Graeme Horne (born 22 March 1985) is a former English

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footballer who last played as a forward for the

Doncaster R.L.F.C. Doncaster Rugby League Football Club (RLFC) is a professional rugby league, rugby league football club, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire. They play in the third tier League 1 (rugby league), League 1. They have previously been known as Doncast ...

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.; he retired at the end of the 2020 season. He previously played for

Hull FC Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and wer ...

Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sh ...

and

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challeng ...

Background

Horne was born in

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east ...

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, England. He is the younger brother of former

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international

Richard Horne Richard Horne (born 16 July 1982) is the head coach at Doncaster in Betfred League 1, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Scotland an ...

Playing career

Club career

Hull FC

Horne signed for

Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and were ...

when he was 17 years old, making his

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début in 2003. He missed out on the matchday squad for their

2005 Challenge Cup The 2005 Powergen Rugby League Challenge Cup was played by teams from across Europe during the 2005 rugby league season. Hull F.C. won the cup defeating Leeds Rhinos in the final. Qualifying Round First Round Second Round Third Round Four ...

Final victory, but did play at

Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...

in the Challenge Cup Final against St. Helens in 2008. Hull reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St. Helens, and Horne played from the interchange bench in his side's 4-26 loss.

Huddersfield Giants

He left Hull in 2010 to join

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, playing for two seasons before returning to the city of Hull to join

Hull KR

Horne joined Hull KR from the 2012 season.

York City Knights

In November 2017 Horne signed a one-year deal with York having previously played for the club on dual registration.

Doncaster

Horne joined Doncaster in December 2019 to be coached by his brother

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making his debut on 23 Feb 2020 in the Challenge Cup defeat 12-22 to

Workington Town Workington Town R.L.F.C. is a semi-professional rugby league club playing in Workington in west Cumbria. Their stadium is Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team. They became Rugby League Champions in 1951 and ...

; playing at .

International career

England

Horne played two games for

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in 2006.

Scotland

Horne has also represented

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References

External links

York City Knights profileHull KR profile
1985 births Living people Doncaster R.L.F.C. players England national rugby league team players English people of Scottish descent English rugby league players Huddersfield Giants players Hull F.C. players Hull Kingston Rovers players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league second-rows Rugby league utility players Rugby league players from Kingston upon Hull Scotland national rugby league team players York City Knights players {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub