Rikki Sheriffe (born 5 May 1984) is an English former rugby league footballer who last played for the Keighley Cougars in League 1. Between 2010 and 2012 he played rugby union for Newcastle Falcons.
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| Born | 5 May 1984 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 9 lb (93 kg) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In his earlier rugby league career he played for the Bradford Bulls, Halifax, York City Knights, Harlequins RL and Doncaster.
Rikki Sheriffe's usual position is wing, or centre. Since the start of 2017 Sheriffe is also Keighley's development coach.[4]
His brother Jode Sheriffe is a Jamaican international,[5][6] and for two seasons, 2015–16, Rikki, Jodie and their other brother Jesse all played for Keighley.[4]
On 24 Oct 2019 it was announced that Sheriffe had retired and taken up a role as Assistant Coach for Halifax Panthers[7]
References edit
- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Newcastle Falcons". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Player Summary: Rikki Sheriffe". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Welsh become Cougars' latest new recruit for 2017 campaign". Keighley News. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Jamaica proud to play". rugbyleague.com. 12 November 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011.
- ^ "Friday Interview - Rikki Sheriffe: Sheriffe sure Bulls can rally towards play-offs". Yorkshire Post. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "Rikki Sheriffe appointed Halifax assistant coach". www.loverugbyleague.com. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
External links edit
- (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at slstats.org
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