Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Dave McConnell 25 March 1981 England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Dave McConnell (born 25 March 1981) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played for St Helens and the London Broncos in the Super League. He has also played for Chorley Lynx, Leigh Centurions and the Rochdale Hornets.
McConnell's position of choice was as a hooker, but he played as a stand-off , scrum-half , second-row or loose forward.
He was named in the Scotland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. [1]
He was named in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. [2]
Paul Jeremiah O'Connell is an Irish former rugby union player and coach. When he stopped playing, he was Ireland's third most-capped player (108) and the eighteenth most-capped international player in rugby union history. During his career, O'Connell captained Munster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. He is now the forwards coach for the Ireland national men's team.
Robert James Beswick is a former rugby league footballer who played as a hooker or loose forward. He started his professional career in 2004 with the Wigan Warriors in the Super League. He left the club in 2006 and spent the next ten seasons in the Championship with the Widnes Vikings, Halifax and the Leigh Centurions. In 2017, Beswick joined the Toronto Wolfpack and played in the club's inaugural league game before finishing his career with Newcastle Thunder. Beswick also represented at Ireland at international level, and was capped 26 times between 2006 and 2019.
Scott Logan is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. He has been described as, "one of the most durable props of the modern era."
Mickey Higham is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.
Adrian Lam is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Super League Club Leigh Leopards, and a former rugby league footballer.
Simon Finnigan is a rugby league coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of the Widnes Vikings in Betfred Championship and was previously head coach at Newcastle Thunder and an assistant coach at the Toronto Wolfpack. An Ireland international second-row, he played in the Super League for the Widnes Vikings, Salford City Reds, Bradford Bulls and the Huddersfield Giants, and in the Championship for the Leigh Centurions.
Stuart Littler is the head coach of Oldham in RFL League 1. He is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer and a former head coach of Ireland.
Oliver Wilkes is a former Scotland international rugby League footballer who played as a prop, second-row and loose forward in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
James Graham is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop for St Helens in the Super League, and at international level for England and Great Britain.
Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or loose forward for St Helens in the Betfred Super League. He has played for both England and Ireland at international level.
Gareth Morton is a Scottish former professional rugby league footballer. He last played for the WA Reds in the 2009 Bundaberg Red Cup rugby league competition in Australia.
Krisnan Nevada Inu is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or winger for the Leigh Centurions in the RFL Championship. He has played for both New Zealand and Samoa at international level. On 24 February 2022, it was announced that Inu had signed with immediate effect for Leigh in the Betfred Championship.
Kevin Henderson is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer. Henderson previously played in Australia for the Newcastle Knights and in England for the Leigh Centurions and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Both of his brothers, Andrew and Ian have also played for Scotland.
Lee Doran is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Ireland, and at club level for Oldham, the Rochdale Hornets, in National League One for the Widnes Vikings, for the Leigh Centurions and Whitehaven, as a centre, second-row or loose forward.
Benjamin Thomas Fisher, also known by the nickname of "Fish", is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who was player-assistant coach for the London Broncos in the Super League. A Scotland international representative Hooker, he previously played for Hull Kingston Rovers of Super League, and Halifax.
John Duffy was the head coach of the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Super League, and is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a scrum-half, stand-off and hooker in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
Peter Mata'utia-Leifi, also known by the nickname of "Peanut", is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre, fullback or stand-off for the Warrington Wolves in the Betfred Super League.
Samisoni Langi is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre and for Wakefield Trinity in the Betfred Super League.
Ben Hellewell is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League.
James Te Manawanui Temuera Bell is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward and second-rower for St Helens in the Betfred Super League.