Neil James
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Full name | Neil A. James | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 14 February 1961 Castleford, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 December 2014 | (aged 53)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neil James (14 February 1961 – 17 December 2014) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Castleford (Heritage № 614), Halifax, Gold Coast-Tweed Giants, Leeds and Sheffield Eagles, as a prop, or second-row.
Background[]
Neil James was born in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 53.
Playing career[]
International honours[]
Neil James won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax, playing right-second-row, i.e. number 12, scored a try, and was man of the match in the 24-10 victory over France at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 1 March 1986.[1]
Challenge Cup Final appearances[]
Neil James played as an interchange/substitute (replacing prop Ben Beevers on 70-minutes) in Halifax's 19-18 victory over St. Helens in the 1987 Challenge Cup Final during the 1986–87 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1987, and played left-prop, i.e. number 8, and scored a try in the 12-32 defeat by Wigan in the 1988 Challenge Cup Final during the 1987–88 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 30 April 1988.
County Cup Final appearances[]
Neil James played as a right-second-row, i.e. number 12, in Castleford's 2-13 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1983 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1983–84 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1983.
Championship appearances[]
Neil James made 34-appearances (including 4 as an interchange/substitute) in the Second-row in Halifax's victory in the Championship during the 1985–86 season, scoring 3-tries in League matches and 1 in the Premiership Trophy.
References[]
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links[]
- !Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)[dead link]
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
- (archived by web.archive.org) Wembley Star, Neil James Recently Passed Away
- (archived by web.archive.org) RIP Neil James & Joe Anderson
- 1961 births
- 2014 deaths
- Castleford Tigers players
- English rugby league players
- Gold Coast Chargers players
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Halifax R.L.F.C. players
- Leeds Rhinos players
- Rugby league players from Castleford
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows
- Sheffield Eagles (1984) players