Josh Griffin

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Josh Griffin
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Personal information
Full nameJoshua Griffin
Born (1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 31)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Weight16 st 12 lb (107 kg)[1]
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Huddersfield Giants 2 0 0 0 0
2010(loan) → Batley Bulldogs 14 5 0 0 20
2011 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 20 6 20 0 64
2012 Castleford Tigers 21 14 1 0 58
2014 Batley Bulldogs 10 6 0 0 24
2014–16 Salford Red Devils 43 30 86 0 292
2017– Hull F.C. 110 34 0 0 136
Total 221 95 107 0 594
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–14 Leeds Carnegie 39 12 0 0 60
As of 15 June 2021
Source: [2][3]

Josh Griffin (born 9 May 1990) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or winger for Hull F.C. in the Betfred Super League.[4]

He has previously played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Huddersfield Giants, Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 921) and the Salford Red Devils in the Super League. He spent time at the Batley Bulldogs, on loan from Huddersfield and also on permanent deal at Batley in the Championship.[4] Between 2012 and 2014 he played professional rugby union as a winger for Leeds Carnegie in the RFU Championship.

Background[]

Griffin was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

Club career[]

Having joined the club as a junior, Griffin made his professional début for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in a Challenge Cup victory against Salford on 20 April 2008.[5] He joined Huddersfield at the end of the 2008 season.

He made his début for Huddersfield in the Challenge Cup victory over Rochdale Hornets on 11 May 2009, and made his Super League début later that year.[citation needed]

Griffin spent most of 2010 on loan at Batley, and rejoined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2011.[citation needed]

He signed for Castleford in September 2011, and played for them in 2012 before leaving the club to join rugby union club; Leeds Carnegie with immediate effect at the end of the season. He returned to rugby league in 2014 with Batley.[citation needed]

In 2014 Griffin initially joined Salford on a trial for the end of the 2014 season before securing himself a permanent 2-year deal.[citation needed]

In 2017 Griffin joined Hull FC, and played in Hull's 18-14 Challenge Cup final win over the Wigan Warriors at Wembley Stadium.[6]

In the 2020 Super League season, he made a total of 16 appearances. He played in Hull's 29-2 semi final defeat against Wigan. In the first half, Griffin gave away a crucial penalty after Wigan had lost possession of the ball. Griffin raced over to Wigan player Oliver Partington and patted him on the head which sparked an all-in brawl. Wigan would then score two tries in quick succession from the resulting penalty.[7]

In May 2021, Griffin scored his 100th career try in a match against Leeds Rhinos. The match was Leeds' first home fixture in front of a home crowd for over 400 days as national restrictions were eased during the coronavirus pandemic.[8]

In the 2021 Challenge Cup semi-final, Griffin ruptured his achilles during Hull FC's 33-18 loss against St Helens RLFC.[9]

Personal life[]

Griffin is the younger brother of the rugby league player Darrell Griffin,[10] and the older brother of George Griffin. All three brothers played together for Salford in 2015.

Honours[]

  • Challenge Cup: (1) 2017

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Josh Griffin Salford Red Devils". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ^ LRL
  3. ^ Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Laybourn, Ian (11 April 2008). "Wakefield forced to turn to youth". London: Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
  5. ^ "Salford City Reds 8-38 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats". Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
  6. ^ "Hull FC 18-14 Wigan recap as the Black and Whites claim back-to-back Challenge Cup triumphs". Mirror. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Wigan Warriors v Hull FC highlights as FC struggle to find play-off form in one-sided defeat". www.hulldailymail.co.uk.
  8. ^ Correspondent (23 May 2021). "Leeds 12-18 Hull: Visitors hold out in bruising encounter at sodden Headingley". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Hull FC 18 St Helens 33: Josh Griffin injury horror as Hull FC fall short in Challenge Cup". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.
  10. ^ Wilson, Andy (12 April 2008). "Wakefield injury crisis offers Griffin brothers chance to face off for Yorkshire bragging rights". London: Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2008.

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