Liam Finn (rugby league)

Liam Finn
Personal information
Born (1983-11-02) 2 November 1983
Yorkshire, England[1]
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)[2]
Playing information
Position 5/8, Halfback, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–03 Halifax 21 3 30 1 73
2004–05 Wakefield Wildcats 2 0 1 0 2
2005–06 Featherstone
2006–09 Dewsbury Rams 24 14 15 2 88
2010–13 Featherstone 118 64 503 5 1267
2014–15 Castleford Tigers 44 9 3 1 43
2016– Wakefield Wildcats 12 3 50 0 112
Total 221 93 602 9 1585
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–15 Ireland 24 6 39 0 102
As of 7 November 2015
Source: Rugby League Project

Liam Finn (born November 2, 1983) is an Irish professional rugby league footballer for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League. An Ireland international representative Stand-off, Scrum-half, or Hooker, he has previously played for Halifax and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in Super League, as well as Dewsbury Rams and Featherstone Rovers in the Championship.

Club career

After brief stints in Super League with Halifax RLFC and Wakefield Wildcats as a young player, Finn spent most of his career in the Championship, playing for Featherstone Rovers and Dewsbury Rams. He returned to Super League in 2014 with Castleford Tigers, and played for them in the Challenge Cup final that year.

In October 2015, Finn re-joined Wakefield Wildcats on a 2-year deal

International career

Finn was named in the Ireland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3][4]

In 2010 he represented Ireland in the Alitalia European Cup. Also he followed up his 2009 Championship 1 Player of the Year award with a Championship player of the year award in 2010 for Featherstone Rovers in his first season back with the Rovers.

He was named as captain of Ireland in 2012, and was later confirmed as captain for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign.[5]

He is Ireland's joint most capped player alongside Bob Beswick and is also Ireland's record point scorer.

In November 2014, Liam was called up to play for Ireland in their final European Cup game against Wales. He was a huge influence scoring a total of 18 points in their sides massive 42-14 victory. However, their performance wasn't good enough as Ireland needed to win by 41 points if they were to secure the European Cup title, a place in the 2016 Four Nations and 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Unlike 2014, Liam was called up to the Irish squad in October before the European Cup began on October 17, 2015.

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby League: Liam Finn". Sky Sports. BSkyB. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Castleford Tigers 1st Team Liam Finn". Official Castleford Tigers web site. Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club Ltd. 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cassidy included in Ireland squad". BBC. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Ireland Name World Cup 40 Man Training Squad". Rugby League Ireland. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  5. ↑ http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/24388679

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