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  | teamname       = Liverpool St Helens 
  | image          = Liverpool St.Helens fc.png
  | imagesize      = 110px
  | union          = [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]]
  | fullname       = Liverpool St Helens Football Club
  | nickname       = 
  | founded        = {{Start date and age|1857}}
  | region         = <!-- useful for Provincial and super sides-->
  | location       = [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]], [[Merseyside]]
  | ground         = Moss Lane
  | capacity       = 3,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.therugbyjournal.com/rugby-blog/liverpool-st-helens |title=Liverpool St Helens |publisher=Rugby Journal |accessdate=22 October 2024 }}</ref>
  | chairman       = 
  | ceo            = <!-- If the union/club has a Chief Executive Officer -->
  | president      = [[Stan Bagshaw]]
  | captain        = [[Paddy Royle]]
  | top scorer     = 
  | caps           = 
  | coach          = [[Andy Northey]]
  | url            = https://liverpoolsthelensrugby.co.uk/
  | league         = [[Regional 2 North West]]
  | season         = 2023–24
  | position       = 12th (relegated to [[Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire]])
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'''Liverpool St Helens Football Club''' is an [[England|English]] [[rugby union]] team formed from the merger of Liverpool Football Club and St Helens RUFC. The institution is not to be confused with either [[Liverpool F.C.]] (playing [[association football]]) or [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]] (playing [[rugby league]]).

==History==
The club's first match took place in 1857 when [[old boy network|old boy]]s from [[Rugby School|Rugby school]] challenged local boys to a game under their school rules. Liverpool Football Club were then formed, the oldest open rugby club in the world.

In 1871, the club provided four of the England team that played Scotland in the first rugby international. On 5 February 1877 another Liverpool player, [[Edward Kewley]], was captain of England when they played Ireland in what was the first 15-a-side international. In 1914 the club had three international captains in the first XV, [[Ronnie Poulton-Palmer]] (England), F.H. Turner (Scotland) and R.A. Lloyd (Ireland). Other internationals to play for Liverpool include [[Fran Cotton]], [[Maurice Colclough]], [[Mike Slemen]] and Kevin Simms.

St Helens RUFC was founded in 1919 as St Helens Old Boys, the original membership being predominantly made up of former pupils of Cowley School. Internationals who played for the club include [[Ned Ashcroft|Alan 'Ned' Ashcroft]], [[John Horton (rugby union)|John Horton]], [[Nigel Heslop]] and the current club President [[Ray French (rugby)|Ray French]].

Liverpool and St Helens merged in 1986 and played at Moss Lane which had been the St Helens club's ground. In the early years of the merger the club had two seasons in National Division One split by one season in Division Two. During this time internationals [[Dewi Morris]] and [[Simon Mason (rugby union)|Simon Mason]] played for Liverpool St Helens. But afterwards it sank to Division Four and spent virtually the whole of the 1990s coming to terms with the professional era.

==Honours==
*[[Lancashire Cup Rugby Union|Lancashire Cup]] winners (5): 1977, 1979, 1984, 1990, 1996
*[[North 1 West|North Division 2 West]] champions: 2006–07

==Former Internationals from Liverpool St Helens F.C.==
{{category see also|Liverpool St Helens F.C. players}}

''Source for below:<ref>[http://www.liverpoolsthelensrugby.co.uk/page11.html Official Site]</ref>

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*{{flagicon|England}} [[John Clayton (rugby union)|John Clayton]] 1871
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Arthur Lyon (rugby union)|Arthur Lyon]] 1871
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Frank Tobin]] 1871
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Edward Kewley]] 1874
*{{flagicon|England}} Hon. [[Sidney Parker (rugby player)|Sidney Parker]] 1874
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} J. R. Hay Gordon 1875
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Charles Clark (rugby union)|C. W. H. Clark]] 1875
*{{flagicon|England}} C. L. Verelst  1876
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Charles Touzel]]  1877
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Henry Springmann]]  1879
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Harold Dingwall Bateson]]   1879
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Arthur Kemble]] 1885
*[[Image:IRFU flag.svg|20px]] [[Glyn Allen|G. G. Allen]] 1897
*{{flagicon|England}} W. B. Stoddart  1897
*{{flagicon|England}} R. Pierce   1898
*{{flagicon|England}} W. Mortimer 1899
*[[Image:IRFU flag.svg|20px]] [[Charles Elliot Allen|C. E. Allen]]  1900
*{{flagicon|Wales}} [[John Strand-Jones]]  1902
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Reginald Spooner]] 1903
*[[Image:IRFU flag.svg|20px]]H. J. Knox  1904
*{{flagicon|England}} L. A. N. Slocock  1907
*{{flagicon|England}} G. Leather  1907
*[[Image:IRFU flag.svg|20px]] G. Pinion  1909
*[[Image:IRFU flag.svg|20px]] M. G. Garry  1909
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Ronald Poulton-Palmer]]  1909
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} A. W. Angus  1910
*[[Image:IRFU flag.svg|20px]] R. A. Lloyd  1910
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Edward O'Donovan Crean]], 1910 <ref>Crean was part of the first official [[British and Irish Lions]] team that [[1910 British Lions tour to South Africa|toured South Africa in 1910]] although he never represented his country.</ref>
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} F. H. Turner 1911
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Arthur Blakiston]] 1920
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Edward Massey (rugby union)|E. J. Massey]] 1925
*{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Watcyn Thomas]] 1927
*{{flagicon|England}} H. A. Fry 1933
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Alan Brown (rugby union, born 1911)|A. A. Brown]] 1938
*{{flagicon|England}} M. Regan 1953
*{{flagicon|England}} R. Higgins 1954
*{{flagicon|England}} A. Ashcroft 1956
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Keith Bearne|K. R. F. Bearne]] 1960
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Ray French|R. J. French]] 1961
*{{flagicon|England}} T. J. Brophy 1964
*{{flagicon|England}} E. L. Rudd 1965
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Fran Cotton|F. E. Cotton]] 1971
*{{flagicon|England}} M. C. Beese 1972
*{{flagicon|England}} D. Roughley 1973
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Mike Slemen|M. A. C. Slemen]] 1976
*{{flagicon|England}} J. P. Horton 1978
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Maurice Colclough|M. J. Colclough]] 1982
*{{flagicon|Canada}}C. Jones 1983
*{{flagicon|England}} K. G. Simms 1985
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Dewi Morris|C. D. Morris]]  1988
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Nigel Heslop|N. J. Heslop]] 1990
*[[Image:IRFU flag.svg|20px]] S. G. Mason  1996
*{{flagicon|Cameroon}} N. Tchakoute  2001
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} J. Keulemans  2001
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[BJ Botha]]  2006
[[File:LSHFC-gates.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Club's entrance gates.]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website}}

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