Shane Grady
Encyclopedia
Shane Grady is an English
rugby league
player, who currently plays for the Widnes Vikings
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Grady is a local Widnes
lad, who came through the Vikings youth system
and signed as a professional in 2008. Grady had an impressive debut season in 2008, playing 14 games, and scoring 4 tries.
Originally signed from West Bank Bears as a fullback, he operated mainly in the centre and second row in the 2009 season where he played with squad number 23. Grady impressed the Vikings with his strong running and even stronger tackling.
During the off-season Grady worked hard to improve the areas of his game that needed a little polish and his 2009 form had been recognised with the award of squad number 15 for the 2010 season
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Englishman
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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 currently plays for the Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings RLFC are an English professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire. They currently play in the Engage Super League, the top tier of European rugby league, after being awarded a license to compete in the top-flight Super League from 2012 onward...
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Grady is a local Widnes
Widnes
Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in Cheshire, England, with an urban area population of 57,663 in 2004. It is located on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Directly to the south across the Mersey is the town of Runcorn...
lad, who came through the Vikings youth system
Youth system
Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams...
and signed as a professional in 2008. Grady had an impressive debut season in 2008, playing 14 games, and scoring 4 tries.
Originally signed from West Bank Bears as a fullback, he operated mainly in the centre and second row in the 2009 season where he played with squad number 23. Grady impressed the Vikings with his strong running and even stronger tackling.
During the off-season Grady worked hard to improve the areas of his game that needed a little polish and his 2009 form had been recognised with the award of squad number 15 for the 2010 season
2010 Widnes Vikings season
The Widnes Vikings are competing in the Co-operative Championship in 2010. The Vikings are looking to gain a 2012–14 Super League licence, as applications for Super League license has to be submitted by the end of the 2010 season. The Vikings are also looking to improve on their 2009 league...
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