Batercard Leeds Rhinos Academy | |
 Looking north across the pitch (2006) | |
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| Former names | Clarence Fields |
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| Location | Kirkstall,Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Owner | Leeds |
| Type | Sports facility |
| Opened | 1996 (as a training facility) |
| Tenants | |
| Rugby Union Kirkstall RFC Headingley Rugby League Bramley (1995-96) Milford Marlins | |
TheKirkstall Training Ground, historically known asClarence Fields, is a training facility in Leeds owned byLeeds Rhinos. The training facility is mostly used byLeeds Rhinos, butNational Conference League side Milford Marlins andLeeds City College[1]Rugby League team also use the site to play home matches. It was previously used byLeeds Tykes (having originally been the home of their predecessors Headingley RUFC),and byBramley RLFC as their home ground in 1995-96 following the sale ofMcLaren Field.
The ground and the lower floors of the buildings on site suffered significant damage in the Boxing Day Floods of 2015. Whilst the ground was repaired and cleaned, the rugby teams used other venues around the city.[2] Leeds Rhinos manager, Gary Hetherington, suggested that the eventual clean up cost would be £6 million and it would not be until June 2016 at the earliest before the training centre could be used again.[3]
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