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Paul Sykes (rugby League Footballer)
Paul Sykes (born 11 August 1981) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Dewsbury Rams in the Betfred Championship. He was also the interim head-coach following the departure of Lee Greenwood. Sykes has played as a left- footed goal-kicking and during his career. He has previously also played for Featherstone Rovers (captain), the Bradford Bulls, the London Broncos/Harlequins RL and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats . Background Sykes was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. Bradford Paul Sykes is a product of Bradford Bulls academy, making his breakthrough in the 1999 Bradford season during 1999's Super League IV. However opportunities at Odsal Stadium were limited and so Sykes went on loan spells at London in both the 2001 and 2002 seasons. In his first spell at Bradford Bulls, he was loaned out to Wakefield RFC for which he played one game of Rugby Union. Move to London With the promise of more regular first XIII rugby Sykes move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewsbury
Dewsbury is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield and south of Leeds. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, after undergoing a period of major growth in the 19th century as a mill town, Dewsbury went through a period of decline. Dewsbury forms part of the Heavy Woollen District of which it is the largest town. According to the 2011 census, Dewsbury had a population of 62,945. History Toponymy The ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 records the name as ''Deusberie'', ''Deusberia'', ''Deusbereia'', or ''Deubire'', literally "Dewi's fort", Dewi being an old Welsh name (equivalent to David) and "bury" coming from the old English word "burh", meaning fort. Other, less supported, theories exist as to the name's origin. For example, that it means "dew hill", from Old English ''d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super League IV
JJB Sports Super League IV was the official name for the year 1999's Super League championship season, the 105th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the fourth championship run by the Super League. The start of Super League IV saw the emergence of a North East based Rugby League Club, Gateshead Thunder as well as newly promoted Wakefield Trinity Wildcats to expand the league to fourteen teams. Rule changes * The 40/20 rule was introduced to reward accurate kicking in general play. The rule, which had been used in Australia since 1997, gave the head and feed at the resulting scrum to a team that kicked the ball from behind their 40-metre line so that it bounced in the field of play before going into touch behind their opponent's 20 metre line. Teams Table Play-offs End of season mergers Huddersfield managed to avoid relegation again despite finishing bottom due to the merger with Sheffield Eagles to form Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Bradford Bulls Season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2010 season, the fifteenth season of the Super League era. Season Review December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 2010 Milestones *Round 1: Brett Kearney, Matt Orford, Heath L'Estrange and Glenn Hall made their debuts for the Bulls. *Round 2: Matt Orford scored his 1st try and kicked his 1st goal for the Bulls. *Round 3: Brett Kearney scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 3: Matt Orford kicked his 1st drop goal for the Bulls. *Round 4: Paul Sykes kicked his 1st drop goal for the Bulls. *Round 5: Glenn Hall scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 10: Michael Platt scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Bulls. *Round 11: Rikki Sheriffe scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls. *CCR4: Heath L'Estrange scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *CCR4: Danny Addy made his debut for the Bulls. *CCR4: Danny Addy scored his 1st try and kicked his 1st goal for the Bulls. *CCR5: Chris Nero scored his 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Bradford Bulls Season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2009 season, the 14th season of the Super League era. Season Review February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 2009 Milestones *Round 4: Steve Menzies and Rikki Sheriffe scored their 1st tries for the Bulls. *Round 5: Semi Tadulala scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Bulls. *Round 6: Terry Newton scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Bulls. *Round 8: Michael Worrincy scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 9: Paul Sykes reached 100 points for the Bulls. *Round 11: Craig Kopczak scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 12: Paul Sykes scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls. *Round 14: Paul Sykes scored his 25th try for the Bulls. *Round 15: Julien Rinaldi scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 17: Paul Deacon reached 2,500 points for the Bulls. *Round 19: Nick Scruton scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 21: James Donaldson scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Bradford Bulls Season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2008 season. This is the 13th season of the Super League era. Season Review February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 2008 Milestones *Round 2: Simon Finnigan scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 4: Chris Feather and Wayne Godwin scored their 1st tries for the Bulls. *Round 6: Ben Jeffries scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 9: Semi Tadulala and Chris Nero scored their 1st tries for the Bulls. *Round 9: Semi Tadulala scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls. *Round 10: Paul Deacon reached 2,300 points for the Bulls. *CCR4: Dave Halley scored his 1st four-try haul and 1st hat-trick for the Bulls. *CCR4: Glenn Morrison scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls. *CCR4: Semi Tadulala scored his 2nd hat-trick for the Bulls. *CCR4: Iestyn Harris reached 300 points for the Bulls. *Round 12: Paul Deacon kicked his 1,000th goal for the Bulls. *CCR5: Semi Tadulala scored his 3rd hat-trick for the Bulls. *R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve McNamara
