David Hulme (born 6 February 1964) is an English former professional

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footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for

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, and at club level for

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, the

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and the

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, as a , or , i.e. number 6, or 7. Having started his playing career at St Bede's RC Junior School, David moved to St Joseph's RC Comprehensive in Widnes (where he played Centre for their RU team i.e. 13 or 14) whilst continuing playing Amateur Rugby League fo
Halton Hornets
in a set up that also produced future Widnes team mates Barry Dowd (1982–93) and

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. His first taste of the "limelight" was in the Widnes Under-11 team that won the "Curtain raiser" to the 1975

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Final, when Widnes played

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, and won the "Main Event" 14-7.

Playing career

Widnes

David Hulme played as a substitute, i.e. number 14, in

' 19–6 victory over

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in the

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Final during the 1983–84 season at

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on Saturday 5 May 1984, in front of a crowd of 80,116. David Hulme played, and was

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winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy in

' 38-14 victory over St. Helens in the Premiership Final during the 1987–88 season at

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on Sunday 15 May 1988. Hulme played , scored a

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, and was

' 30-18 victory over Canberra Raiders in the

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on Wednesday 4 October 1989. Hulme played in

' 24-18 victory over Salford in the

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Final during the 1990–91 season at

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on Saturday 29 September 1990. Hulme played in

' 6-12 defeat by

in the 1988–89

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Final during the 1988–89 season at Burnden Park, Bolton on Saturday 7 January 1989. Hulme's Testimonial match at Widnes took place in 1991.

Leeds

Hulme joined

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in 1996, making nine appearances and scoring two tries for the club in Super League I.

International honours

David Hulme won caps for

while at Widnes in 1988 against Papua New Guinea, Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand, and in 1989 against New Zealand (3 matches). Hulme was selected to go on the

1988 Great Britain Lions tour The 1988 Great Britain Lions tour was the Great Britain national rugby league team's 18th tour of Australasia and took place from May to July 1988. It started with a Test match against Papua New Guinea before the best-of-three series against Austr ...

Genealogical information

David Hulme is the older brother of the rugby league footballer, Paul Hulme, and is the father of the rugby league footballer Danny Hulme who scored the fastest hat trick of tries for Widnes Vikings against Halifax in 2011.

References

External links

Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)Profile at rugby.widnes.tv
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hulme, David 1964 births Living people English rugby league coaches English rugby league players Great Britain national rugby league team players Leeds Rhinos players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Widnes Salford Red Devils players Widnes Vikings coaches Widnes Vikings players