John Stainburn
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| Full name | John Stainburn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half/Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Stainburn is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s. He played at club level for Shaw Cross Sharks ARLFC, Batley, and Batley Victoria ARLFC, as a left-footed goal-kicking scrum-half/halfback, i.e. number 7, and coached at club level for Batley Victoria ARLFC.
Testimonial Match
John Stainburn's Testimonial match at Batley took place in 1993.
Contemporaneous Article Extract
"John Stainburn Scrum-half. A product of the prolific Heavy Woollen Amateurs (Shaw Cross ARLFC), nuggety scrum-half Stainburn has some memorable performances at Mount Pleasant to his name, although he struggled to hold a regular first team place in 1990-91. The previous season he played 33 senior games for Batley, kicking 42 goals, six drops and scoring one try." [1]