Richard Owen (rugby league)

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Richard Owen
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Personal information
Full nameRichard Owen
Born (1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 (age 34) [1]
Normanton, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 0 in (1.84 m) [1]
Weight15 st 2 lb (96 kg) [1]
Position Fullback, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2007–14 Castleford Tigers 1215900236
2013(loan)→ Keighley Cougars 10000
2014(loan)→ Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1460024
2014–16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 45190076
2016 Leigh Centurions 21004
2018–19 Doncaster 24110044
Total2079600384
Source: [2] [3]

Richard Owen (born 25 April 1990) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback or on the wing.

Contents

He has played for Featherstone Lions ALRFC, Westgate Redoubt ARLFC, Castleford Tigers, Keighley Cougars (loan), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (two spells, first one on loan), Leigh Centurions and Doncaster in Kingstone Press League 1.

Background

Owen was born in Normanton, West Yorkshire, England.

Career

Owen made an impressive start to his Super League career for Castleford in 2008 - scoring 13 tries in 24 games. Due to the team suffering some key injuries he was moved to the wing and formed a good partnership with Michael Shenton towards the end of that year.

Owen played mainly at full back for the Castleford Tigers in 2009 where he showed some excellent form.

In round three of 2010 Richie suffered a badly broken leg against the Bradford Bulls.

After signing a new two-year deal for the Castleford Tigers in 2010, Owen made a try scoring return for his club in a round eight victory over Hull FC.

In May 2014, Owen joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on loan until the end of the season. [4] In October 2014, he joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract. [5]

He was a free agent having been released from his contract with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats by mutual consent in 2016.

Controversy

In 2012 Owen was given a 12 months suspended sentence and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service for affray and actual bodily harm. The charges related to his role in a brawl outside a Pontefract nightclub the previous year. The court heard Owen punched a man dressed as Santa Claus who was rendered unconscious and sustained a fractured jaw as a result. [6]

Owen was remanded in custody between December 2016 and January 2017 on suspicion of three counts of sexual assault, actual bodily harm and theft. He was later cleared of all offences after being found not guilty in May 2017. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Richard Owen Wakefield Wildcats". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ loverugbyleague
  3. ↑ RLP Profile
  4. ↑ "Wakefield Trinity Wildcats sign Richard Owen from Castleford". BBC Sport. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Super League: Wakefield Wildcats complete signing of Richard Owen from Castleford". Sky Sports. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Castleford fullback Richard Owen is sentenced after assualting[sic] man dressed as Santa Claus". Fox Sports. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Richard Owen: Rugby league player found not guilty of sex offences after trial". Yorkshire Post. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2020.


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