Rob Massam

Rob Massam
Personal information
Full name Robert Massam
Born (1987-10-29) 29 October 1987
Salisbury, England
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–16 North Wales Crusaders 106 90 0 0 360
2017– Rochdale Hornets 33 25 0 0 100
Total 139 115 0 0 460
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–13 Wales 2 1 0 0 4
As of 15 April 2018
Source: [1][2]

Rob Massam (born 29 October 1987) is a Welsh international rugby league footballer who plays for the Rochdale Hornets in the Kingstone Press Championship.[1][2] His usual position is a winger.

He has previously played for the North Wales Crusaders. He was a key player for Chester Gladiators, and was selected to represent England Lionhearts in 2010 scoring the winning try in England's 34-30 win over Wales Dragonhearts in Somerset.[3] He scored against Wales Dragonhearts again in 2011 in Caerphilly but was unable to stop the Welsh from winning 30-24 and lifting the trophy.[4]

Representative

Massam qualifys for Wales through residency as he moved to Wrexham at a young age.[5] Despite representing England at amateur level Massam was selected for the Wales 'train-on' squad for the Tri-Nations against England and France in 2012.[6] He made his full début in that game.[7]

In October and November 2013, Massam played in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup where he scored a try.

In October 2014, Massam was selected to play in the 2014 European Cup but he withdrew before the tournament due to work commitments.[8]

Honours

Massam was included in August's Cooperative Championship 1 Team of the Month, after becoming Crusaders leading try scorer for the 2012 season.[9]

Personal life

Massam works as a personal trainer and is a qualified Biomechanics coach at Total Fitness in Wrexham and he has sponsored local rugby league club Wrexham Raiders for the 2012 season.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Tyreman, Glenn (2010-07-21). "England Lionhearts 34 - 30 Wales Dragonhearts - England Lionhearts". Pitchero.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  4. ↑ "Crusaders profile". Crusadersrfl.com. 1987-11-29. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  5. ↑ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/teammember.php?id=1575
  6. ↑ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=9294
  7. ↑ http://www.mission2013.co.uk/france-win-feisty-encoutner-against-wales/
  8. ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12040/9507938/garreth-carvell-withdraws-from-wales-squad-for-european-cup
  9. ↑ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=9284
  10. ↑ "Wrexham Bradley Raiders - Sponsors". Wrexhamraiders.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19.


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