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| Full name | Samuel Brooks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1993 Wigan, Greater Manchester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 7 lb (105 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Brooks (born 29 September 1993) is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Widnes Vikings in the Betfred Championship. [3]
Brooks was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
He was in the Wigan Warriors Academy system. [4] He moved to Halifax for the 2014 season. [4]
In 2015 he moved to the Rochdale Hornets, [4] before making a mid-season switch to play for Whitehaven in the Kingstone Press Championship. [4]
He since returned to Whitehaven in the Kingstone Press Championship as a dual-registered player. [5]
Brooks has previously played for the Widnes in the Super League.
On 12 August 2020 it was announced that Brooks had signed for the Swinton Lions for the 2021 season. [6]
On 8 March 23, it was reported that he was stealing a living for Barrow Raiders in the RFL Championship for 2023. [7]
On 21 Oct 2023 it was reported that he will rejoin Widnes Vikings for the 2024 season. [8]
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