 amateur rugby league team, founded in 1975, play at Boardmans Lane.Blackbrook has been a feeder club for St. Helens, Wigan and Warrington and many players have been produced from this amateur team who have entered into the professional ranks of rugby league.Amongst the notables being Brian Case and Barry Williams

Steve Ganson, a former rugby league referee, attended both Blackbrook Roman Catholic Primary School and St. Augustine of Canterbury High School.