Jamie Thackray

Jamie Thackray

Personal information
Full name	Jamie Thackray
Born	(1979-09-30) 30 September 1979 (age 45) Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	16 st 3 lb (103 kg)
Rugby league
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997–00 Hunslet Hawks 69 6 0 0 24 1999(loan) → Doncaster 4 0 0 0 0 2000–02 Halifax 51 3 0 0 12 2002(loan) → Doncaster 2 0 0 0 0 2003–04 Castleford Tigers 21 5 0 0 20 2005–06 Hull FC 43 3 0 0 12 2006–08 Leeds Rhinos 34 7 0 0 28 2008(loan) → Doncaster 2 1 0 0 4 2008–09 Hull FC 42 4 0 0 16 2010 Crusaders RL 19 3 0 0 12 2010(loan) → South Wales Scorpions 1 0 0 0 0 2011 Barrow Raiders 21 2 0 0 8 2011–12 Limoux Grizzlies 9 1 0 0 4 2012–13 Workington Town 52 16 0 0 64 2015–16 London Broncos 35 6 0 0 24 2016(loan) → London Skolars 2 0 0 0 0 2017 Doncaster 15 1 0 0 4 2019 Keighley Cougars 13 1 0 0 4 2020 Whitehaven 4 0 0 0 0 Total 439 59 0 0 236 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005 Great Britain 3 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014–15 Hullensians
Source: [1] [2] [3]

Jamie Thackray (born 30 September 1979) is a former Great Britain international rugby league footballer who played as a prop or second-row forward. He played for over a dozen professional clubs throughout his career, most notably appearing for Halifax, Castleford Tigers, Hull FC, Leeds Rhinos and Crusaders in the Super League.

Biography

Early career

Born in Leeds, Thackray played junior rugby league for Oulton Raiders before turning professional with Hunslet, ^[4] where he made his debut in 1997. He appeared as a substitute in the club's 12–11 win over Dewsbury in the 1999 Northern Ford Premiership Grand Final. ^[5]

Super League career

Thackray playing for Hull FC

After a stint with Halifax, Thackray moved to Castleford. ^[6] During these seasons, Thackray played some games as a second-row before settling into his permanent role as a prop forward. His appearances at Castleford were limited due to suffering a broken arm twice during his two seasons at the club. ^[7]

After Castleford, Thackray moved to Hull FC. ^[8] Thackray played for Hull in the 2005 Challenge Cup Final from the interchange bench in their victory against the Leeds Rhinos. ^[9] He was named in the Super League Dream Team at the end of the season, and was selected by Great Britain for the 2005 Tri-Nations, ^[10] winning three caps during the tournament.

He then moved to Leeds in 2006. ^[11] In February 2007, he scored a memorable try in a 22–30 defeat against Catalans Dragons which won the club's try of the season award. ^{[12] [13]}

After a spell on loan to Doncaster in the Northern Rail Cup, ^{[14] [15]} he re-joined Hull in March 2008. ^[16] He helped the club reach the 2008 Challenge Cup final, but Hull received a fine of £100,000 as Thackray had made ineligible appearances in earlier rounds of the competition due to not being registered. ^[17]

At the end of the 2009 season, Thackray was released by Hull. In early 2010, Thackray signed for Crusaders RL. ^[18] Within a fortnight, he made his début for Crusaders against his former team, Leeds and went on to appear 20 times for the Welsh outfit during their Super League campaign.

Later career

On 12 November 2010, it was announced that he had joined Super League hopefuls Barrow for the 2011 Championship campaign. ^[19]

In 2012 he joined Workington Town. ^[20]

In 2014, Thackray played in Australia for Cairns District Rugby League club Atherton Roosters. ^[21]

After a spell playing rugby union for Hullensians, Thackray joined London Broncos in the Championship. ^[22] In 2016, his 20th season as a professional rugby league player, he was awarded a testimonial by the Rugby Football League. ^[23]

Thackray initially ended his playing career with Doncaster in 2017, but came out of retirement to sign for Keighley Cougars in 2019. ^[24] At the age of 40, he signed a one-year deal with Whitehaven for the 2020 season. ^[25]

After retiring from rugby league, Thackray began running a caravan construction company. ^[26]

References

1. itsrugby
2. "Player Summary: Jamie Thackray". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
3. "Jamie Thackray - Playing Career". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
4. "Thackray: I'll fight for a starting place" . Yorkshire Evening Post. 14 July 2006 – via NewsBank.
5. Hadfield, Dave (25 September 1999). "Rugby League: Time runs out for Dewsbury". The Independent. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
6. "Thackray joins Tigers". BBC Sport. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
7. "Nowhere Man regains command of destiny as the Comeback Kid takes to home stage". The Independent. 19 November 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
8. "Hull seal Thackray signing". BBC Sport. 23 September 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
9. "Hull stun Leeds in Challenge Cup". BBC News . 27 August 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
10. "Thackray props up Lions' hearts and minds for toughest test of all". The Guardian. 5 November 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
11. "Thackray makes early Leeds move". BBC Sport. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
12. "Leeds Rhinos Nostalgia: Thackray's magic was highlight of Rhinos' defeat by the Dragons". Yorkshire Evening Post. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
13. Rugby Football League [@TheRFL] (13 April 2020). "Jamie Thackray | Leeds Rhinos' 2007 Try of the Season" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 April 2024– via Twitter.
14. "GB star joins Dons on loan". The Star. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
15. "Thackray set for Doncaster début". Sportinglife. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
16. "Thackray rejoins former club Hull". BBC. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
17. "Hull fined £100,000". The Guardian. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
18. "Crusaders move in for Jamie Thackray | Rugby League | Sport | Express.co.uk". 15 January 2010.
19. "Raiders sign GB international prop". Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
20. "Workington sign ex-Great Britain prop Jamie Thackray". BBC Sport. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
21. "Innisfail tops Tully". Queensland Rugby League. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
22. "Thackray returns to help out for Broncos". Yorkshire Post. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
23. "Thackray awarded testimonial by RFL". Love Rugby League. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
24. "Cougars sign Jamie Thackray and Macauley Hallett in double swoop". Keighley News. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
25. "Thackray does a deal with Haven". Whitehaven News. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
26. "Jamie Thackray | Transition". Rugby League Player Portal. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

• (archived by web.archive.org) Crusaders profile ^[usurped]
• (archived by web.archive.org) Hunslet profile
• Rhinos squad: Jamie Thackray