Dale Ferguson (rugby league)

Dale Ferguson
Personal information
Nickname Gyp
Born 13 April 1988
Pontefract, Yorkshire, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb; 16 st)
Playing information
Position Lock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–11 Wakefield Trinity 57 12 0 0 48
2011–13 Huddersfield Giants 59 15 0 0 60
2013 Hull KR (loan) 4 1 0 0 4
2014– Bradford Bulls 15 4 0 0 16
Total 135 32 0 0 128
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–13 Scotland 7 2 0 0 8
2012 England Knights 1 0 0 0 0
As of 26 April 2015

Dale Ferguson (born 13 April 1988) is a professional rugby league footballer for Bradford Bulls of RFL Championship. A Scotland international representative loose or second-row forward, he previously played for the Huddersfield Giants, Hull Kingston Rovers and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

Career

On 3 November 2011 The annual RLIF Awards dinner was held at the Tower of London and Ferguson was named Scotland player of the year.[1]

In February 2013, Hull KR signed Dale on a 1 month loan deal. He scored his first try for The Robins in their 44 - 18 win over the Widnes Vikings on 17 February 2013.

Bradford Bulls

Mid-way through the 2013 season the Bradford Bulls announced that they had signed Ferguson for the 2014 and 2015 seasons on a 2 year deal.

2014

Ferguson missed the pre-season games against Hull FC and Dewsbury Rams due to injury. He did feature in the friendly against Castleford Tigers.

He missed Rounds 1-7 due to injury. Ferguson featured in Round 8 (Salford Red Devils) to Round 9 (Leeds Rhinos) then in Round 15 (Wakefield Wildcats). Dale was injured for Rounds 16-22 but played in Round 23 (Leeds Rhinos) to Round 25 (Castleford Tigers). He featured in Round 4 (Oldham Roughyeds) in the Challenge Cup. He scored against Oldham Roughyeds (1 try).

Even though the Bulls were relegated and will play in the RFL Championship in 2015, Ferguson committed himself to Bradford until the end of the 2016 season.

2015

Ferguson did not feature in any of the pre-season friendlies.

He featured in Round 3 (Featherstone Rovers) to Round 4 (Hunslet Hawks) then in Round 6 (Workington Town) to Round 7 (Halifax RLFC). He also featured in Round 9 (London Broncos) to Round 10 (Doncaster RLFC). He also featured in the Challenge Cup in Round 4 (Workington Town) to Round 5 (Hull KR). He scored against Hull KR (1 try) and Doncaster RLFC (2 tries).

Season Appearances Tries Goals F/G Points
2014 Bradford Bulls 7 1 0 0 4
2015 Bradford Bulls 8 3 0 0 12
Total 15 4 0 0 16

International career

Ferguson made his Scotland debut in 2010, in a loss to Wales. He was named in the Scotland squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Slater scoops player award". Sky Sports. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Sky Sports http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/15319/8949738/scotland-name-six-uncapped-players-in-world-cup-squad. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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