Marcus St Hilaire

Marcus St Hilaire
Personal information
Born (1977-01-26) 26 January 1977
Huddersfield, England
Playing information
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Weight 14 st 13 lb (95 kg)[1]
Position Fullback, Wing, Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Huddersfield Giants
1996–02 Leeds Rhinos 111 39 0 0 156
2003–05 Huddersfield Giants 74 30 0 0 120
2005 Halifax 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07 Bradford Bulls 39 12 0 0 56
2008–11 Oldham 86 31 0 0 124
Total 310 112 0 0 456
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999 England 2
2009 Ireland 2 1 0 0 4
Source: [2][3][4][5]

Marcus St Hilaire (born 26 January 1977) is an English-born former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for England, and Ireland, and at club level for Huddersfield Giants (two spells), Leeds Rhinos, Halifax, Bradford Bulls, and Oldham, as a fullback, wing, or centre.[2][3]

Background

St Hilaire was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, he is of Irish and Trinidad & Tobago descent.

Leeds

St Hilaire was transferred from Huddersfield Giants to Leeds Rhinos in July 1996. "Junior", as he was known, became an integral part of the Leeds squad, especially under coach Graham Murray. He was voted the Yorkshire Evening Post / Leeds Rhinos Shooting Star of 1998 as the most improved player.[1] and played for Leeds Rhinos from the substitutes bench in their 1998 Super League Grand Final loss to Wigan Warriors.

A brilliant runner with the ball, all too often injuries prevented from gaining the confidence he needed to shine for the Leeds Rhinos after 1999, the high point of his time at Headingley. In total he made 65 starts for Leeds Rhinos plus 46 substitute appearances leading to a total of 111 appearances. He scored 39 tries for a total of 156 points. St Hilaire was a try scorer at Wembley in the 1999 Challenge Cup Final when he was used in his normal role of coming on at full back to allow Iestyn Harris to move up to stand off in the second half. He played 2-matches for England in the 1999 Anglo-French Challenge.[4] Although never having played rugby union at the top level, St Hilaire was selected for the England Sevens team in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, although he did not play in any of their four games.[6]

Later years

Midway through the 2002's Super League VII, St Hilaire was released from the final year of his contract at Leeds Rhinos and rejoined Huddersfield Giants, where he helped the Claret and Golds regain their place in Super League.

After being released by Huddersfield after the 2005 season, St Hilaire joined Halifax. But after playing a small part in a friendly game for them, he signed for Bradford Bulls for the 2006 season as fullback cover. St Hilaire left the club at the end of 2007, joining Oldham. In 2009 he represented Ireland. St Hilaire spent the remainder of his playing career at Oldham, announcing his retirement in 2011.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marcus St Hilaire". Leeds Rhinos. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Oldham RL Heritage Trust
  6. ↑ "St Hilaire books sevens place". bbc.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Marcus calls time on 17 years of Rugby". Oldham Rugby League Football Club. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

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