Ian Blease
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1965 Swinton, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | prop, second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1985–97 | Salford | 252 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| Swinton | ||||||
| Total | 252 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 196 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1991 | Lancashire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Ian Blease (born 1 January 1965) is an English former rugby league footballer who played as a prop or second-row forward for Salford and Swinton. He also represented Lancashire on one occasion in 1991.
Playing career
Representative honours
Blease played one match for Lancashire in September 1991 against Yorkshire at Headingley.[1]
County Cup final appearances
Blease played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 14, (replacing fullback Peter Williams) in Salford's 17–22 defeat by Wigan in the 1988 Lancashire Cup final during the 1988–89 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 23 October 1988,[2] and played Right-second-row, i.e. number 12, was captain, and scored a try in the 18–24 defeat by Widnes in the 1990 Lancashire Cup final during the 1990–91 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 September 1990.
Club career
Born in Swinton, Blease joined Salford in 1985. He became the team's captain in 1990, and went on to make 252 appearances for the clubs before moving to Swinton in January 1998.[3]
References
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (19 September 1991). "Ashton on the trail". The Guardian. p. 17. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "1988–1989 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Morris, Graham (2001). 100 Greats: Salford Rugby League Club. Stroud: Tempus. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-7524-2196-4.