James Green (born 29 November 1990) is a

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played as for the York City Knights in the Betfred Championship. He played for Hull Kingston Rovers in the

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, and on loan from

Hull KR 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 ...

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and the

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in Championship 1 and the Batley Bulldogs in the Championship. Green played for the

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...

in the Super League, and spent time on loan from

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at the

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in the Championship. He has also played for the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...

( Heritage № 980) in the top flight, and on loan from

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at Halifax in the second tier, and the Bradford Bulls in League 1. Green later joined

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on a permanent deal in the Championship.

Background

Green was born in

Beverley Beverley is a market town, market and minster (church), minster town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre ...

, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

Green was born in

near

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but brought up in Hull, he first played

at the age of 7, he played for the West Hull youth side. He later moved to the Skirlaugh Bulls before turning professional. Green captained the reserve side at Hull Kingston Rovers, and led them to their first ever play-off place. Green was on dual registration with

in 2012, where he made 3 appearances. He made his début for Hull Kingston Rovers on 10 August 2012 against Bradford Bulls during which he was injured, placed on report and suspended as a result. He then spent the remainder of the season as a dual registered player with

Batley Batley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of the ...

, for who he made 9 appearances under the ex-international coach

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. During the 2013 season Green guested for

5 times and Featherstone Rovers on 3 occasions, he also turned out 8 times for his parent club Hull Kingston Rovers. Green became a regular for Hull Kingston Rovers in the 2014 campaign, playing in 27 of their 28 fixtures, scoring his début try against

on 28 February. Green was so impressive during the 2014 campaign that he scooped the "Young Player Of The Year Award" at the age of 23. Green will wear the number 20 jersey for the 2015 season. On 6 May 2014, Green signed a new deal that will see him stay at Hull Kingston Rovers for another two seasons. Green continues to be valuable member of Hull Kingston Rovers first team squad, and featured on a further 25 occasions during the 2015 season. Green helped his side to a

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Final appearance during 2015,the club's first since 1986. Green missed out on a

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place and was 18th man for the day. Green was expecting a big season in 2016, wearing the number 16 jersey. Green made a further 20 appearances for Hull Kingston Rovers during the 2016 season, scoring 2 tries, and picking up 1 yellow card and 1 red for fighting with ex-colleagues Travis Burns and Jordon Cox respectively. Green missed the last 7 games of 2016 with a shoulder injury, he has had successful surgery and is now in rehabilitation. He signed to play for newly promoted Leigh Centurions on a 2-year contract, which would keep him at Leigh for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. However, In November 2017 he signed a one-year deal with Castleford Tigers for the 2018 season.

References

External links

Castleford Tigers profileLeigh Centurions profileSL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, James 1990 births Living people Batley Bulldogs players Bradford Bulls players Castleford Tigers players English rugby league players Featherstone Rovers players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Hull Kingston Rovers players Leigh Leopards players Newcastle Thunder players Rugby league players from Yorkshire Rugby league props Sheffield Eagles players Sportspeople from Beverley Workington Town players York City Knights players