Les Quirk

Leslie Quirk (born 6 March 1965) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Barrow, St. Helens and Whitehaven, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

Les Quirk
Personal information
Full nameLeslie J. Quirk[1]
Born (1965-03-06) 6 March 1965
Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1983–87 Barrow 105 63
1987–94 St. Helens 160 98 0 0 392
1994–98 Whitehaven 55
Total 265 216 0 0 392
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Cumbria 3 0
Source: [2]

Playing career

Born in Ulverston, Quirk started his amateur career at Dalton, and made his professional début for Barrow in 1983. In 1987, he joined St. Helens for a fee of £55,000.[3]

Quirk played in St. Helens' 15-14 victory over Leeds in the 1987–88 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1987–88 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 9 January 1988. He also played in two Challenge Cup finals at Wembley for Saints, but was on the losing side on both occasions.

Quirk also represented Cumbria, playing in an 18–13 victory over France in October 1988,[4] and a 34–12 victory over Papua New Guinea in November 1991.[5]

References
  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (1998). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1998. London: Headline. pp. 155–56. ISBN 978-0-7472-7683-8.
  3. "Barrow RL Greats: Paddy McAteer picks his best local 17". The Mail. CN Group. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. Fitzpatrick, Paul (20 October 1988). "French lose polish". The Guardian. p. 16.
  5. Macklin, Keith (6 November 1991). "Papua defence proves their downfall again". The Times. p. 43.
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