Mike Wainwright

Mike Wainwright
Personal information
Full name	Michael Wainwright
Born	25 February 1975 (age 49); Warrington, Cheshire, England
Playing information
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	15 st 6 lb (98 kg)
Position	Second-row
Club
Representative
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Last updated October 24, 2024

Mike Wainwright (born 25 February 1975) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played in the second-row. He played for the Salford City Reds and the Warrington Wolves in the Super League, the Leigh Centurions (Heritage No. 1300) in the RFL Championship and for the Swinton Lions in National League Two.^[1]

Background

Wainwright was born in Warrington, Cheshire, England.

Career

He has previously played in the Super League for the Warrington Wolves, the Salford City Reds and the Leigh Centurions.

Played for Woolston Rovers before joining Warrington's Academy, he was a halfback as a junior and played stand-off in the 1993 Academy Cup Final victory, before switching to back row. He left the Warrington Wolves at the end of the 1999's Super League IV to join the Salford City Reds, his game developed at the Willows and he returned a more experienced^{[ citation needed ]} and confident^{[ citation needed ]} player in 2003's Super League VIII, playing the best^{[ citation needed ]} rugby of his career as the club moved to the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

Following his career in rugby, Mike moved into financial services and is currently working as 'Head of Partnerships' for AFEX based in Manchester.

International

Wainwright toured Australia with the Great Britain Academy team in 1994. He was named in England's 40-man training squad in preparation for the 1995 Rugby League World Cup,^[2] but was not included in the final squad.

Wainwright later chose to represent Scotland, and was selected for the 2000 World Cup.^[3]

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References

1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
↑ Hadfield, Dave (19 July 1995). "Rugby League: Larder leaves out Schofield". The Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
↑ "Aussie is a World Cup Scot". BBC Sport. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

External links

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Convert To Reference Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
(archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at slstats.org
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[Statistics_at_rugbyleagueproject.org-1] 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[2] Hadfield, Dave (19 July 1995). "Rugby League: Larder leaves out Schofield". The Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[3] "Aussie is a World Cup Scot". BBC Sport. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

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