Jamie Rooney

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Jamie Rooney
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Personal information
Born (1980-03-17) 17 March 1980 (age 44)
Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight12 st 10 lb (81 kg)
Position Stand-off, Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1998–02 Featherstone Rovers 11866473371247
2001 Castleford Tigers 306012
2003–09 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1286834422982
2009–11 Barrow Raiders 62252505605
2011 Limoux Grizzlies
2012 South Wales Scorpions 7223054
2012–13 Whitehaven 4115784220
2014 Gateshead Thunder 948032
2014 Featherstone Rovers 306113
Total3711801188693165
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2006 England 4418052
Source: [1] [2] [3]

Jamie Rooney (born 17 March 1980) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who is currently the head coach of his hometown amateur club Featherstone Lions. He is also a former England international, being an integral part of the 2006 Federation Shield winning side. [2] [3]

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Playing career

Rooney made his professional début for Featherstone Rovers in 1998 in the Treize Tournoi against Limoux. [4] He made his league début in 1999 away at Whitehaven, coming off the substitutes bench and scoring one goal, and quickly became the first choice no. 7 at age 19. In two consecutive seasons he scored more than 100 points in the first 10 games, he is also in the Featherstone Rovers record books for most points in a season. He joined Castleford Tigers on trial in 2001, but was not offered a permanent contract. [5] He joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in December 2002. [6]

The England international had an excellent season with Trinity in 2006, amassing 197 points in 20 games after missing the early part of the season recovering from surgery on a troublesome knee. He shone for Wakefield Trinity again in 2007, playing 25 games and scoring 208 points during 25 appearances. This eventually led to his earning a place in the Great Britain initial train-on squad for the Gillette Fusion Test series against New Zealand. [ citation needed ]

Rooney's autobiography, High Ambitions, was released at the end of March 2009. [7]

In July 2009, he was signed on loan to Co-operative Championship title hopefuls Barrow. After his contract expired at Wakefield, he rejected numerous offers from Super League clubs, instead deciding to stay at Barrow. He was made captain for the 2010 season. He left the club at the end of the 2011 season to join French side Limoux for the 2011-12 Elite One Championship season. He signed for South Wales Scorpions for the 2012 season. South Wales Scorpions released Rooney "by mutual consent" on 11 April 2012, according to the scorpions website. [ citation needed ] Rooney went on to play for Whitehaven and Gateshead until July 2014 when he re-signed for Featherstone Rovers.

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References

  1. "Player Summary: Jamie Rooney". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Rovers ace Rooney notches his 1,000th point". Pontefract and Castleford Express. 8 April 2002. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  5. "Jamie Rooney inspires Barrow to Challenge Cup upset at Castleford". The Guardian. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  6. "Rugby league: Wildcats sign Rooney". Telegraph. 3 December 2002. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  7. Rooney, Jamie (2009). High Ambitions. UK: Vertical Editions. ISBN   9781904091295 . Retrieved 19 February 2011.