Gary Stephens

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Gary Stephens
Playing information
Position	Scrum-half/Halfback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1969–80	Castleford	315	109	0	0	327
1976–77	Manly-Warringah	30	2	0	0	6
1980–84	Wigan	90+3	15	0	2	50
1982–83	Warrington
1984–85	Leigh
1984–87	Halifax
	Ryedale York
	Total	438	126	0	2	383
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1975–79	Yorkshire	5	1	0	0	3
1979	England	1	0	0	0	0
1979	Great Britain	5	1	0	0	3
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1988–91	Ryedale-York
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Gary Stephens is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, and coach of the 1980s and '90s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles,^[1] Wigan, Warrington, Leigh, Halifax, and York, as a Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7, and coaching at club level for Ryedale-York.

In 1976 Gary Stephens and Manly-Warringah teammate Phil Lowe became the third Englishmen to have played in a NSWRFL Grand Final-winning team.

Gary Stephens won a cap for England while at Castleford in 1979 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Castleford in 1979 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches).^[2]

Gary Stephens' Testimonial match at Castleford took place in 1980.

Gary Stephens played Scrum-half/Halfback in Halifax's 19-18 victory over St Helens in the 1987 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 2 May 1987.

References

↑ "Player Profile - Gary Stephens". yesterdayshero.com.au. SmartPack International Pty Ltd. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

v t e Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad – 1976 NSWRFL Premiers (3rd Title)

1 Graham Eadie 2 Tom Mooney 3 Russel Gartner 4 Bob Fulton (c) 5 Rod Jackson 6 Alan Thompson 7 Gary Stephens 8 John Harvey 9 Max Krilich 10 Terry Randall 11 Steve Norton 12 Phil Lowe 13 Ian Martin 14 Gary Thoroughgood 15 Mark Willoughby Coach: Frank Stanton

v t e Halifax RLFC squad – 1987 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Graham Eadie 2 Scott Wilson 3 Colin Whitfield 4 Grant Rix 5 Wilf George 6 Chris Anderson (Capt./Coach) 7 Gary Stephens 8 Ben Beevers 9 Seamus McCallion 10 Keith Neller 11 Paul Dixon 12 Mick Scott 13 John Pendlebury 14 Brian Juliff 15 Neil James

Persondata
Name	Stephens, Gary
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby league player and coach
Date of birth
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