Nick Pinkney
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Born | 6 December 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nick Pinkney (born 6 December 1970) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a winger in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Ryedale-York, the Keighley Cougars, the Sheffield Eagles, Halifax, the Salford City Reds and the Hull Kingston Rovers.[1]
Career[]
Club career[]
Pinkney started his professional career at Ryedale-York before signing for Keighley Cougars in 1993. While at the Keighley Cougars, Pinkney scored over 100 tries, and broke the club record for most tries in a season twice in consecutive seasons.[3] In 1997, he joined Sheffield Eagles. Nick Pinkney played right wing, and scored a try in Sheffield Eagles' 17-8 victory over Wigan in the Challenge Cup Final during Super League III at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1998.
Representative career[]
Nick Pinkney was an England international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He was selected for England in the 1995 World Cup Final on the reserve bench but did not play as Australia won the match and retained the Cup.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Rugby League: Pinkney goes for 200 try landmark". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 11 March 2000. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
External links[]
- (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at sheffieldeagles.com
- 1970 births
- Living people
- England national rugby league team players
- English rugby league players
- Halifax R.L.F.C. players
- Hull Kingston Rovers players
- Keighley Cougars players
- Rugby league wingers
- Salford Red Devils players
- Sheffield Eagles players
- York Wasps players