James Ford (rugby league)
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Full name | James Ford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | England | 29 September 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Ford (born 29 September 1982) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the York City Knights in Betfred Championship, and a former player.
He previously played in the Super League for Castleford Tigers and the Widnes Vikings, and is, by preference, a fullback but can also play at centre, and on the wing. Ford signed initially for the Featherstone Rovers as a youth in 1998, before moving on to the Sheffield Eagles, and then Castleford in 2008. Ford made his first-grade début whilst playing for the Castleford Tigers in Super League in a 28-6 win away to the Warrington Wolves in 2009's Super League XIV, and he went on to make a total of eight appearances, scoring once. In late 2009, he left the club for Widnes. He is a lecturer at Wakefield college.[3]
References
- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "James Ford Profile". rleague.com. 22 February 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Castleford Tigers players
- English rugby league coaches
- English rugby league players
- Featherstone Rovers players
- Sheffield Eagles players
- Widnes Vikings players
- York City Knights coaches
- York City Knights players
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league wingers
- English rugby league biography stubs