Richard Owen (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Owen | |||||
| Born | 25 November 1990 Normanton, Yorkshire, England | |||||
| Height | 185cm [1] | |||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) [2] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2007–14 | Castleford Tigers | 121 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 236 |
| 2014– | Wakefield Trinity | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Total | 135 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 272 | |
| As of 20 October 2014 | ||||||
| Source: RLP Profile | ||||||
Richard Owen (born 25 November 1990 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England) is a rugby league footballer for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the European Super League. He previously played for Castleford Tigers, and also played for Featherstone Lions, and Westgate Redoubt in his youth. Owen's position of choice is on the wing, but he can also operate at full-back.
Owen made an impressive start to his Super League career for Castleford in 2008 - scoring 13 tries in 24 games. Due to the team suffering some key injuries he was moved to the wing and formed a good partnership with Michael Shenton towards the end of that year.
Owen played mainly at full back for the Tigers in 2009 where he showed some excellent form.
In round three of 2010 Richie suffered a badly broken leg against the Bradford Bulls.
After signing a new two-year deal for the Tigers in 2010, Owen made a try scoring return for his club in a round eight victory over Hull FC.
In May 2014, Owen joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on loan until the end of the season.[3] In October 2014, he joined Wakefield on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract.[4]
External links
References
- ↑ "Castleford Tigers First Team". web page. Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club Ltd. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ↑ "The official Engage Super League web site". web page. Super League. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ↑ "Wakefield Trinity Wildcats sign Richard Owen from Castleford". BBC Sport. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Super League: Wakefield Wildcats complete signing of Richard Owen from Castleford". Sky Sports. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.