Matt Blaymire

Matt Blaymire
Personal information
Full name Matthew Blaymire
Nickname Matty
Born (1982-06-04) 4 June 1982
Leeds, England
Playing information
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) [1]
Position fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–06 York City Knights 50 22 0 0 88
2007–11 Wakefield Wildcats 106 30 0 1 121
Total 156 52 0 1 209
Source: Rugby League Project

Matt Blaymire (born 4 June 1982 in Leeds) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played at club level for York City Knights and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats as a fullback.

Career

Blaymire started his career in the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats academy before joining York City Knights in 2003, where he scored 22 tries in 50 appearances.[2]

After impressing for York, Blaymire returned to the Wildcats at the end of the 2006 season.[3] He spent five seasons at Wakefield, making over 100 appearances for the club before being forced to retire in 2011 due to a knee injury.[4]

References

  1. "Official site of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats". web page. Wakefield Wildcats. 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. Martini, Peter (8 September 2011). "York City Knights in need of more nous power, says Dave Woods". York Press. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. "Wildcats sign Golden and Blaymire". BBC Sport. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. "Wakefield full-back Matthew Blaymire set to retire". BBC Sport. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

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