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| Full name | Jason Golden | |||||
| Nickname | Fleecey, Golds, The Golden Child, Tackle machine | |||||
| Born | 6 November 1985 Rothwell, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) [1] | |||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2007–2008 | Wakefield Wildcats | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009– | Harlequins RL | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 73 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2009– | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 18 April 2010 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Jason Golden (born 6 November 1985 in Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a professional rugby league player for Harlequins RL. He plays as a second row.
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Whilst part of the Rhinos academy he has helped them on their way to winning the 2003 grand final, scoring a hat-trick. He was a prominent fixture in the senior academy side before been moved out on loan to York City Knights were he was selected in the 2006 NL1 all star team and named players' player. He currently resides in Hampton Wick in Chris Baxter's 1970s time machine.
Jason a product of the Leeds Rhinos junior programme, first began playing rugby with Oulton Raiders and then Hunslet Parkside having been born and brought up in Leeds. On his way to becoming a first team regular for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Jason spent a season on loan at York before moving to the Wildcats.
He made his Super League début in 2007 for Wakefield, and has been a regular in the side scoring his first try for the against London Skolars in the cup.
Golden joined London-based rugby league club Harlequins RL at the beginning of the 2009 season.
Selected for the under-18 Great Britain Academy team which beat Australia for the first time. Also played for England at under-18 level. He was also a constant fixture in the junior representative teams.
He has been named in the Ireland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[2]
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