Brett Ryan Ferres (born 17 April 1986) is an English professional

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footballer who last played for

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in the

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, and has played for

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at international level, initially as a and later as a or . He has previously played for the

Bradford Bulls The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predom ...

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, betw ...

, Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № 895),

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and the

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in the Super League.

Background

Ferres was born in

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, England.

Playing career

Bradford Bulls

Ferres was a member of the England academy side that toured Australia and New Zealand in 2004. In 2005 he made 9 first team appearances for

, and was the regular goal kicker for the senior academy, a side he also captained, scoring 17 tries in only 17 appearances for the under-21s. As Super League champions Bradford faced

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premiers

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in the

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, Ferres played from the interchange bench in Bradford's 30–10 victory. Brett Ferres

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

In late 2006, Ferres signed for

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in exchange for David Solomona who went to the Bradford club.

Castleford Tigers

Ferres signed for

on 7 November 2008 after being released from his contract with Wakefield Trinity. On 2 July 2009 Ferres signed a new three-year deal to stay at Castleford.

Huddersfield Giants

In July 2012, Ferres signed for

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for a three-and-a-half-year deal. He was named at second-row in the 2013 Super League Dream Team. Immediately following the test series against New Zealand, Ferres was suspended by Huddersfield pending an investigation into his "conduct away from the club".

Leeds Rhinos

In January 2016,

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signed Brett Ferres from

for an undisclosed fee. He played in the

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victory over Castleford at Old Trafford.

International career

Ferres won

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s for

in 2006 against France, Tonga (2 matches) and Samoa in the 2006 Federation Shield tournament. In 2013, Ferres was named in the English squad for the

2013 Rugby League World Cup The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and took place in England, Wales, France and Ireland. between 26 October and 30 November 2013. It was the main event of the year's Festival of World ...

. Ferres was selected after

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breached team policy and was removed from the squad. Ferres featured in every game England played. In 2014, Ferres played for England in the 2014 Four Nations held in Australia and New Zealand. In 2015, Ferres was selected in the England 24-man squad to take on New Zealand in a test-series. Before the series began England played a match against

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. Brett scored 3 of the 15 tries scored by England in the match in what was a demolishing of their opponents. In 2016, Ferres was initially selected in the England 24-man squad for the 2016 Four Nations, but had to withdraw due to a knee injury.

Honours

Club

* Super League:

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: 2013 *

World Club Challenge The World Club Challenge is an annual rugby league competition between the winners of the Australasian National Rugby League (NRL) and the European Super League, for the de facto club world championship of the sport. The first such match was pl ...

: 2006

International

Baskerville Shield The Baskerville Shield is a trophy awarded to the winner of rugby league test series between England and New Zealand. It named in honour of Albert Henry Baskerville, who organised the first ever tour by New Zealand of Great Britain in 1907. Th ...

: 2015

References

External links

Leeds Rhinos profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferres, Brett 1986 births Living people Bradford Bulls players Castleford Tigers players Doncaster R.L.F.C. players England national rugby league team players English rugby league players Featherstone Rovers players Huddersfield Giants players Leeds Rhinos players Rugby league centres Rugby league locks Rugby league players from Castleford Rugby league second-rows Wakefield Trinity players