Steve Pilgrim is an English former rugby union and rugby league footballer, who played rugby union for

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and England B. In 1993, Pilgrim was banned from rugby union for a year. At the time, the

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had a stance of banning players who played rugby league: at the time, league was a professional code and union was amateur. By playing as an anonymous triallist in a reserve match for Leeds, Pilgrim fell foul of the disciplinary code.

The Leeds coach,
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, stressed that Pilgrim had only received expenses for his game against Wakefield Trinity on Tuesday night. ''"There will be 10 or 15 players at Cardiff Arms Park who have earned a lot more from rugby than Steve Pilgrim,"'' he said.

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