Jason Crookes (born ) is an English

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footballer who plays as a or er for the

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in the

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Background

Crookes was born in

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

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, England.

Bradford

Crookes played junior rugby for

Newsome Newsome is a village situated approximately 1 mile south of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Kirklees, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. The village lies at the centre of Newsome (ward), Newsome Ward to which it gives its n ...

before signing 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 ...

in 2007. He was loaned out to

Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at the Halton Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twenty-two rug ...

for the 2008 season.

2009 season

Crookes made his

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début against Hull in Round 5. His next appearance would be the win over local rivals

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...

where he was on the subs bench and his final game in 2009 he again started at Centre against

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 ...

2010 season

Crookes appeared in all four pre-season friendlies. Crookes first game of 2010 was against

Wigan Warriors The Wigan Warriors are a professional rugby league club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Super League. Formed in 1872 as Wigan Football Club, Wigan was a founding member of the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby ...

in place of the injured Rikki Sheriffe. He also played against

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in the

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. His next league appearance would be in Round 25 ( St. Helens) then in Round 26 against Wakefield Trinity. He also played in the

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

tie against the

Dewsbury Rams The Dewsbury Rams are a professional English rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire that compete in the Championship. They play their home games at the Tetley's Stadium, on Owl Lane. The Rams' main fanbase comes from their hometo ...

. At the end of the season Jason Crookes signed a new 2-year contract to stay with the Bradford Bulls.

2011 season

Crookes featured in three of the four pre-season games. He played against Halifax, Dewsbury and

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. Jason scored a try against Halifax. He was then sent on dual-registration with

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side

. Crookes appeared in six consecutive games from Round 15 (

Salford City Reds The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been t ...

) to Round 20 (

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons ( French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from ...

). He hs not featured in any more league or cup games.

2012 season

Crookes featured in three of the four pre-season friendlies. He played against

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 ...

, Dewsbury and Hull. Jason scored a try against Castleford and another against Hull. Jason featured in nine consecutive games from Round 1 (Catalans Dragons) to Round 9 (Hull). He was injured from Round 10–22 and Round 4–5 in the

. He featured in Round 24 (

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 ...

) to Round 27 (Catalans Dragons). Crookes scored against Wigan (1 try),

Warrington Wolves The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004. Founded as Warrington Z ...

(1 try),

(4 tries) and Hull (1 try).

Hull

On 19 September, Hull FC announced they had signed Crookes on a three-year deal.

2013 season

Crookes featured in three consecutive games from Round 1 (Leeds) to Round 3 (St Helens). Jason was injured from Round 4 to Round 7. Crookes featured in Round 8 (

London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England. The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...

). Jason played in Round 10 (

Wakefield Trinity 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 Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

) and then again in Round 12 (Salford). He did not feature again until Round 18 (

) to Round 19 (Castleford). Jason's next game was Round 25 (Salford) to Round 27 (St Helens). Jason featured in the playoffs against Catalans Dragons and

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 ...

. Crookes also featured in the

against

North Wales Crusaders The North Wales Crusaders ( cy, Croesgadwyr Gogledd Cymru Rygbi'r Gynghrair) is a professional rugby league club based in Colwyn Bay, Wales. They are the successors to the former Super League club Crusaders Rugby League. Crusaders compete in B ...

, and in the Final against Wigan. He scored against the

(1 try), St. Helens (1 try) and Wigan (3 tries). Jason Crookes Batley Bulldogs

2014 season

Crookes featured in Round 11 (

) to Round 13 (

). He was released from the final year of his contract at the end of the season.

Statistics

References

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