Lee Gilmour

Lee Gilmour
Personal information
Born 12 March 1978
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997–01 Wigan Warriors 108 24 0 0 96
2001–03 Bradford Bulls 126 20 0 0 80
2003–09 St. Helens 146 45 0 0 180
2010–12 Huddersfield Giants 81 19 0 0 76
2012–14 Castleford Tigers 13 0 0 0 0
2014– Wakefield Wildcats 13 2 0 0 0
Total 487 110 0 0 432
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998 Emerging England 1 0 0 0 0
2000 Scotland 3 0 0 0 0
1999–06 Great Britain 15 1 0 0 4
2001–03 Yorkshire
As of 8 May 2014
Source: Rugby League Project

Lee Gilmour is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Super League's Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He has previously played for English clubs Wigan Warriors (with whom he won 1998's Super League III), Bradford Bulls, St Helens (with whom he won 2006's Super League XI), Huddersfield Giants and Castleford Tigers. Gilmour has represented Great Britain, England and Scotland at international level.

Playing career

Gilmour started his career with Shaw Cross Sharks, Had a spell at Thornhill Trojans then went to play for Dewsbury moor before signing for Wigan Warriors. He toured New Zealand with GB Academy in 1997. Gilmour played at second-row forward for Wigan in their 1998 Super League Grand Final victory over Leeds Rhinos. Gilmour played for the Wigan Warriors from the interchange bench in their 2000 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens RLFC.

Gilmour went on to play for Bradford the Great Britain, Emerging England,[2] and Scotland international. As Super League VI champions, the Bulls played against 2001 NRL Premiers, the Newcastle Knights in the 2002 World Club Challenge. Gilmour played at centre in Bradford's victory. Gilmour played for Bradford Bulls from the bench in their 2002 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens RFC. Gilmour played for St Helens from the interchange bench in their 2006 Challenge Cup Final victory against the Huddersfield Giants. St Helens reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against Hull FC and Gilmour played at second-row forward in Saints' 26-4 victory. Gilmour gained true international repute when during the 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations he scored the decisive try in the Lions’ 23-12 win in Aussie Stadium in 2006. As 2006 Super League champions, St Helens faced 2006 NRL Premiers the Brisbane Broncos in the 2007 World Club Challenge. Gilmour played at second-row forward in Saints' 18-14 victory. He played in 2008's Super League XIII Grand Final defeat by the Leeds Rhinos.[3]

In July 2009 it was announced that Gilmour had signed a two-year contract with Super League rivals, Huddersfield Giants. On June 23, 2011 Gilmour signed a new two-year deal with Huddersfield Giants despite talks of his retirement.[4]

In June 2012 Gilmour negotiated an early release from his Huddersfield Giants contract and went on to sign a two-year deal with the Castleford Tigers.[5]

In May 2014, Gilmour joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on loan. In September 2014, he was appointed as a player-coach at Wakefield.

References

  1. ↑ "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Irvine, Christopher (20 July 1998). "Elder statesmen negotiate England escape". The Times (London: News International Trading Limited). p. 32. (subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "2008 Grand Final". BBC. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  4. ↑ 23rd June 2011.
  5. ↑ Gilmour Move to Castleford.

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