Liam Kay

Liam Kay
Kay playing for Toronto in 2018
Personal information
Born (1991-12-17) 17 December 1991
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Weight 14 st 9 lb (93 kg; 205 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–13 Wakefield Trinity 5 7 0 0 28
2013(DR) → Doncaster 21 12 0 0 48
2014–16 Leigh Centurions 78 74 0 0 296
2017– Toronto Wolfpack 47 53 0 0 212
Total 151 146 0 0 584
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017– Ireland 3 3 0 0 12
As of 6 October 2018
Source: [2][3]

Liam Kay is an Irish international rugby league footballer for the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Championship. An Ireland national representative winger, he previously played in the Super League for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and in the Championship for the Leigh Centurions.

Career

Wakefield

Kay signed a professional contract at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2012 as a halfback but was mostly played on the wing. He scored 7 tries for the Wildcats in 5 appearances. In 2013 he was sent on dual registration to Doncaster where he played at both halfback but mostly on the wing as he had done at Wakefield. He scored 12 tries in 21 appearances for Doncaster before he returned to Wakefield where a hat-trick of tries against Castleford Tigers in the closing game of the 2013 season.

Leigh

Kay signed for Championship side Leigh in 2014 where he operated on the wing. In his first season with the club they finished top of the league and won the Grand Final against Featherstone Rovers to win the Championship for the first time since 2004. In 2015 Kay equaled the record for most tries in a season by a Leigh winger which was 36 as the Centurions again won the Championship title.

Toronto

Kay was the first ever signing to play for the newly formed Canadian club, Toronto Wolfpack, for their inaugural season. Kay ended that season as the division's top try scorer. He was also named in the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[4]

Honours

Winner: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Winner: 2017

References

  1. 1 2 "5. Liam Kay". torontowolfpack.com. Toronto Wolfpack. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ↑ loverugbyleague
  3. ↑ Rugby League Project
  4. ↑ "Ireland name Rugby League World Cup squad". sbs.com.au. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.


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