Steve McNamara (born 18 September 1971) is an English professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League and a former professional player. He is a former coach of England, and a Great Britain international as a player. At club level he played for Hull F.C., Bradford Bulls, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and the Huddersfield Giants. He came through the coaching ranks at the Bradford Bulls, rising to the Head coach position in the Super League. He held assistant coaches positions at the Sydney Roosters and the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL. Early years McNamara was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He attended South Holderness Technology College in Preston, Hull. Playing career Hull McNamara joined Hull F.C. from local amateur side Skirlaugh at the age of 17 and he was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. McNamara won caps for Great Britain whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Langley
Jamie John Langley (born 21 December 1983) is an assistant coach at Sale Sharks in Premiership Rugby and an English former professional rugby league footballer. A Great Britain representative , he has also played for England and with Bradford Bulls won the Super League championship and Challenge Cup with them, and he has also played for the Hull Kingston Rovers and the Sheffield Eagles. Jamie Langley is the son of the rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s for Leeds; John Langley. His position of choice was though he could also play in the . He played for the Super League side the Bradford Bulls in England. He was named the vice-captain for the 2010 season, which was also his testimonial season. Background Langley was born in Normanton, West Yorkshire. Bradford Bulls Having won Super League VIII, Bradford played against 2003 NRL Premiers, the Penrith Panthers in the 2004 World Club Challenge. Langley played from the interchange bench in the Bulls' 22-4 v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Deacon
Paul Deacon (born 13 February 1979) is an English rugby union coach who is the head coach of the Sale Sharks in Premiership Rugby, and former a professional rugby league footballer and coach. A Great Britain and England international representative or , he played in the Super League for Oldham Bears, the Bradford Bulls (who named him in their "Team of the Century", having won the 2001, 2003 and 2005 Super League Grand Finals, the 2003 Challenge Cup, and the 2002 World Club Challenge), and his home-town club, the Wigan Warriors (with whom he won the 2010 Super League Grand Final and 2011 Challenge Cup). Deacon followed this with becoming a member of Wigan's coaching staff, working closely with manager Shaun Wane. Background Deacon was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Playing career 1990s Hailing from Standish near Wigan, a former Hindley amateur, Deacon made his senior professional début four days before his 18th birthday as a substitute for Oldham in a 48– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Harris (rugby League)
Ben Harris (born 24 September 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He became the first player in the history of the sport to have won grand finals in each hemisphere in consecutive seasons. Harris played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, with whom he won the 2004 premiership, and the North Queensland Cowboys. He also played in England for the Bradford Bulls, with whom he won 2005's Super League X. He played primarily as a . Canterbury-Bankstown A Old Bar Pirates junior, Harris made his NRL début for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2002 at the age of 18. He played in 42 first-grade matches for the club, including as the starting centre for their 2004 NRL Grand Final victory over cross-city rivals, the Sydney Roosters. Bradford Bulls Harris joined English club the Bradford Bulls in May 2005. The Bradford Bulls won the Super League premiership in his first season there, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stoop
Twickenham Stoop Stadium (informally referred to as The Stoop) is a sports stadium located in south-west London, England. The stadium is home to Harlequins rugby union team, who play in the Gallagher Premiership. The stadium has a capacity of 14,800 and is situated just across the road from Twickenham Stadium. History Harlequins before the Stoop In 1906, Harlequins were invited by the Rugby Football Union to use the new national stadium in Twickenham. In those early days, only one or two internationals at most were played there during the season, and it wasn't long before the RFU ground became the headquarters of the Harlequin Football Club. Early days In 1963, Harlequins acquired an athletics ground with 14 acres (57,000 m2), sited just across the road from the RFU ground, which became the Harlequins training pitch. The ground was for many years named the Stoop Memorial Ground after Adrian Stoop, a former England international, longtime Harlequins player, and club pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian McDermott (rugby League)
Brian G. McDermott (born 16 March 1970) is an English professional rugby league coach who was the head coach of Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship, resigning on 26 Sep 2022, after the loss to Batley Bulldogs. He is a former professional rugby league player. He was previously the head coach of Leeds in the Super League and of the USA national team. Nicknamed 'Big Mac', McDermott was a Great Britain international forward who played his entire career at club level for Bradford, winning Super League Grand Finals and Challenge Cups with them. He began his coaching career in 2003 as an assistant at Huddersfield, taking his first senior coaching role with Harlequins RL in 2006, before joining Leeds as head coach in 2010. McDermott coached Leeds to several major trophies including the 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2017 Super League titles, the 2012 World Club Challenge, and the 2014 and 2015 Challenge Cups. Background McDermott was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark McLinden
Mark McLinden (born 8 July 1979) is an Australian former professional rugby footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played rugby league in the NRL for Australian club, the Canberra Raiders and in the Super League for English club the London Broncos/Harlequins RL, which he also captained. A Country New South Wales representative backline player, McLinden finished his career in 2009 with a few rugby union games for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. Early years McLinden was born in Canberra, ACT, and played his early rugby at West Belconnen Warriors in the Canberra District Junior Rugby League. While attending Hawker College, McLinden played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1996 and 1997. Rugby league career In 1998, McLinden signed to play in the NRL for his local team Canberra Raiders. Following an impressive début season, Mark was named NRL Rookie of the Year, and later won the Raiders' player of the year award. He also received representative honours with selection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
