Stuart Reardon is an English
fitness model and former professional
rugby league
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footballer who most recently played for the North Wales Crusaders. He played as a , or .
Playing career
Reardon turned professional from
West Bowling A.R.L.F.C. (in
West Bowling
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Etymology
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,
Bradford
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) to sign 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 ...
in 2000, he shot to prominence in late 2002 when former Bradford Bulls assistant coach
Karl Harrison
Karl Harrison (born 20 February 1964) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for both Great Britain and England, and at ...
took over as
head coach
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of the
Salford City Reds
The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been t ...
, and signed Reardon to boost the Salford City Reds' fight against relegation.
He enjoyed a rapid rise from Academy to Super League and Test rugby league between 2002 and 2004. Though the Salford City Reds were unable to escape the drop, Reardon earned a call up to the England 'A' tour of Fiji and Tonga, where he worked with
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004.
Founded as Warrington Z ...
coach
Paul Cullen.
He returned to the Bradford Bulls in 2003 and found a place in the first team after a long term injury to
Michael Withers
Michael Withers (born 16 May 1976) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played as a and in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club football in Australia for the Balmain Tigers in the National Rugby League, and in England ...
, making 20 appearances in the title-winning Bradford Bulls team, including being in the
2003 Super League Grand Final against
Wigan Warriors
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Formed in 1872 as Wigan Football Club, Wigan was a founding member of the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby ...
in which he scored a
try
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Music Albums
* ''Try!'', an album by the John Mayer Trio
* ''Try'' (Bebo Norman album) (2014) Songs
* "Try" (Blue Rodeo song) (1987)
* "Try" (Colbie Caillat song) (2014)
* "Try" (Nelly Furtado song) (2004)
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. Reardon scored a try and won the
Harry Sunderland Trophy
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for his
man of the match
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performance at the
Old Trafford
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showdown. Reardon represented
England 'A'
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while at the Bradford Bulls in the
2003 European Nations Cup against Wales and France. Having won
Super League VIII
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The season culminat ...
, Bradford played against 2003 NRL Premiers, the
Penrith Panthers
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in the
2004 World Club Challenge. Reardon played from the interchange bench in the Bradford Bulls' 22–4 victory. Later that year Reardon played for the Bradford Bulls as a in their
2004 Super League Grand Final
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loss against the
Leeds Rhinos
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. He broke into the Great Britain squad for the
2004 Tri Nations series
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, and scored four tries in the tournament. Reardon won
cap
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s for
Great Britain
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while at the Bradford Bulls in 2004 against Australia (3-matches), and New Zealand (2-matches), and won
cap
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s for
England
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while at the Bradford Bulls in 2005 against France, and New Zealand (
interchange/
substitute). He missed the back end of 2005's
Super League X with injury but made the England team at the end of the season, and toured Australia and New Zealand as a stand-by for the Great Britain squad in 2006. Paul Cullen described as the 'best kick returner in Super League' during 2006's
Super League XI
Engage Super League XI was the official name for the year 2006's Super League season in the sport of rugby league in Europe. Bradford Bulls were looking to retain the title they won in Super League X.
The competition kicked off the weekend after ...
, Reardon was the Warrington Wolves leading tackle-buster with 66 in his first year at the club.
He won the double with
AS Carcassonne
Association Sportive of Carcassonne are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in Carcassonne in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie in the south of France. They play in the French Elite One Championship and a ...
in France in 2012 – ( French Elite League champions and French Elite Cup winners ) He won the double in 2013 with
North Wales Crusaders
The North Wales Crusaders ( cy, Croesgadwyr Gogledd Cymru Rygbi'r Gynghrair) is a professional rugby league club based in Colwyn Bay, Wales. They are the successors to the former Super League club Crusaders Rugby League. Crusaders compete in ...
– ( Championship 1 champions and Championship bowl cup winners. )
Modelling and Training career
Stuart Reardon is currently the face of Axiom for Men, a men's grooming product range.
He also appears in many magazines including
DNA,
Muscle & Fitness
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, Gloss, Q Vegas, EILE Magazine and many more. He's worked with photographers in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York and Great Britain.
Stuart runs an online training program, Fear Nothing Fitness, featuring body weight workout videos.
References
External links
Stuart Reardon's Official SiteReardon set for Warrington switch at bbc.co.ukUnflappable Reardon rises to the occasion at bbc.co.uk*(archived by web.archive.org
North Wales Crusaders profile
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1981 births
Living people
AS Carcassonne players
Bradford Bulls players
Crusaders Rugby League players
England Knights national rugby league team players
England national rugby league team players
English male models
English rugby league players
Featherstone Rovers players
Great Britain national rugby league team players
North Wales Crusaders players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Bradford
Rugby league wingers
Salford Red Devils players
Warrington Wolves players