Thornhill Trojans are from Dewsbury and were formed in 1967. Originally the club was known as the gate inn, taking their name from the pub from which they were based. In 1988 the name was changed to Thornhill gate and then a year later Thornhill lees juniors were approached with a view to combining and forming one strong club in the area.

After a meeting at Thornhill WMC both clubs agreed to drop the “gate” and “lees”, joining forces to become one club known simply as Thornhill A.R.L.F.C (the Trojans banner was added in the summer of 1999). The Open Age section of the club as always played in Overthorpe Park. Despite the club’s long existence it was only in late 2000 that they moved into their own premises.

The clubs headquarters in Overthorpe park is Thornhill sports and community centre which the club built after being awarded a major grant by both Sport England and Kirklees Council.

Playing as the gate inn the club enjoyed success In the regional competitions but it was a run in the Yorkshire cup which took them to the semi final and the selection of Tony Allerton for BARLA GB side that made the club realise what potential it had.

Over time a number of players returned to the side from the professional ranks notably Rob Hoyle, Chris Haigh, Phil Bates plus the addition of Steve Naylor.

After another appearance in the Yorkshire cup semis, and after sweeping all before them in the local cups, the decision was made to apply to the Conference League.

Thornhill joined the NCL in the summer of 1994 and gained promotion from division two at the first attempt. This debut season saw them defeat Northampton knights 100-0 and reach the 3^rd of the RL Challenge Cup to Play Hull Kingston Rovers at Craven Park.

They reached the semi final of the national cup only to lose to west hull. The following three seasons were trying to gain promotion to the premier division. In December 1995 Thornhill reached the Yorkshire Cup final but victory went to Skirlaugh at a packed ram stadium. T