Rob Worrincy
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| Full name | Robert Worrincy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 July 1985 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 15 st 0 lb (95 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Worrincy (born 9 July 1985) is an English former rugby league footballer who last played as winger for Hunslet RLFC in RFL League 1.
He previously played in the Super League for the Castleford Tigers, and in the second tier for the Sheffield Eagles over three separate spells, two separate spells at Halifax in the second tier, as well as the Dewsbury Rams in the RFL Championship. Worrincy also spent time as a rugby union footballer, playing a season as a winger for Doncaster in the second tier of English rugby union.
Background
[edit]Worrincy was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He is of Anglo-Nigerian-Welsh heritage. He began playing rugby league in the London area, and won the BARLA Youth Player of the Year Award in 2003.[4]
He is the elder brother of the rugby league player; Michael Worrincy.
Career
[edit]In 2004, he made his profession debut for Castleford Tigers in the Super League. He went on to have multiple spells with the Sheffield Eagles and Halifax in the Kingstone Press Championship.
In March 2014, Worrincy was suspended for six months after breaching the Rugby Football League's rules on betting.[5] The ban was extended to nine months following a failed appeal.[6]
In November 2017 he signed to play for Dewsbury Rams.[7]
In 2021, while at Sheffield, Worrincy announced his retirement from the game.[8] He scored a try in the last minute of his final game in 78-10 loss at Featherstone Rovers.
In May 2022, Worrincy came out of retirement and signed for Rochdale Hornets.[9]
On 18 August 2023 it was announced that he had received a three-year doping ban by UKAD.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Summary: Rob Worrincy". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "Rob Worrincy - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ "Players". LoveRugbyLeague.
- ^ "Rob's the tops". News Shopper. 12 January 2004. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Rob Worrincy: Halifax winger gets six-month ban for betting breach". BBC Sport. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Worrincy ban extended". ITV. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Rams swoop in for winger Worrincy". Dewsbury Reporter. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Championship legend Worrincy to retire at end of season". Sheffield Eagles. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Hornets sign former Halifax and Sheffield winger Rob Worrincy". Rochdale Online. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "UKAD Statement - Rob Worrincy". Rugby Leaguer. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
External links
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- (archived by web.archive.org) Sheffield Eagles profile
- (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at halifaxrlfc.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- (archived by web.archive.org) WELSH STUDENTS CRUSH FRENCH
- Worrincy has no worries
- Featherstone Rovers 22-23 Halifax (aet)
- Halifax 34-46 Bradford Bulls
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