Leroy Cudjoe

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Leroy Cudjoe
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Personal information
Full nameLeroy Daniel Cudjoe [1]
Born (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988 (age 36)
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
Weight15 st 13 lb (101 kg) [2]
Playing information
Position Centre, Wing, Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2008– Huddersfield Giants 378135621685
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2010–13 England 1031014
Source: [3] [4] [2] [5]
As of 20 August 2024
Relatives Jermaine McGillvary (cousin)

Leroy Cudjoe (born 7 April 1988) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. A product of the Huddersfield academy system, he also captained Huddersfield as well as representing England, he has played his whole Super League career to date with Huddersfield, playing as a winger and fullback earlier in his career.

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Early life

Cudjoe was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England and is of Grenadian descent, where his father's family originated. [6]

Leroy attended Newsome High School and Sports College, and played junior rugby league for the Newsome Panthers. [7] He joined the Huddersfield Giants Academy at the age of 16. [8]

Domestic career

Cudjoe playing for Huddersfield Leroy Cudjoe.jpg
Cudjoe playing for Huddersfield

Huddersfield Giants

Cudjoe was awarded a full-time contract with the Giants at the end of the 2006 season. [9] His 2007 season was partly disrupted due to a broken hand sustained in May, and he did not make a first team appearance although won the Huddersfield Reserves Player of the Year award at the end of the season. He made his Super League début in the opening round of the 2008 season against Leeds Rhinos. [10] He scored his first competitive try for the club in the 50–16 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in May 2008. He continued to be a favourite during the 2011 and 2012 seasons at his hometown club Huddersfield.[ citation needed ]

In the 2013 Super League season, he played 29 games as Huddersfield claimed the League Leaders Shield for the first time in 81 years. Huddersfield would ultimately fall short of a grand final appearance that year. [11] After 10 years with the club, Cudjoe was given a Testimonial in 2018 by Huddersfield. In round 15 of the 2021 Super League season, he played his 300th match for Huddersfield and scored a try in the club's 40-26 victory over Hull F.C. [12] On 28 May 2022, Cudjoe played for Huddersfield in their 2022 Challenge Cup Final loss against Wigan. [13]

Representative career

Yorkshire

He was selected to play for Yorkshire Academy in the fixture against Lancashire Academy in the 2005 season.[ citation needed ]

England Academy

This fixture is often seen as a trial game for the full England Academy team and although he initially made the England training squad, Leroy missed out on a place in the final England squad.[ citation needed ]

England

He played his first match for England in the 2010 Four Nations tournament.

He played for England in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.[ citation needed ]

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  5. ↑ "Player Summary: Leroy Cudjoe". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Leroy Cudjoe: The wing's speech: How Giant came to terms with his stammer". The Independent. London. 7 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Huddersfield Giants and England World Cup star Leroy Cudjoe so proud to show off his Newsome Panthers colours". Yorkshire Live. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Brown - Cudjoe 'sensational'". Sky Sports. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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