Waine Pryce (born ) is a 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 as a er and also as a in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at international level for

England 'A' England A is England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England Saxons. England A play a key role in the development of emer ...

and

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, and at club level for the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...

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 ...

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

Hunslet Hawks Hunslet R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in Hunslet, South Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, who play in Betfred League 1. The club was founded in 1973 as New Hunslet, they became Hunslet in 1979 and the club were the Hunslet Hawks ...

(two spells) and the

York City Knights The York Knights are the men's professional rugby league team of York RLFC (known as the York City Knights from 2002 to 2022) based in York, England. The Knights played their home games at Huntington Stadium before moving to Bootham Crescent. ...

Background

Waine Pryce was born in

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

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, England, he comes from a family of rugby league footballers with his father and uncles having played professionally, he has Jamaican

ancestor An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). ''Ancestor'' is "any person from whom ...

s, and eligible to play for

due to the

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. He is the cousin of the rugby league footballer;

Leon Pryce Leon Pryce (born 9 October 1981) is a professional rugby League coach who most recently coached Workington Town in League 1 and an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Grea ...

and the rugby league footballer;

Karl Pryce Karl Pryce (born 27 July 1986), also known by the nicknames of "Big Karl", and " Hightower", is an English former professional rugby league footballer, best known for playing for the Bradford Bulls. His usual position was on the . Pryce previou ...

. As of 2014 he works as a mechanical engineer.

Castleford Tigers

Waine Pryce came through the Castleford Tigers Academy system as a youngster. He made his début for the senior team in 2000. He has scored 80 tries for CastlefordTigers in 140 starting appearances. During July 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 ...

, Pryce broke the

tibia The tibia (; ), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects ...

and

fibula The fibula or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones. Its upper extremity is ...

in his left leg away at

Harlequins RL The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England. The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...

. The extent of his injury forced him to have a metal rod and screws inserted into his injured leg. Because of the injury, Pryce missed the last two months of the 2006's

, which saw Castleford Tigers relegated. For the 2007 Super League season, Pryce was transferred from the Castleford Tigers to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Then in 2008 Pryce joined former Castleford Tigers teammate

Tom Saxton Thomas Saxton (born 3 October 1983) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the York City Knights in Kingstone Press League 1, usually as a , but also as a or . He has previously played for the Castlefo ...

, and joined

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Although relegated with Castleford Tigers from the Super League competition, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats signed Waine Pryce. Although Pryce missed the first few games of the season as he was still recovering from his injury. Waine has released by

as he never became a regular in the first-team.

England

He has won international honours for the England 'A' side, making appearances against New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji. He has also represented England 'A' in the

2003 European Nations Cup The European Nations Cup returned in 2003, being the first tournament since England last won it in 1996. The last European Nations Cup held, in 1996, followed traditional structures presented from previous tournaments, involving just three nations, ...

competition.

Sources

External links

Winger Pryce makes Hunslet moveReserves run for Waine Pryce as he eyes Knights returnDickens' miss is costly for RoversHunslet Hawks: A view from the pitch - PryceBoss steals a March on YorkClare aims to make most of 'shock' move to Bradford Bulls
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pryce, Waine 1981 births Living people Black British sportspeople Castleford Tigers players English people of Jamaican descent Jamaican rugby league players English rugby league players Featherstone Rovers players Hunslet R.L.F.C. players Jamaica national rugby league team players Waine Rugby league players from Bradford Rugby league wingers Wakefield Trinity players York City Knights players