Leroy Cudjoe

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Leroy Cudjoe
Personal information

Cudjoe while playing for England at 2013 World Cup
Born	(1988-04-07) 7 April 1988^[1] Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb) ^[2]
Playing information
Position	Centre, Wing, Fullback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008–	Huddersfield Giants	166	79	50	0	280
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2010–13	England	5	2	1	0	10
As of 6th October 2013
Source: Rugby League Project

Leroy Cudjoe (born 7 April 1988) is an English professional rugby league footballer with the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. An England national representative ouside back, he has played his whole Super League career to date with Huddersfield.

Early life

Leroy attended Newsome High School and Sports College. Leroy's previous club is the Newsome Panthers. His origin is Grenadian where his father's family originated.^[3]

Rugby league career

Leroy joined the Giants' Academy aged 16 and was awarded a full-time contract at the end of the 2006 season.

He was selected to play for Yorkshire Academy in the fixture against Lancashire Academy in the 2005 season. This fixture is often seen as a trial game for the full England Academy team and although he initially made the England training squad, Leroy missed out on a place in the final England squad.

His 2007 season was partly disrupted due to a broken hand sustained in May, and he did not make a first team appearance although won the Giants Reserves Player of the Year award at the end of the season.

He made his Super League debut in Round 1 of 2008 against Leeds Rhinos. He scored his first competitive try for the club in the 50-16 defeat of Hull KR in May 2008.

He played his first match for England in the 2010 Four Nations tournament.

He has continued to be a favourite during the 2011 and 2012 seasons at his hometown club Huddersfield Giants. His pace and quick foot work is now famous and all the Giants fans adore him.

References

↑ Stott, Julie (6 October 2010). "England Four Nations Pen Pics". News of the World (UK: News Group Newspapers Ltd.). Retrieved 6 October 2010.
↑ "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
↑ "Leroy Cudjoe: The wing's speech: How Giant came to terms with his stammer". The Independent (London). 7 July 2011.

External links

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 England squad – 2013 Rugby League World Cup

Zak Hardaker Sam Tomkins Tom Briscoe Josh Charnley Ryan Hall Leroy Cudjoe Kallum Watkins Rangi Chase Kevin Sinfield Gareth Widdop Rob Burrow George Burgess Sam Burgess Tom Burgess James Graham Chris Hill Lee Mossop Michael McIlorum James Roby Carl Ablett Liam Farrell Brett Ferres Ben Westwood Sean O'Loughlin Coach: Steve McNamara

v t e England squad – 2010 Rugby League Four Nations

Morley (c) Atkins T. Briscoe Brown Clubb Cudjoe Goulding Hall Robinson S. Tomkins Shenton Widdop S. Burgess Crabree Ellis Fielden Graham (Replacement (c) for Morley) Griffin Harrison Lunt O'Loughlin Roby J Tomkins Westwood Carvell (Replacement for Morley) Coach: Steve McNamara

Persondata
Name	Cudjoe, Leroy
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby league player
Date of birth	7 April 1988
Place of birth	Huddersfield
Date of death
Place of death

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