Chris Mayor (born 19 May 1982) is an English former professional
rugby league and
rugby union footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for
Wigan Warriors, and most recently played
rugby union for
Southport in the RFU's
Lancs/Cheshire Division 1
North 2 West is a regional English rugby union league at the seventh tier of club rugby union for teams from Cheshire, Cumbria, Merseyside, Lancashire and Greater Manchester. The division was introduced for the 2019-20 season to form a new lea ...
.
Mayor's position of choice is as a
centre and he can also operate in any position in the
back-line.
In the
2005–2006 season, Mayor played as a replacement and scored a try in the final as
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...
won their first ever
Premiership title. Mayor joined
Northampton Saints at the end of the
2007–2008 season.
He was largely used as
substitute due to the impressive performances of
Joe Ansbro
Joe Ansbro (Born Glasgow, 29 October 1985) is a former Scottish international professional rugby union player. He is the first player of African origin to represent Scotland at test level in history. His favoured position is centre. He most rece ...
and
James Downey.
Mayor was linked with a return to
rugby league with former club
Wigan Warriors,
that was never realised.
Mayor was part of the
Sale FC Rugby National 2 North Championship team promoted to National One in May 2018.
June 2018 Mayor was appointed as player coach at
Merseyside based club,
Southport RFC
Southport Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Southport, Merseyside, now playing their home matches at Waterloo Road in Hillside. The club participates in North 2 West.
History
Southport Football Club was founded on 29 November ...
working alongside head coach Neil Ryan. At the end of the season Mayor left his role at Southport.
In July 2022, Mayor was banned "from all sport for four years for attempting to use and traffic a banned human growth hormone to provide relief for his seriously ill father".
References
External links
Sale Sharks profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayor, Chris
1982 births
Living people
English rugby league players
English rugby union coaches
English rugby union players
Northampton Saints players
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