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James Graham
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| Personal information |
| Full name |
James B Graham |
| Date of birth |
September 10, 1985 (1985-09-10) (age 22) |
| Place of birth |
Maghull, Liverpool, England |
| Height |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight |
17 st 3 lbs (109 kg) |
| Nickname(s) |
Butch Dingle, Jammer |
| Club information |
| Position(s) |
Second row / Prop |
| Current club |
St Helens |
| Number |
17 |
| Youth clubs |
| Years |
Club |
|
Thatto Heath, Blackbrook |
| Senior clubs* |
| Years |
Club |
Apps (points) |
| 2003 ‐ |
St Helens |
101 (88) |
| Representative teams** |
| 2006 ‐ |
Great Britain |
2 (8) |
|
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 12:47, 31 December 2006 (UTC).
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 12:47, 31 December 2006 (UTC).
|
James Graham (born September 10, 1985 in Liverpool) is an English rugby league player. He plays as a prop foward for St. Helens RFC.
James signed with Saints as a junior in 2000, eventually playing his way through the Junior Academies before making his senior debut against Castleford Tigers in August 2003. He has already had leadership experience after captaining the England Academy in a famous series victory in Australia in 2004.
The 22 year old prop made a name for himself in Super League XX, making 27 first team appearances and being named Saints’ Young Player of the Year, for his mature, powerful performances which has also seen him named as a contender for Super League Young Player of the Year, with competition from Wigan Warriors rival Chris Ashton. He has just signed a new contract at St. Helens to tie his future at the Knowsley Road based club until 2008.
He is most famous however, for a stunt during a fire drill in Deyes High School, Maghull, where he pretended his hair was the cause of the fire.
Great Britain coach Brian Noble selected Graham in a friendly against New Zealand earlier in 2006 in the Castlemaine XXXX Test in which he made a try scoring debut at Knowsley Road.
