Graeme Horne

Graeme Horne

Personal information
Full name	Graeme Horne
Born	(1985-03-22) 22 March 1985 (age 40) Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, England
Playing information
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm) [1]
Weight	16 st 5 lb (104 kg) [1]
Position	Second-row, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2002–09 Hull FC 128 23 0 0 92 2010–11 Huddersfield Giants 41 11 0 0 44 2012–17 Hull Kingston Rovers 87 17 0 0 68 2017(loan) → York City Knights 2 0 0 0 0 2018–20 York City Knights 45 13 0 0 52 2020 Doncaster 3 0 0 0 0 Total 306 64 0 0 256 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006–06 England 2 0 0 0 0 Scotland
Source: [2] [3] [4]
Relatives	Richard Horne (brother)

Graeme Horne (born 22 March 1985) is a former English^{[ citation needed ]} rugby league footballer who last played as a second-row forward for the Doncaster R.L.F.C. in the Championship.; ^{[2] [3]} he retired at the end of the 2020 season.

He previously played for Hull FC, Huddersfield Giants and Hull Kingston Rovers.

Background

Horne was born in Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, England.

He is the younger brother of former Great Britain international Richard Horne.

Playing career

Club career

Hull FC

Horne signed for Hull F.C. when he was 17 years old, making his Super League début in 2003. He missed out on the matchday squad for their 2005 Challenge Cup Final victory, but did play at Wembley Stadium in the Challenge Cup Final against St. Helens in 2008.

Hull reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St. Helens, and Horne played from the interchange bench in his side's 4-26 loss. ^[5]

Huddersfield Giants

He left Hull in 2010 to join Huddersfield, playing for two seasons before returning to the city of Hull to join Hull Kingston Rovers.

Hull KR

Horne joined Hull KR from the 2012 season.

York City Knights

In November 2017 Horne signed a one-year deal with York having previously played for the club on dual registration. ^[6]

Doncaster

Horne joined Doncaster in December 2019 to be coached by his brother Richard ^[7] making his debut on 23 Feb 2020 in the Challenge Cup defeat 12-22 to Workington Town; playing at loose forward. ^[8]

International career

England

Horne played two games for England in 2006. ^[4]

Scotland

Horne has also represented Scotland. ^[9]

References

1. "Hull Kingston Rovers 1st Team Graeme Horne". Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC. 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
2. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
5. "St Helens 26-4 Hull FC". BBC News . 14 October 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
6. "York City Knights boosted by signing of Graeme Horne from Hull KR". The Press . 19 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
7. "GRAEME HORNE JOINS BROTHER RICHARD AT DONCASTER". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
8. "Doncaster 12-22 Workington Town". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
9. "Hull KR: Graeme Horne signs new two-year deal". BBC Sport. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

External links

• York City Knights profile Archived 21 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• Hull KR profile