Liam Kay

Liam Kay is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays on the wing for the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Super League.

Liam Kay
Kay playing for Toronto in 2018
Personal information
Born (1991-12-17) 17 December 1991
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Weight14 st 9 lb (93 kg; 205 lb)[1]
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–2013 Wakefield Trinity 5 7 0 0 28
2013(DR) → Doncaster 21 12 0 0 48
2014–2016 Leigh Centurions 78 74 0 0 296
2017– Toronto Wolfpack 47 53 0 0 212
Total 151 146 0 0 584
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017– Ireland 3 3 0 0 12
As of 6 October 2018
Source: [2][3]

He previously played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League, and on loan from the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats at Doncaster in the Kingstone Press Championship. Kay has also played for the Leigh Centurions in the Championship.

Background

Kay was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Career

Wakefield

Kay signed a professional contract at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2012 as a halfback but was mostly played on the wing. He scored 7 tries for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 5 appearances. In 2013 he was sent on dual registration to Doncaster where he played at both halfback but mostly on the wing as he had done at Wakefield. He scored 12 tries in 21 appearances for Doncaster before he returned to Wakefield where a hat-trick of tries against Castleford Tigers in the closing game of the 2013 season.

Leigh

Kay signed for Championship side Leigh in 2014 where he played as a wing. In his first season with the club, they finished top of the league and won the Grand Final against Featherstone Rovers to win the Championship for the first time since 2004. In 2015 Kay equalled the record for most tries in a season by a Leigh wing which was 36 as the Leigh Centurions again won the Championship title.

Toronto

Kay was the first-ever signing to play for the newly formed Canadian club, Toronto Wolfpack, for their inaugural season in 2017. Kay ended that season as the division's top try scorer. He was also named in the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[4]

Honours
  • Championship:
Winner: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
  • League 1:
Winner: 2017

References
  1. "5. Liam Kay". torontowolfpack.com. Toronto Wolfpack. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. loverugbyleague
  3. Rugby League Project
  4. "Ireland name Rugby League World Cup squad". sbs.com.au. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.


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