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George Griffin
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Griffin
Born (1992-06-26) 26 June 1992 (age 32)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight16 st 12 lb (107 kg) [1]
Playing information
PositionProp, Loose forward, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–13 Hull Kingston Rovers 20 6 12 0 0
2013(loan) Gateshead Thunder 3 2 0 0 8
2014 London Broncos 20 1 0 0 4
2015–19 Salford Red Devils 114 23 0 0 92
2015(loan) Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 5 0 0 0 0
2020– Castleford Tigers 14 1 0 0 4
Total 176 33 12 0 108
Source: [2][3][4]
As of 26 December 2020

George Griffin is a rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, second-row or loose forward for the Castleford Tigers in the Betfred Super League.

He played for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League, and on loan from Hull KR at Gateshead Thunder in Championship 1. He played for the London Broncos in the Super League and had a spell with the Queanbeyan Kangaroos in Australia. He spent time on loan from Salford at the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2015.

Background

Griffin was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He is the younger brother to Josh and Darrell Griffin.

Career

He played in the 2019 Super League Grand Final defeat to St. Helens at Old Trafford.[5][6][7]

Griffin will join Castleford from 2020, after signing a two-year deal in July 2019.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Official Super League". Super League. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  2. ^ loverugbyleague
  3. ^ Superleague.co.uk profile
  4. ^ Rugby League Project
  5. ^ "St Helens give Justin Holbrook the perfect send-off with commanding Grand Final victory over Salford". Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. ^ "St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "St Helens win 2019 Super League League Leaders' shield". Sky Sports.
  8. ^ "Tigers confirm Griffin signing". Castleford Tigers. Retrieved 2019-07-01.