Jamie Rooney

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Jamie Rooney
Personal information


Born	(1980-01-03) 3 January 1980 Featherstone, Yorkshire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	12 st 10 lbs (76 kg)
Playing information
Position	Stand-off, Scrum-half
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998–02	Featherstone Rovers
2001	Castleford	3	0	6	0	12
2002–09	Wakefield Trinity	150	60	320	21	901
2009–2011	Barrow	9	2	44	3	99
2011	Limoux
2012	South Wales Scorpions
2012–	Whitehaven
	Total	162	62	370	24	1012
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006	England	4	4	17	0	50
As of 4 September 2010

Jamie Rooney is an English professional rugby league footballer who is currently playing for Whitehaven. He is also a former England international, being an integral part of the 2006 Federation Shield winning side. Rooney is equally at home in both the stand-off and scrum half positions.

Rooney made his professional league début in 1999 for Featherstone Rovers (away at Whitehaven, coming off the substitutes bench and scoring 1 goal) and quickly became the first choice no. 7 at age 19. In two consecutive seasons he scored more than 100 points in the first 10 games, he is also in the Featherstone Rovers record books for most points in a season. The England international had an excellent season with Trinity in 2006, amassing 197 points in 20 games after missing the early part of the season recovering from surgery on a troublesome knee. He shone for Wakefield Trinity again in 2007, playing 25 games and scoring 208 points during 25 appearances. This eventually led to his earning a place in the Great Britain initial train-on squad for the Gillette Fusion Test series against New Zealand. ^{[citation needed]}

Rooney's autobiography, High Ambitions, was released at the end of March 2009.^[1]

In July 2009, he was signed on loan to Co-operative Championship title hopefuls Barrow. After his contract expired at Wakefield, he rejected numerous offers from Super League clubs, instead deciding to stay at Barrow. He was made captain for the 2010 season. He left the club at the end of the 2011 season to join French side Limoux for the 2011-12 Elite One Championship season. He signed for South Wales Scorpions for the 2012 season. South Wales Scorpions released Rooney "by mutual consent" on 11 April 2012, according to the scorpions website. ^{[citation needed]}

Other

His son Brennan suffers from cerebral palsy, and a fund, the Brennan Rooney Fund, set up by Wakefield Trinity, has already received over £70,000. ^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ Rooney, Jamie (2009). High Ambitions. UK: Vertical Editions. ISBN 9781904091295. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

External links

v t e Barrow Raiders – current squad

1 Broadbent 2 Ballard 3 Blackwood 4 Harrison 5 Nixon 6 Rooney 7 Coyle 8 Bracek 10 Young 12 Catic 13 Luisi 14 Ostler 15 Roberts 16 McDermott 17 Noone 18 Campbell 19 Mossop 20 21 Larkin 22 McGoff 23 Butler 24 Fletcher 25 Cairns 26 Cargan James McGillvary Coach: McCormack

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Persondata
Name	Rooney, Jamie
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby league player
Date of birth	3 January 1980
Place of birth	Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Date of death
Place of death

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