Liam Finn (rugby league)

Liam Finn (born 2 November 1983)[5] is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays for the Dewsbury Rams in the Betfred Championship. An Ireland international representative scrum-half, stand-off or hooker, he has previously played for Halifax, Widnes Vikings, Wakefield Trinity (two spells) and Castleford Tigers in the Super League, as well as Dewsbury Rams and Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 867) in the Championship.

Liam "Finny" Finn
Personal information
Full nameLiam Finn
Born (1983-11-02) 2 November 1983
Yorkshire, England[1]
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight14 st 7 lb (92 kg) [2]
Playing information
PositionStand-off, Scrum-half, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–03 Halifax 21 3 30 1 73
2004–05 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2 0 1 0 2
2005 Featherstone Rovers 19 8 80 0 192
2006–09 Dewsbury Rams 109 45 121 5 427
2010–13 Featherstone Rovers 118 64 503 5 1267
2014–15 Castleford 53 9 6 2 50
2016–18 Wakefield Trinity 79 9 251 0 538
2018(loan) → Widnes Vikings 6 0 0 0 0
2019 Newcastle Thunder 3 1 13 0 30
2019– Dewsbury Rams 15 2 38 1 85
Total 425 141 1043 14 2664
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–18 Ireland 28 6 45 0 114
As of 14 June 2019
Source: [3][4]

Background

Finn was born in Yorkshire, England.

Club career

After brief stints in the Super League with Halifax and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats as a young player, Finn spent most of his career in the Championship, playing for the Featherstone Rovers and the Dewsbury Rams. He returned to Super League in 2014 with the Castleford Tigers, and played for them in the 2014 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Leeds Rhinos at Wembley Stadium.[6]

In October 2015, Finn re-joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on a 2-year deal.

Testimonial match

A benefit season/testimonial match for Liam Finn, allocated by the Rugby Football League, took place at Featherstone Rovers during the 2013 season.

International career

Finn was named in the Ireland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[7][8]

In 2010 he represented Ireland in the Alitalia European Cup. Also he followed up his 2009 Championship 1 Player of the Year award with a Championship player of the year award in 2010 for Featherstone Rovers in his first season back with Rovers.

He was named as captain of Ireland in 2012, and was later confirmed as captain for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign.[9]

He is Ireland's joint most capped player alongside Bob Beswick and is also Ireland's record point scorer.

In November 2014, Finn was called up to play for Ireland in their final European Cup game against Wales. He was a huge influence scoring a total of 18 points in their sides massive 42-14 victory. However, their performance wasn't good enough as Ireland needed to win by 41 points if they were to secure the European Cup title, a place in the 2016 Four Nations and 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Unlike 2014, Finn was called up to the Irish squad in October before the European Cup which began on 17 October 2015.

In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.[10]

References
  1. "Rugby League: Liam Finn". Sky Sports. BSkyB. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. "Castleford Tigers 1st Team Liam Finn". Official Castleford Tigers web site. Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club Ltd. 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. loverugbyleague
  4. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Liam Finn - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project".
  5. "Wakefield Trinity: Chris Chester must shuffle pack after triple injury blow". Yorkshire Evening Post. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  6. "Leeds lift Challenge Cup after Ryan Hall's double stuns Castleford". Guardian. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. "Cassidy included in Ireland squad". BBC. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  8. "Ireland Name World Cup 40 Man Training Squad". Rugby League Ireland. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  9. "Rugby League World Cup 2013: Ireland name 24-man squad". BBC Sport.
  10. "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
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