James Wynne is an Australian professional rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player who formerly played for the Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

 in the National Rugby League

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

 competition. Wynne also played for Lezignan Sangliers

Lézignan Sangliers

Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France...

 in the French Rugby League Championship

French rugby league championship

The French rugby league championship has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France and Monaco since the sport was introduced to the country in the thirties....

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During the 2001 and 2002 seasons, Wynne was the number-two halfback behind Andrew Johns

Andrew Johns

Andrew Gary "Joey" Johns is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s who is considered by many to be the greatest player of all time. He was heralded as the world's best halfback for a number of years...

 and was only able to secure five first-grade games. In 2003, Wynne found himself a starting position with French club, Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique are a French professional rugby league team from Toulouse, in the southwest of France. They were founded on 22 October, in 1937 two years after the founding of the French Rugby League Federation. Between 1995 and 2002 the club were known as Spacers de Toulouse, due to links with...

, where he was captain.
With Toulouse he lost at home in semi final of French championship against Lézignan.
In June, 2007, Wynne was selected for France

France national rugby league team

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 (qualifying through residency) against Great Britain

Great Britain national rugby league team

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 where he started from the bench.

He has been named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup

2008 Rugby League World Cup

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Since September 2007 he plays in the French team Lézignan where he is captain and coach, semifinalist 2008 in Lord Derby Cup against Limoux, Champion of France 2008 beating Pia (champion 2006 & 2007) by 28 to 16.
James was named Man Of The Match in the Rugby League World Cup win over Scotland in Canberra on Sunday 26 October 2008.

Wynne now resides in Gunnedah with his wife Carly and son Xavier. He has recently taken up a job at Boggabri Coal for Downer EDI Mining as a fitter in the mines near Gunnedah and is currently captain coach of local rugby league team the Gunnedah Bulldogs.