Lamont Bryan (born ) is a

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

international

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 11 ...

footballer who plays for the

London Skolars The London Skolars are a professional rugby league club based at the New River Stadium, Wood Green, Haringey in north London. They were founded in 1995 and have been professional since 2003, operating in the Betfred League 1. They also run an ...

in Betfred League 1. Lamont Bryan's usual position is . He can also operate at , or .

Background

Bryan was born in Germany to an

African-Americans African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslav ...

father, and a Jamaican mother. He was brought up in

Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...

, and played his junior rugby league with the

South London Storm South London Storm is a rugby league club who play and train at Archbishop Lanfranc School in the London Borough of Croydon, they currently compete in the London and South East Merit League. Founded in 1997, Storm have been voted Rugby League ...

. Bryan also plays

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

for

Streatham-Croydon RFC The Streatham-Croydon Rugby Football Club, is a rugby union club, founded in 1871, based at Frant Road, Thornton Heath, in the London Borough of Croydon, south London. Streatham-Croydon currently play in Counties Surrey 4. The club's teams play i ...

Featherstone Rovers

In January 2013 Lamont was signed by the

Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "smal ...

. Where he made a total of 24 appearances, scoring 6 tries in just one season for the club.

London Skolars

Lamont signed a deal to play for the

in 2014. In 2015, Bryan played for Jamaica in their 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifiers. Just missing out on a finals place. He began his second spell at Skolars in 2017.

References

External links

London Skolars profile
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London Broncos profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bryan, Lamont 1988 births Living people Jamaican rugby league players Jamaica national rugby league team players English rugby league players German rugby league players Jamaican people of American descent English people of African-American descent English people of Jamaican descent German people of African-American descent German people of Jamaican descent German emigrants to England Featherstone Rovers players Gloucestershire All Golds players London Broncos players London Skolars players People from Croydon Rugby league centres Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league second-rows Rugby league utility players Rugby league wingers