Lee Finnerty

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Lee Finnerty
Personal information
Born (1978-04-30) 30 April 1978 (age 43)
New Zealand
Playing information
Position Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2003 Halifax Blue Sox 2052024
Source: [1]

Lee Finnerty (born 30 April 1978) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played professionally for the Halifax Blue Sox. [1]

Playing career

Finnerty joined the Marist Richmond Brothers in 2000 with the launch of the Bartercard Cup. [2]

Finnerty played for the Mt Albert Lions in the 2001 and 2002 Bartercard Cups and was part of the team that won the 2002 grand final. [3]

Finnerty joined the Halifax Blue Sox for the 2003 season of the Super League. [4] The team was relegated at the end of the year and Finnerty left the club. [5]

Finnerty instead returned to the Bartercard Cup a new team, the Counties Manukau Jetz. [6] In 2004 he was bought in by Bob Bailey to play several matches for Moscow Dynamo in their Challenge Cup challenge. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lee Finnerty Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. Jessup, Peter (8 March 2001). "Rugby League: Bears' migration adds some bite to clash". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. Jessup, Peter (16 September 2002). "Rugby League: Big game fitting Carlaw finale". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  4. 2003 Super League squads sportinglife.com
  5. O'Neill guides Widnes to win BBC Sport, 17 August 2003
  6. Stallions Gallop over Jetz Archived 2012-09-10 at archive.today rleague.com, 6 February 2004
  7. Goulding's red alert Daily Post, 5 February 2004