Leo Casey
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| Full name | Leo Casey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 September 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leo Casey (born 17 September 1965) is a former Irish international rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Ireland, and at club level for Oldham, Featherstone Rovers, and Swinton, as a prop.
He is the father of Irish international Callum Casey.[2]
Playing career
International honours
Leo Casey won 5 caps for Ireland in 1995–1997 while at Featherstone Rovers, and Swinton.[3]
County Cup Final appearances
Leo Casey played left-prop, i.e. number 8, (replaced by interchange/substitute xJohn Fairbank ) in Oldham's 16-24 defeat by Warrington in the 1989 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1989–90 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Saturday 14 October 1989.
Division Two Premiership Final appearances
Leo Casey played left-prop, i.e. number 8, in Featherstone Rovers' 20-16 victory over Workington Town in the Division Two Premiership Final during the 1992–93 season at Old Trafford, Manchester on Wednesday 19 May 1993.[4]
References
- ↑ Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ "Casey is 12th player to commit for 2014". Halifax Courier. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "Rovers Dig Deep To Lift The 1993 RL Premiership". Great Players - Great Games. 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 1 January 2011.