The club joined the Northern Union in 1901–02 and played for the single season in the Lancashire Senior Competition, which was effectively Division 2 (West).
In 1896 the club joined the Northern Union playing in the Lancashire Second Competition .
The club played in the inaugural Challenge Cup competition losing 3–0 away to Wigan in the first round.
The following year they entered the second Challenge Cup competition and lost again in the first round, this time away to Hull F.C.
[2] At the end of the 1900–01 season the club was promoted to the Lancashire Senior Competition but finished bottom on the competition and were not elected to the new second division of the Northern Rugby League at which time the club left the Northern Union.