Jason Critchley

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Jason Critchley
Personal information
Full nameJason Roy Critchley
Born (1970-12-07) 7 December 1970 (age 54)
St Helens, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Rugby league
Position Wing, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1989–92 Widnes 202008
1992–95 Salford 955100200
1995–97 Keighley Cougars 493900156
1997–98 Castleford Tigers 39150060
1999 Widnes Vikings 1130012
2000 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 840016
2001 Whitehaven 60000
Total22811400452
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1992 England 10000
1996–01 Wales 82008
Rugby union
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1998–99 Newport 830015
1999–00 Leicester Tigers 20000
1999–00 (loan)Manchester 1560030
2000–01 US Dax 14316047
2002–03 De La Salle Palmerston 241050
Total6322160142
Source: [1] [2] [3]

Jason Critchley (born 7 December 1970) is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. At club level for the Castleford Tigers, Keighley Cougars, Salford City Reds, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Whitehaven and the Widnes Vikings as a wing or centre, [1] and top level club level rugby union for Newport RFC, Leicester Tigers, Manchester (loan), US Dax and De La Salle Palmerston.

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He played representative rugby league for Great Britain at every age level from under 16's, 19's and 21's. He was also selected for England, Wales and Great Britain on the tour to Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Zealand in 1996.

Personal Information

Critchley was born in St Helens, Lancashire, England. [4]

Playing career

Club career

Critchley signed for Widnes Vikings from junior club Blackbrook in August 1989. [5] In 1992, he was sold to Salford as part of an exchange deal for Adrian Hadley. [6] Critchley was Salford's top try scorer in the 1993–94 season with 25 tries.

Critchley joined Keighley Cougars in 1995. In August 1996, he scored six tries for Keighley Cougars in a match against Widnes Vikings, breaking a club record which had stood for 90 years for most tries in a single match. [7]

In May 1997, Critchley was signed by Castleford Tigers in exchange for Adrian Flynn and an undisclosed transfer fee. [8] Castleford were bottom of the Super League, and hadn't won a single game when Critchley first arrived at the club, but he helped the club improve results during the rest of the season, and finished as the club's top try scorer.

In 1998, Critchley switched codes and joined rugby union side Newport. He returned to league during the rugby union off-season to play for Wakefield Trinity in 2000. [9]

International career

Critchley was selected for the 1996 Great Britain Lions tour, but did not play in any Test matches.

Following the relaxation of eligibility rules, Critchley qualified to play for Wales. He was selected in the 40-man training squad for the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, but did not make the final squad. [10] He made his debut a year later, and went on to win eight caps for Wales between 1996 and 2001. [1] He was selected by Wales for the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, [11] making five appearances during the tournament, and scoring a try in Wales' 22–8 win in the quarter final against Papua New Guinea. [12]

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