Liam Finn (rugby league)
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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 2 November 1983 Yorkshire, England[1] |
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| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)[2] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | 5/8, Halfback, Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2002–03 | Halifax | 21 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 73 |
| 2004–05 | Wakefield Wildcats | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005–06 | Featherstone | |||||
| 2006–09 | Dewsbury Rams | 24 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 88 |
| 2010–13 | Featherstone | 118 | 64 | 503 | 5 | 1267 |
| 2014–15 | Castleford Tigers | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 43 |
| 2016– | Wakefield Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 209 | 90 | 552 | 9 | 1473 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2007– | Ireland | 23 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 90 |
| As of 23 October 2015 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Liam Finn (born November 2, 1983) is an Irish professional rugby league footballer for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League. An Ireland international representative Stand-off, Scrum-half, or Hooker, he has previously played for Halifax and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in Super League, as well as Dewsbury Rams and Featherstone Rovers in the Championship.
Club career
After brief stints in Super League with Halifax RLFC and Wakefield Wildcats as a young player, Finn spent most of his career in the Championship, playing for Featherstone Rovers and Dewsbury Rams. He returned to Super League in 2014 with Castleford Tigers, and played for them in the Challenge Cup final that year.
In October 2015, Finn re-joined Wakefield Wildcats on a 2 year deal
International career
Finn was named in the Ireland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3][4]
In 2010 he represented Ireland in the Alitalia European Cup. Also he followed up his 2009 Championship 1 Player of the Year award with a Championship player of the year award in 2010 for Featherstone Rovers in his first season back with the Rovers.
He was named as captain of Ireland in 2012, and was later confirmed as captain for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign. [5]
He is Ireland's joint most capped player alongside Bob Beswick and is also Ireland's record point scorer.
In November 2014, Liam was called up to play for Ireland in their final European Cup game against Wales. He was a huge influence scoring a total of 18 points in their sides massive 42-14 victory. However, their performance wasn't good enough as Ireland needed to win by 41 points if they were to secure the European Cup title, a place in the 2016 Four Nations and 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
Unlike 2014, Liam was called up to the Irish squad in October before the European Cup began on October 17 2015.
References
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- ↑ http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/24388679
External links
- Profile at featherstonerovers.net
- Dewsbury Rams profile
- Ireland profile
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
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