Paul Crowe went on to become Derby's first coach and the first home games were played on the council pitch at Marketon Park.

Derby City went on to win the East Midlands Championship in season 1998/9 and in the summer of 1999 was invited to join the Northern Division of the fledgling Rugby League Conference.

The team also suffered the indignity of being held scoreless on four outings against Chester and Manchester and a record low of only 90 points for the season.

Chester, Manchester and Rotherham still proved too tough to crack but cross Conference games against Sunderland and Kingston upon Thames together with old rivals Crewe were the highlights of the season despite providing the Wolves with their first ever double.

2004 Results started to come for the open age team with doubles over Worksop and Hillsborough Hawks and a best ever 5 wins in a season and only a tiny negative points difference.

2007 also saw the appointment of James Lewis as Community Sports Coach for Rugby League and the work in schools took on a whole new dimension.

The move to Ilkeston RUFC based at The Stute continues to prosper with the club supporting the Man of the Match award.