Fryup Pirates were a short-lived rugby league team that played in the third division of the Stones Bitter Championship for two seasons from 1996 to 1998. During their brief existence they failed to win a single match, and suffered a record 148-0 defeat to Hull Kingston Rovers in December 1997. In 1998 club owner Dirk Thorsby announced the club had signed a sponsorship deal with the adult cable network Television X, and changed its name to the TVX Pirates. Plans included a hot pink strip and an X-rated cheerleading squad. When rugby league officials rejected the deal, the club was wound up.
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