Nathan Sykes (rugby league)

Nathan Sykes
Personal information
Born 8 September 1974
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1991–2004 Castleford Tigers 302 8 0 0 32
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–94 Great Britain U21 2
1999–2001 England 2 0 0 0 0
2002 Yorkshire
Source: [1]

Nathan Sykes (born 8 September 1974) is an English retired rugby league footballer. A Prop or Second-row, he played at representative level for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Moldgreen ARLFC and Castleford Tigers.

Playing career

Sykes played for Moldgreen ARLFC before playing professionally for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League. Sykes made his debut for the Tigers in 1991 and played for Castleford for fourteen seasons before retiring after the 2004 season.[1]

Representative career

Sykes won caps for England, playing against France in 1999 and against Wales in 2001.[2] He represented Yorkshire while at Castleford Tigers playing as a substitute, i.e. number 16 in the 18-22 defeat by Lancashire at Wigan's stadium on 14 June 2002. .[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nathan Sykes rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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