Gareth Haggerty

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Gareth Haggerty
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Personal information
Full nameGareth Joseph Haggerty [1]
Born (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 41)
St Helens, Merseyside, England
Playing information
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight117 kg (18 st 6 lb) [2]
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2002 Widnes Vikings 31004
2003–07 Salford City Reds 102160064
2008–09 Harlequins RL 3870028
2010 Widnes Vikings 81004
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2006– Ireland 60000
Source: [3] [4]

Gareth Haggerty (born 8 September 1981) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer. He played for the Widnes Vikings in the Co-operative Championship. He previously played for Harlequins RL, St Helens and the Salford City Reds all of whom play in the Super League. [5]

Contents

Haggerty's usual position was as a prop. He is a specialist impact player, coming off the interchange bench.

Background

Haggerty was born in St Helens, Merseyside, England.

He is the son of former St. Helens forward Roy Haggerty.

Career

He was a member of the Ireland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. [6] Although relatively unknown in Australia prior to the tournament, his performances from the bench in the World Cup earned widespread praise from both fans and pundits, with many Australians going as far as to chant 'sign him up' during games.[ citation needed ]

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