Les Holliday
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leslie W. Holliday | |||||
| Nickname | Les | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Loose forward | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1982–87 | Swinton | |||||
| 1987–89 | Halifax | |||||
| 1989–93 | Widnes | 84 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
| 1993–95 | Dewsbury | |||||
| Total | 84 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1986 | Cumbria | |||||
| 1991–92 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1995–≥95 | Swinton Lions | |||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Leslie "Les" W. Holliday is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, and coach of the 1990s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and Cumbria, and at club level for Folly Lane ARLFC (in Pendlebury), Swinton (captain), Halifax, Widnes and Dewsbury, as a Second-row or Loose forward, i.e. number 11 or 12 or 13, and coaching at club level for Swinton. Les Holliday was a pupil at Cromwell Road School in Pendlebury.
Playing career
International honours
Les Holliday won caps for Great Britain while at Widnes in 1991 against France, and in 1992 against France (2 matches).[1]
County honours
Les Holliday represented Cumbria.
Challenge Cup Final appearance
Les Holliday played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11, for Halifax in the 32-12 defeat by Wigan in the 1988 Challenge Cup final during the 1987–88 season at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 30 April 1988.
County Cup final appearances
Les Holliday played Loose forward/Lock in Widnes' 24-18 victory over Salford in the 1990 Lancashire Cup final during the 1990–91 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 September 1990.
First Division Grand Final appearances
Les Holliday played Loose forward and was captain in Swinton's 27-10 victory over Hunslet in the 1986–87 Second Division Premiership Final at Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday 17 May 1987.
Genealogical information
Les Holliday is the son of the rugby league footballer Bill Holliday, and the brother of the rugby league footballer of the 1980s for Swinton and Leigh, Mike Holliday.
References
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv
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