Gareth Raynor

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Gareth Raynor

Personal information
Full name	Gareth Raynor
Date of birth	February 24, 1978 (1978-02-24) (age 30)
Place of birth	Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	14 st 10 lbs (93 kg)
Club information
Position(s)	Wing
Current club	Hull FC
Number	5
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Pontefract RU
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2000 2000 ‐ 01 2001 ‐ 02 2002 ‐ 03 2003 ‐	Leeds Tykes Leeds Rhinos Hull FC Leicester Tigers Hull FC	8 (5) 3 52(92) 4 98(228)
Representative teams
2005 ‐	Great Britain	3 (4)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Gareth Raynor(born 24 February 1978) is a rugby league Great Britain international who currently plays for Hull FC

Contents 1 Early career 2 League career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early career

Gareth started his career in rugby union as a centre. He started out at Pontefract RU and later moved onto Castleford Panthers before Leeds Tykes stumbled upon his performances and took a keen interest. It was not long after that Gareth moved to the Tykes in 2000. He made 8 appearances (4 as substitute) for the Tykes in their Division One season.

Gareth left the Tykes in the summer and switched codes to play rugby league for sister club, Leeds Rhinos.

[edit] League career

Gareth transferred to Leeds in the summer of 2000 and made three off the bench performances for the Rhinos. With little game time Gareth returned to rugby union and played for Leicester Tigers. He made four appearances in the 2002-2003 season for Leicester ^[1] with two from the substitute bench before leaving to return to league and play for Hull FC. ^[2]

Gareth is now a regular at Hull FC after a successful season on the wing with 18 tries in all competitions at the end of 2005. He has become a Great Britain international, starring in the Tri Nations last season.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gareth Raynor Hull FC Profile and Stats

v • d • e Hull FC - current squad 1 Tony • 2 Sing • 3 Yeaman • 4 Hall • 5 Raynor • 6 Horne • 7 Dykes • 8 Dowes • 9 Berrigan • 10 Carvell • 11 Radford • 12 Tickle • 13 Washbrook • 14 Whiting • 15 King • 16 Manu • 17 G Horne • 18 Wheeldon • 20 Houghton • 21 Dale • 22 Burnett • 23 Lee • 24 Freer • 25 Byrne • 26 Cusack • 27 Thackeray • 28 Briscoe • 29 Thackray • 30 Williams • Coach: Agar

v • d • e Hull F.C. squad - 2005 Challenge Cup Final winners 1 Motu Tony • 2 Nathan Blacklock • 3 Kirk Yeaman • 4 Richard Whiting • 5 Gareth Raynor • 6 Richard Horne • 7 Danny Brough  • 8 Ewan Dowes • 9 Richard Swain (c) • 10 Garreth Carvell • 11 Shayne McMenemy • 12 Stephen Kearney • 13 Paul Cooke  • 14 Paul King • 15 Jamie Thackray • 16 Tommy Saxton • 17 Chris Chester  • Coach: John Kear