Matty Dale (born 10 October 1986) 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 who played in the 2000s and 2010s.
Background
Dale 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 ...
, Humberside.
Playing career
Matty Dale's position of choice is in the .
He played for
Whitehaven
Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...
and the
Featherstone Rovers in the
National Leagues and
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 ...
and the
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 Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...
in the
Super League
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.
He joined Featherstone Rovers in 2009 and made more than 150 appearances for the club, however his career was interrupted by injury in 2014 and he underwent knee reconstruction. As a free agent he signed for the
York City Knights in April 2016 but following an injury-hit season he announced his retirement at the end of the year.
References
External links
*(archived by web.archive.org
Profile at featherstonerovers.netHull profile
1986 births
Living people
English rugby league players
Featherstone Rovers players
Hull F.C. players
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league players from Kingston upon Hull
Wakefield Trinity players
Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players
York City Knights players
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