Shaun Irwin

Shaun Irwin
Personal information
Full name Shaun Michael Irwin[1]
Born (1968-12-08) 8 December 1968
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Position centre, second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1986–93 Castleford 141 41 0 0 154
1993–96 Oldham Bears 51 15 0 0 60
≤1998–≥98 Featherstone Rovers
Total 192 56 0 0 214
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1988–90 Great Britain U21 4
1990 Great Britain 4 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Shaun Irwin (born 8 December 1968) is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Castleford, Oldham Bears, and Featherstone Rovers, as a centre, or second-row, i.e. number 3 or 4, or, 11 or 12.

Playing career

International honours

Irwin represented Great Britain under-21's four times between 1988 and 1990.[2]

Irwin won caps for Great Britain while at Castleford in 1990 against France, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand, and in 1990 in the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand.[3]

First Division Grand Final Appearances

Shaun Irwin played centre, i.e. number 3 in Featherstone Rovers's 22-24 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1998 First Division Grand Final at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on 26 September 1998.[4]

County Cup final appearances

Shaun Irwin played centre, i.e. number 3, in Castleford's 11-8 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1990 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1990–91 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 23 September 1990.

Outside of Rugby League

Shaun currently works as a Paramedic for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

References

  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Fletcher, Raymond (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. Headline Book Publishing. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.
  3. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "First Division Grand Final - 1998 - A Night To Remember!". Great Players - Great Games. 2010-12-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-01-01.

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