Lee Radford (born 26 March 1979 in Kingston upon Hull) is an English Rugby league head coach at Hull and former professional rugby league footballer who played for Hull and Bradford Bulls of Super League. An England representative Second-row.
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| Born | 26 March 1979 Hull, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
He first played for Hull Sharks before moving to Bradford in 1998. Radford won caps for England while at Bradford Bulls in 2001 against Wales (sub). Radford played for the Bradford Bulls from the interchange bench in their 2003 Super League Grand Final victory against the Wigan Warriors. Having won Super League VIII, Bradford played against 2003 NRL Premiers, the Penrith Panthers in the 2004 World Club Challenge. Radford played at second-row forward in the Bulls' 22-4 victory. He also played for Bradford at loose forward in their 2004 Super League Grand Final loss against the Leeds Rhinos. He played for England again in 2005 against France, and New Zealand. Radford played for the Bradford Bulls at loose forward in their 2005 Super League Grand Final victory against the Leeds Rhinos.
Radford later played for the English Super League side, Hull, who he joined for the start of 2006's Super League XI. Hull reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St Helens RLFC and Radford played at second-row forward in his side's 4-26 loss.[2] Radford played for England while at Hull in 2006 against France, Tonga (2 matches), and Samoa.[3] Lee Radford took part in a boxing match, the Rumble in the Humber, against fellow rugby league player, Stuart Fielden which raised £50,000 for Steve Prescott. He won the fight, stopping Fielden in the second round.[4] He was appointed Hull's captain for 2007.
On 6 October 2011 Lee Radford announced his retirement from the game, to take up a 3 year deal as an assistant coach at Hull F.C.[5] However for the 2012 Good Friday Hull derby, due to lack available players, Lee Radford played for the Hull F.C. squad for a one game return, and scored the first try for Hull F.C. equalising with Hull K.R. right before half time.
Statistics
The table below shows a cumulative points and scoring records for Radford at the end of the 2012 Super League season.[6]
| Club | Years Active | Appearances | Tries | Goals | FG | Points |
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| Hull Sharks | 1998 | 9 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Bradford Bulls | 1999-05 | 154 | 22 | 12 | 112 | |
| Hull F.C. | 2006-12 | 175 | 21 | 1 | 86 |
Coaching Career
On 18 September 2013, Radford was unveiled as the new head coach at Hull where he had been the assistant coach under Peter Gentle. His first game in charge will be a pre-season friendly against Doncaster RLFC and his first competitive game will be against Catalans Dragons in Super League XIX.
References
- ^ "Hull F.C." web page. Hull F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "St Helens 26-4 Hull FC". BBC News. 14 October 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Radford wins £50,000 charity bout". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 February 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ "Lee Radford retires for Hull FC assistant job". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
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- hullfc.com
- England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- History → Coaches & Captains at hullfc.com
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