players were supplied for the Yorkshire County side in these years, and five were picked for the full England Rugby Union team.
In 1886, the club moved to their traditional home of Thrum Hall, this would be their home ground for the next 112 years until 1998 when they moved across town to their present home, the Shay Stadium, which they share with Halifax Town AFC.
The Halifax club were founder members of the breakaway Northern Rugby Union in 1895. Onfield success continued producing one of their best ever teams in the early years of the twentieth century. In 1902-03 they achieved the 'double' by winning the Challenge Cup and finishing top of Division One. They won the cup again the following season, and were the first ever Championship Play-off winners in season 1906-07.
Halifax enjoyed their first Wembley Challenge Cup final victory over York in 1931. They have since been to Wembley six more times, winning in 1939 and 1987, with their last appearance being in 1988 when they lost to Wigan.
The sides of the late 1930s and mid-1980s were outstanding teams, but many fans would claim the best of all was the team of the 1950s. During this decade they were Championship runners-up three times, Yorkshire Cup winners twice, and Yorkshire League winners four times. They played in two Wembley finals in 1954 and 1956, featuring in the first ever drawn final against Warrington in 1954, losing in the replay at Odsal Stadium in front of a world record Rugby League crowd of 102,569.
Halifax joined the Super League in 1996 and became known as the Blue Sox. However, this proved to be unpopular with most supporters who continued to refer to them as 'Fax'. The club returned to the traditional Halifax R.L.F.C. at the start of 2003. At the end of the 2003 season they were relegated from Super League and narrowly avoided a second relegation to National League 2 in 2004.
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