Nigel Wright (rugby league) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Nigel Wright is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

former 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...

footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, and coach

Coach (sport)

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of the 2010s, who at representative level has played for England

England national rugby league team

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, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

, Wigan

Wigan Warriors

Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....

, and Huddersfield Giants

Huddersfield Giants

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, playing at , or , i.e. number 6, or 13, and at club level has coached for Barrow Raiders

Barrow Raiders

Barrow Raiders are an English professional rugby league team from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, who are coached by Dave Clark. Formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club, the club is the oldest of the current professional sports teams in Cumbria....

International honours

Nigel Wright won a cap for England while at Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

in 1995 against France.

Only eight players have ever scored drop goals for England

England national rugby league team

, they are; John Keith Bridges

John Keith Bridges

John H. Keith Bridges is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s who at representative level played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, playing at , i.e...

(1), George Fairbairn

George Fairbairn (rugby league)

George Fairbairn is a Scottish former rugby league footballer and coach. He played club football for Wigan, winning the Man of Steel Award in 1980. Fairbairn was also the fullback and goal-kicker for the Great Britain national team, however he represented the English national team several times,...

(1), Bobbie Goulding

Bobbie Goulding

Bobbie Goulding is an English rugby league football coach and former player. He is currently the French national team's head coach....

(1), Sean Long

Sean Long

Sean Long is an English former professional rugby league and current rugby union footballer with Preston Grasshoppers. He has played for Wigan, Widnes and Hull but is best known for playing for St Helens in the Super League. Internationally he has represented England and Great Britain at /...

(1), Martin Offiah

Martin Offiah

Martin Offiah MBE is an English former rugby league and rugby union footballer.He is known as "Chariots" Offiah after the film Chariots of Fire...

(1), Harry Pinner

Harry Pinner

Harry Pinner is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for St. Helens, Widnes, and Bradford Northern, playing at /, i.e...

(2), Alan Redfearn

Alan Redfearn

Alan Redfearn is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern, playing at /, i.e...

(1), and Nigel Wright (1).

County Cup Final Appearances

Nigel Wright played /, i.e. number 6 and scored a goal and a drop goal in Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

's 29-16 victory over Sheffield Eagles

Sheffield Eagles

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in the 1992 Yorkshire Cup

Rugby league county cups

Historically, British rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition for several years prior to the schism of 1895...

final at Elland Road

Elland Road

Elland Road is an all-seater football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has been the permanent residence of Leeds United A.F.C...

, Leeds

Leeds

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on the 18th October 1992.

Transfer fee

In 1993, Wigan

Wigan Warriors

paid Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

a fee of £140,000 for Nigel Wright (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £253,000 in 2009), however a series of injuries limited his impact at Wigan.

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