Stuart Donlan
Personal information | ||||||
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Born | Leigh, England | 29 August 1978|||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Wing, Fullback | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1997–99 | Leigh Centurions | |||||
2001–03 | Halifax | 68 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
2004–06 | Huddersfield Giants | 64 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
2007–08 | Castleford Tigers | 50 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
2009–11 | Leigh Centurions | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Total | 207 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 304 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2002 | Lancashire | 2 | ||||
Source: Rugby League Project |
Stuart Donlan (born 29 August 1978 1978 in Leigh) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s and is the current assistant coach at Super League club Castleford Tigers. A Lancashire representative backline player, he previously played for English Super League sides, Huddersfield Giants and Castleford Tigers. Donlan began his career with hometown club Leigh Centurions in 1997 before finishing his career with Leigh in 2011.
Stuart's father Steve Donlan was also a former professional rugby league player who played for Great Britain and was a member of the Leigh team that won the Rugby Football League Championship at the end of the 1981/1982 season. Donlan played for Huddersfield in the 2006 Challenge Cup final on the wing but the Giants lost 12-42 against St Helens RFC. Having spent the final three years of his career with Leigh, Donlan became the assistant coach to Ian Millward at Castleford Tigers, one of Donlan's former clubs, after the pair previously worked together at Leigh ahead of the 2012 Super League season.
References
- "My life in rugby league: Stuart Donlan" interview at TotalRL.com
- Stuart Donlan rleague.com stats
- Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk