Richard Owen (rugby league)

Richard Owen
Personal information
Full name Richard Owen
Born (1990-04-25) 25 April 1990[1]
Normanton, West Yorkshire, England
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–14 Castleford Tigers 121 59 0 0 236
2013(loan) → Keighley Cougars 1 0 0 0 0
2014(loan) → Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 14 6 0 0 24
2014–16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 45 19 0 0 76
2016 Leigh Centurions 2 1 0 0 4
2018– Doncaster 9 4 0 0 16
Total 192 89 0 0 356
As of 18 November 2017
Source: [2][3]

Richard Owen (born 25 April 1990) is an English rugby league footballer who plays for Doncaster in Betfred League 1. He plays as a fullback or on the wing.

He has played for Featherstone Lions ALRFC, Westgate Redoubt ARLFC, Castleford Tigers, Keighley Cougars (loan), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (two spells, first one on loan), Leigh Centurions, and Doncaster in Kingstone Press League 1, as a fullback, or wing.

Background

Owen was born in Normanton, West Yorkshire, England.

Career

Owen made an impressive start to his Super League career for Castleford in 2008 - scoring 13 tries in 24 games. Due to the team suffering some key injuries he was moved to the wing and formed a good partnership with Michael Shenton towards the end of that year.

Owen played mainly at full back for the Castleford Tigers in 2009 where he showed some excellent form.

In round three of 2010 Richie suffered a badly broken leg against the Bradford Bulls.

After signing a new two-year deal for the Castleford Tigers in 2010, Owen made a try scoring return for his club in a round eight victory over Hull FC.

In May 2014, Owen joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on loan until the end of the season.[4] In October 2014, he joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract.[5]

He was a free agent having been released from his contact with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats by mutual consent in 2016.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Richard Owen Wakefield Wildcats". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ loverugbyleague
  3. ↑ RLP Profile
  4. ↑ "Wakefield Trinity Wildcats sign Richard Owen from Castleford". BBC Sport. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Super League: Wakefield Wildcats complete signing of Richard Owen from Castleford". Sky Sports. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.


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