Curtis Naughton (born 25 February 1995) is a 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 last played for

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 wer ...

in the

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. He plays as a or on the .

Background

Naughton was born in

Dewsbury Dewsbury is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Hudder ...

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, England.

Playing career

Bradford

Naughton started his professional career with the

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, signing a three-year contract in November 2012. He made his first team début in the final game of the 2013 Super League season against the

Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sha ...

. Despite having two years remaining on his contract, he left the club at the end of the season to move to Australia with his mother.

Sydney Roosters

In October 2013, Naughton signed a two-year contract with

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Hull

In October 2014, after spending a season playing for the Sydney Roosters' under-20s side, Naughton signed a one-year contract with

to return to the

. In May 2015, Naughton scored his first senior hat-trick for the club, as they beat the Castleford Tigers 40-14. This was followed by another hat-trick in August, this time against St. Helens at

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. In March 2016 Naughton signed a two-year contract extension that could keep him at the club until the end of 2018.

Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies. Leigh Centurions 2017

References

External links

Hull F.C. profileLeigh Centurions profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naughton, Curtis 1995 births Living people Bradford Bulls players Doncaster R.L.F.C. players English rugby league players Hull F.C. players Leigh Leopards players Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Dewsbury