The club's most famous old boy Patrick Rich went on to play professionally for Keighley Cougars, Oldham R.L.F.C., London Skolars and Sheffield Eagles.
Durham Tigers date back to the early 1990s when rugby league began to be played in the North East of England.
The game in the area was revived when Lisa Jaggar, Rugby League North East regional development officer, asked Gareth Barron and Phil Selby to form a senior side to go into the Rugby League Conference North East division to fill a gap created when Gateshead Panthers merged into Newcastle Knights before the 2001 season.
Durham Tigers won the North East division in 2005 and went into the national play-offs only to lose to Wetherby Bulldogs.
However, in March 2010 the club moved into the Sunnydale Leisure Centre in Shildon with the intention of making this their long term home.