Keal Carlile (born 20 March 1990) is an English former professional

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.

Career

Keal made his début 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 ...

against St. Helens on 13 June 2008, but made only one further appearance for the Bradford Bulls before he signed for the

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 ...

in October 2008. In 2010, Carlile joined the

Barrow Raiders The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club was formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club. For the 1995–96 and 1996 seasons the club was known as Barrow Braves, becoming the Ba ...

on loan. In the opening game of the 2011 season, Carlile scored his first

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try in a 28–18 victory over

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. In the following game, against 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 ...

, Carlile was forced to leave the field due to extreme fatigue. He later underwent surgery after being diagnosed with a heart valve problem. He was released by Huddersfield at the end of the season, and signed for

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 ...

on a two-year deal. He spent a further one and a half years at Hull Kingston Rovers, making a total 35 appearances for the club and 3 on dual registration with the

Gateshead Thunder Gateshead Thunder may refer to: *Gateshead Thunder (1999) Gateshead Thunder was a professional rugby league club founded in 1999 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which competed in the 1999 Super League but then merged with Hull Sharks af ...

. He scored 2 tries in 2014 before being granted a release to seek further first team opportunities in 2015. In March 2015, Carlile joined Sheffield Eagles on an 18-month contract going on to make 25 appearances that season. He retired in February 2020.

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Featherstone Rovers profileSheffield Eagles profile
1990 births Living people Barrow Raiders players Bradford Bulls players English rugby league players Featherstone Rovers players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Huddersfield Giants players Hull Kingston Rovers players Newcastle Thunder players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Pontefract Sheffield Eagles players {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub