Previously to that, Rugby League in the Thornhill area had been played under the Overthorpe Rangers and Gate Inn Banner.

This included the fabrication, erecting and welding of new rugby posts, and barriers around the field with an army of helpers.

At Christmas 1994, Thornhill played Blackpool and qualified for the very first time into the Rugby League cup on 1 May.

Further big games were to follow, and Thornhill went to Swinton in 1996, Featherstone in 1997 and Dewsbury in 1998 in the Rugby League Cup.

This was followed by a National Conference Grand Final at Mount Pleasant against Oulton, unfortunately losing the game.

The game hit the head lines for all the wrong reasons with crowd trouble in the main stand prior to the trophy presentations.

Former Super League star Paul March took over as head coach immediately after the Grand Final defeat.

Under Dyson the club pulled off some battling performances to hang onto their Conference Premier Division status, however having avoided relegation, a 76–0 hammering at Leigh Miners on the last day of the 2007/08 season was the beginning of the end.

Under the guidance of Andy Kelly, the club competed in the 2009 National Conference Summer League and reached the semi-finals.

The club made a promising start to life in National Conference League Division One and were amongst the early runners for promotion.

The club restructured off the field during the summer of 2010 to ensure all historic debts could be serviced and began a rebuilding process at Open Age level.