Michael Shenton
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Michael Shenton (born 22 July 1986) is an English rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer who is currently the assistant coach for Wakefield Trinity in the RFL Championship.
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Full name | Michael Shenton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 37) Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 9 lb (93 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An England international representative centre, he made his Castleford Tigers debut in 2004 (Heritage № 810) and played over 150 times for the club before transferring to St Helens (Heritage № 1185) in 2010. In June 2012, Shenton signed a deal to re-join Castleford from the 2013 season, and it was later announced that he would be club captain.
Having played more than 300 games for the Tigers in all competitions, Shenton holds the club record for most Super League appearances after overtaking Danny Orr.[4] In 2017, he became the first Castleford captain to lead the club to a top-flight league title. He featured in the Super League Dream Team on three occasions.