Rob Worrincy
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Robert Worrincy (born 9 July 1985) is an English former rugby league footballer who last played as Template:Rlper 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
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.[1]
He is the elder brother of the rugby league player; Michael Worrincy.
Career
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.[2] The ban was extended to nine months following a failed appeal.[3]
In November 2017 he signed to play for Dewsbury Rams.[4]
In 2021, while at Sheffield, Worrincy announced his retirement from the game.[5] 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.[6]
On 18 August 2023 it was announced that he had received a three-year doping ban by UKAD.[7]
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External links
- (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
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- Featherstone Rovers 22-23 Halifax (aet)
- Halifax 34-46 Bradford Bulls
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- Black British sportsmen
- Castleford Tigers players
- Dewsbury Rams players
- Doncaster R.F.C. players
- Doping cases in rugby league
- English people of Nigerian descent
- English people of Welsh descent
- English rugby league players
- English rugby union players
- Halifax Panthers players
- Hull F.C. players
- Hunslet R.L.F.C. players
- London Broncos players
- Rugby league players from Leeds
- Rugby league wingers
- Rugby union players from Leeds
- Sheffield Eagles players
- Sportspeople of Nigerian descent