{"id":301421,"date":"2025-11-22T12:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/301421\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:19:09","slug":"swinton-lions-to-celebrate-history-at-kit-launch-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/301421\/","title":{"rendered":"Swinton Lions to celebrate history at kit launch \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SWINTON LIONS are planning to celebrate 160 years of history when they unveil their new kit.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1866, their milestone year will mark the \u201cbeginning of a new era\u201d, according to the club, who recently rebranded their women\u2019s team to Manchester Swinton Lionesses.<\/p>\n

The kit launch will take place at The Grand Palais Swinton on Monday, December 8.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the men\u2019s team have been put through their paces at the beginning of pre-season by John Mastin at the Bridgewater Salford Amateur Boxing Club.<\/p>\n

Part of that squad is local lad Jimmy Shields, who joined Swinton after making two appearances for Salford last season, and played his community rugby at Folly Lane.<\/p>\n

The secondrow said: \u201cFolly was just around the corner for me, so it\u2019s always been them. More competition for me is all that matters. I want to play better rugby and doing that locally is even better. I like representing where I\u2019m from.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the lads have been perfect, very welcoming, it\u2019s been nice and relaxing for now but I imagine it will step up very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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