Stephen Wild

Stephen Wild (born 26 April 1981) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s.

Stephen Wild

Personal information
Born	(1981-04-26) 26 April 1981 (age 43) Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Playing information
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	16 st 1 lb (102 kg)[1]
Position	Wing, Centre, Second-row, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–05 Wigan Warriors 100 30 0 0 120 2006–10 Huddersfield Giants 129 39 0 0 156 2011–13 Salford City Reds 74 4 0 0 16 2014–16 North Wales Crusaders 85 16 0 0 66 Total 388 89 0 0 358 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2002 Lancashire 1 0 0 0 0 2005 England 1 0 0 0 0 2004–07 Great Britain 2 1 0 0 4
Source: [2][3][4][5]

He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Lancashire, and at club level for the Wigan Warriors, the Huddersfield Giants, the Salford City Reds and the North Wales Crusaders, as a wing, centre, second-row or loose forward.^[2][3]

Background

Wild was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.^{[citation needed]}

Playing career

Wild signed for Wigan Warriors from local amateurs Wigan St Patricks. He joined Wigan Warriors' first-team after progressing through the lower ranks at the club, making his début in 2001. He made his first representative appearance in 2002 for Lancashire.^{[citation needed]} He was signed by Huddersfield Giants in 2006 and agreed a new contract keeping him at the club until 2009.

He was used as a loose forward at Huddersfield Giants, but he has previously played in the second-row and also as a centre. He has previously been compared to Nathan Hindmarsh, currently one of the sport's best players in Wild's position.^[6] Wild played for Huddersfield Giants in the 2006 Challenge Cup Final at loose forward against St. Helens but the Huddersfield Giants lost 12-42. In June 2007 Wild was called up to the Great Britain squad for the test match against France,^[7] having made his début against Australia in 2004,^[5] he has also represented England against New Zealand,^[4] as well as Lancashire in Origin Series.

References

1. "Salford City Reds Official club website". web page. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5. "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
6. Sharp backs Giants duo for Lions BBC Sport retrieved 19 May 2007.
7. "Eight new faces in Lions squad". BBC. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.

External links

• (archived by web.archive.org) Stephen Wild Giants Profile