Innes Gray

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Innes Gray
Personal information
Full nameInnes Gray
Born1973 (age 5152)
unknown
Playing information
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
≤1998–≥98 Bangor Vikings
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1998 Ireland 2
Source: [1]
As of 19 October 2010

Innes Gray (born 1973) was a sportsman from Northern Ireland, who played rugby union, rugby league and association football. He represented Ireland at rugby league in 1998. [1]

Gray played rugby union until 1998. He represented Ireland at schools level, and played twice for Ireland 'A'. He played club rugby for Instonians and Ballymena, and provincial rugby for Ulster. He left Ballymena in 1998. [2] Switching to rugby league, he won two caps for Ireland while at Bangor Vikings. [1] [3] He went on to play soccer in the Irish League for Cliftonville and Ballyclare Comrades, [4] and became player/manager of Queen's University Belfast A.F.C. in 2001. [5]

He now works as a teacher at Royal Belfast Academical Institution. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 Jim Stokes, "Rugby: Innes in a league of his own", Belfast Telegraph, 2 November 1998
  3. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 104–105. ISBN   978-1-903659-49-6.
  4. "Gray shades it for Cup prize", BBC Sport, 8 March 2001
  5. Frank Brownlow, Queen's "Bud for glory", Belfast Telegraph, 28 October 2001