Craig Kopczak

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Craig Kopczak
Personal information


Nickname	Koppy
Born	(1986-12-20) 20 December 1986 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006–12	Bradford	123	11	0	0	44
2008	→ Halifax (loan)	34	0	0	0	0
2013–	Huddersfield	30	4	0	0	16
	Total	187	15	0	0	60
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–2013	Wales	14	1	0	0	4
As of 10 November 2013
Source: Rugby League Project

Craig Kopczak is a rugby league player who currently plays for Huddersfield and the Wales national rugby league team.

Personal life

Craig became a first time father of Harvey Andrew Kopczak on 29 October 2011 with wife Victoria. His father passed away sometime in 2012.

Bradford

Kopczak made his Bradford debut in 2006. He spent at period in 2008 on loan at Halifax, and has since established himself as an important first-team player for Bradford. He scored his first try for the club against St Helens in 2008, and scored his first career hat-trick against Wakefield Trinity in the 4th round of Super League 2011.

Huddersfield

Kopczak signed a 3 year deal with Huddersfield after he left Bradford.

Statistics

Season	Appearance	Tries	Points
2006 Bradford	2	0	0
2007 Bradford	4	0	0
2008 Bradford	17	0	0
2009 Bradford	26	1	4
2010 Bradford	29	2	8
2011 Bradford	28	6	24
2012 Bradford	17	2	8
2013 Huddersfield	30	4	16
Total	153	15	60

Wales

Although born in England, Craig decided to represent his country of heritage at international level. He made his Wales debut in 2007, and scored his first Wales try in a match against England in 2009.^[1]^[2]

He featured for Wales in the 2011 Four Nations. He was Wales player of the tournament during the Four Nations, whilst also winning Bradford's Player of the Year 2011.

References

External links

Bradford Bulls profile

v t e Huddersfield Giants – current squad

1 Grix 2 Lawrence 3 Cudjoe 4 Gilmour 5 McGillvary 6 K. Brown 7 Brough 8 Crabtree 9 Robinson 10 Mason 11 O'Donnell 12 Fa'alogo 13 Faiumu 14 Lunt 15 Patrick 16 Ferguson 17 Wardle 18 Chan 19 Lee 20 George 21 Murphy 22 Tonks 23 Fairbank 24 Walker 25 Molloy 26 Cording 27 Sarsfield 28 Dawson 29 Eden 30 Johnson 31 Orwell 32 Peltier Coach: P. Anderson

v t e Wales squad – 2013 Rugby League World Cup

Elliot Kear Rhys Evans Rhys Williams Rob Massam Christiaan Roets Danny Jones Lloyd White Matt Seamark Gil Dudson Jacob Emmitt Ben Evans Dan Fleming Ben Flower Jordan James Craig Kopczak Neil Budworth Ian Webster Ross Divorty James Geurtjens Rhodri Lloyd Larne Patrick Tyson Frizell Anthony Walker Peter Lupton Coach: Harris

v t e Wales squad – 2011 Rugby League Four Nations

Beasley Bracek Briers (c) Budworth Divorty Dudson Flower Frizell Gay A. James J. James Jones Kear Kopczak Lennon Lupton Roets Seamark Watson Webster White L. Williams R. Williams Coach: Harris

Persondata
Name	Kopczak, Craig
Alternative names
Short description	British rugby league player
Date of birth	20 December 1986
Place of birth	Eccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Date of death
Place of death

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