Simon Alexander Angell is a New Zealand former professional
rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played representative level for
New Zealand and
Canterbury, and at club level for Hornby (of the
Canterbury Rugby League),
Christchurch City,
Featherstone Rovers and
Salford City Reds, as a or .
Playing career
From the
Hornby club, Angell played for the
Canterbury side that bet
Auckland in 1993, starting in the second row in the Provincial grand final.
[Bruce Montgomerie ''Those Who Played'', Montgomerie Publishing, 2004. ]
He played for the
Christchurch City Shiners
The Christchurch City Shiners were a New Zealand rugby league club that represented Christchurch in the Lion Red Cup from 1994 to 1996. They were administered by the Canterbury Rugby League.
Feeder clubs included Addington, Sydenham and Linwood ...
in the
1994 Lion Red Cup
The 1994 New Zealand rugby league season was the 87th season of rugby league in New Zealand. The main feature of the season was the inaugural Lion Red Cup competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The North Harbour Sea Eagles won t ...
.
[''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.133]
Angell was then signed to the
Auckland Warriors in 1995 but did not play in the first grade team. He signed with the
Featherstone Rovers for the 1995/96 season but in February 1996 Featherstone had to cut his contract as a cost-cutting measure. Angell played the rest of the 1996 season with the
Salford City Reds and remained there for 1997.
[ANGELL, Simon Alexander - 1993]
''nzleague.co.nz''
He then returned to Canterbury and resumed his provincial representative career. In 1998 he played for the
Tasman Orcas
The Tasman rugby league team are New Zealand rugby league team that represents the Tasman Rugby League. They have previously been nicknamed the ''Orcas'' but in 2010 adopted the ''Titans'' nickname. The district was previously known as ''Nelson/Ma ...
as an import player while playing for the Hornby Panthers in the
Canterbury Rugby League.
[''New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.141]
Between 1999 and 2003 Angell played for the Canning Bulldogs in the
Western Australia Rugby League competition.
[South Perth Lions make easy prey of Bulldogs]
''rleague.com'', 12 May 2003
Representative career
Angell was named in the touring squad for the 1993
New Zealand national rugby league team tour of Great Britain and France, however Angell did not play a test while on tour.
[Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' . p.334.] He did however wear the Kiwis colours on several tour matches and is
Kiwi number 651.
References
External links
Past Kiwi Caps, A''
New Zealand Rugby League''
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1970 births
Living people
Canterbury rugby league team players
Featherstone Rovers players
Hornby Panthers players
Junior Kiwis players
New Zealand national rugby league team players
New Zealand rugby league players
Rugby league players from Balclutha, New Zealand
Rugby league props
Rugby league second-rows
Salford Red Devils players
Tasman rugby league team players