| Crabtree while playing for Huddersfield in 2010 | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eorl Lance Crabtree | |||||
| Born | 2 October 1982 [1] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England |
|||||
| Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||
| Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb) [2] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2000– | Huddersfield Giants | 265 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 188 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2004–10 | England | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| As of 13 June 2009 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Eorl Crabtree (born October 2, 1982) is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. An England international representative prop forward, he has played his entire career to date at Huddersfield.
Contents |
The 18 stone prop is the nephew of the legendary professional wrestler Shirley "Big Daddy" Crabtree, himself a former rugby league player who played for Bradford Northern, although he never made an appearance for the first team.
Born in Cleethorpes, Eorl Crabtree has lived in Meltham since he was three years old and attended Honley High School.
Eorl signed for the Huddersfield Giants on his 17th Birthday.
Eorl made his debut for the Giants in 2001. The following season he scored 25 tries in 37 league and cup appearances whilst playing at centre during the Giants' National League promotion season.
Eorl Crabtree had a superb 2009 campaign at Huddersfield Giants having helped them to third in the Super League and to Wembley for the Carnegie Challenge Cup final, He also impressed national coach Tony Smith who picked Eorl for England for the Four nations. He also signed a new contract which will see him stay at the Huddersfield Giants until the end of the 2015 season and also has many events coming up for his testimonial season.
Eorl is a full England international: he won five 5 caps for England during the Federation Shield, He also played in the England line-up that played France back in June 2009 and recently has been named in Tony Smith's squad for the upcoming Four Nations but unfortunately missed out on playing against France due to having an operation on his knee but he is available for the next game against New Zealand at the Galpharm Stadium where Eorl plys his trade in the Super League.
He is currently in his testimonial season with many exciting events in a busy calendar.
|
|||||
|
|
|||||