Liam Colbon

Liam Colbon
Personal information
Full name Liam Colbon
Nickname Col
Born 20 September 1984 (1984-09-20) (age 27)
Wigan, England
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–2008 Wigan Warriors 52 16 0 0 64
2009–11 Hull Kingston Rovers 54 21 0 0 84
2012– Harlequins RL 0 0 0 0 0
Total 106 37 0 0 148
As of 23 January 2010
Source: Rugby League Project

Liam Colbon (born September 20, 1984) is an English professional rugby league footballer for Harlequins RL of Super League. He plays winger and formerly played for Wigan Warriors and Hull KR.

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Early career

Liam Colbon played for Orrell St. James and Hindley ARLFC before joining Wigan. He attended St. Peters R.C. High School. He spent several season in Wigan's academy setup before making his first team début after coming on as a substitute in Terry O'Connor's testimonial match against London Broncos in November 2003. He made his competitive first team full début again starting as a substitute against Widnes Vikings in Super League IX Round 10 after impressing in the Academy U21s. Liam make 4 more appearances for Wigan during 2004 against; Wakefield Trinity Wildcats twice, Hull and Widnes Vikings again when he was in the starting 13 for the first time for Wigan Warriors.

Wigan Warriors career

Liam was a substitute in two pre-season friendlies in 2005 one against Salford City Reds and the other against London Broncos. Liam made his first start of 2005 in Wigan's 18-16 loss to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats at Belle Vue in which he setup a try for David Vaealiki. His next appearance was an impressive performance was against Hull FC when he scored his first try for Wigan. Liam came on as a substitute and scored a 90 metre interception try and later made a try saving tackle to help Wigan win the game 21-15. Liam was to make 5 more appearance for Wigan against; Huddersfield Giants, Leeds Rhinos, Bradford Bulls, Warrington Wolves and St Helens RLFC. By the end of 2005 he had made 9 appearances and scoring 2 tries.

During 2006 Liam only made one appearance during a pre-season friendly against Leigh Centurions however this could be due to Wigan having a poor season and spending most of it fighting against relegation. Wigan sacked head coach Ian Millward and replaced him with Brian Noble who used more experienced players in his squad such as Nathan McAvoy rather than academy players. Liam continued to make appearances in the Senior Academy whilst continuing his education as he studied for a degree in Sports Studies at Edge Hill University.

In 2007 Liam finished his University qualification gaining his degree and took part in a Parachute Regiment training scheme which he completed and was awarded his beret. He started the season in the senior academy but he impressed head coach Brian Noble and the after departure of Chris Ashton he was given a first team opportunity in July against Bradford Bulls. Afterwards he featured regularly in the Wigan first team scoring 6 tries in 13 starts and was rewarded with a new one year contract for 2008. Speaking at the time he said "I'm glad it's all been sorted. I always wanted to stay here, it's a great club and there is a great spirit in the team". He was given the number 14 shirt for the 2008 season.

Despite being picked ahead of team mate Mark Calderwood for most of the season and making twenty three starts he was not offered a new contract by Wigan and was allowed to leave. Hull Kingston Rovers announced that they had signed Liam and he was given the squad number five for the 2009 season.

Hull Kr career

He made his debut in a 13-13 draw away to Bradford Bulls. Liams first try came in a 31-18 home victory over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Rovers fans recognise the work that Liam gets through in defence and the meters gained in attack. Only scored 9 tries in 2009 but scored 5 in 2010 by round 7 including a hatrick against St Helens.

Career statistics

Year Club Appearances Tries Goals Drop Goals Points Sin Binned Sent Off
2004 Wigan Warriors
1(4)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005 Wigan Warriors
4(5)
2
0
0
8
0
0
2006 Wigan Warriors
0(0)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2007 Wigan Warriors
13(0)
6
0
0
24
0
0
2008 Wigan Warriors
23(7)
10
0
0
40
0
0
2009 Hull Kingston Rovers
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
41(16)
18
0
0
72
0
0

Super League Tries

Scores and results list Liam's try tally first.[2]
Date Venue Opponent Result Tournament Scored
28 March 2005 KC Stadium, Hull 15-21 Super League 1
9 July 2005 JJB Stadium Warrington Wolves 36-17 Super League 1
6 July 2007 JJB Stadium, Bradford Bulls 25-18 Super League 1
12 July 2007 JJB Stadium Leeds Rhinos 18-2 Super League 1
5 August 2007 Halliwell Jones Stadium Warrington Wolves 43-24 Super League 1
9 September 2007 Craven Park Hull Kingston Rovers 24-40 Super League 2
14 September 2007 JJB Stadium, St Helens 20-12 Super League 1
15 February 2008 JJB Stadium Castleford Tigers 28-16 Super League 1
8 March 2008 Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Wolves 32-20 Super League 1
24 March 2008 JJB Stadium, Hull Kingston Rovers 18-12 Super League 2
16 May 2008 JJB Stadium, Warrington Wolves 38-14 Super League 1
25 May 2008 Belle Vue Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 30-38 Super League 1
4 July 2008 JJB Stadium Leeds Rhinos 23-22 Super League 1
8 March 2009 Craven Park, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 31-18 Super League 1
15 March 2009 Craven Park Crusaders 48-18 Super League 1
19 April 2009 Twickenham Stoop, Harlequins 12-32 Super League 1
26 April 2009 Craven Park Catalans Dragons 44-10 Super League 1
12 July 2009 Craven Park, Bradford Bulls 32-12 Super League 2
2 August 2009 The Jungle Castleford Tigers 28-46 Super League 1
7 March 2010 Craven Park St Helens 28-24 Super League 3
12 March 2010 Craven Park Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 18-31 Super League 1
19 March 2010 Headingley Carnegie Leeds Rhinos 10-17 Super League 1
15 August 2010 The Willows Salford City Reds 18-44 Super League 1
9 April 2011 Craven Park Leeds Rhinos 38-28 Super League 1
19 June 2011 Craven Park Warrington Wolves 16-46 Super League 1
25 June 2011 Twickenham Stoop Harlequins RL 0-34 Super League 1

References

  1. ^ "Hull KR The Official Site of the Robins". web page. Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC. http://hullkr.co.uk/liam-colbon-7. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 
  2. ^ http://www.slstats.org/p335/Shaun+Briscoe.html

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