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Rugby team
Waterloo Ladies
Full name
| Firwood Waterloo Ladies Football Club
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Union
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Founded
| 1989
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Waterloo Ladies Rugby Football Club
, known for sponsorship reasons as
Firwood Waterloo Ladies Rugby Football Club
, is a women's rugby union club based in
Blundellsands
,
Merseyside
, England. They are the women's team of
Waterloo FC
. They were established in 1989 by
England national women's rugby union team
player
Gill Burns
.
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In 2020 they lost their place in the
Premier 15s
after their re-applications were rejected.
[2]
History
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Waterloo Ladies were founded in 1989 by Gill Burns as a way for local women to be able to play rugby in their hometown.
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By 2001, Waterloo Ladies were playing in the Women's Premiership.
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A large number of Waterloo Ladies' players took part in the
2006 Women's Rugby World Cup
, which meant that Waterloo Ladies were unable to put out strong team leading to relegation from the Women's Premiership.
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Despite this, they became the most successful women's rugby club in Merseyside.
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In 2012, the club's name was changed to Firwood Waterloo following a sponsorship deal with a
Liverpool
based timber merchant, which included all of the club's teams including the Ladies.
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In 2013, Waterloo Ladies joined the
Sale Sharks
men's team for training.
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In 2016, Waterloo Ladies were champions of Championship 1 North.
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In 2017, Waterloo Ladies were selected as one of ten successful bids for a franchise in the new Women's Super Rugby competition, later renamed Premier 15s, designed to replace the Women's Premiership due to a reconstitution of women's rugby in England. The decision was welcomed by
Lichfield Ladies
who congratulated Waterloo Ladies on their return, despite Lichfield being controversially omitted from the new league.
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