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Jamie Thackray
Personal information
Full nameJamie Thackray
Born (1979-09-30) 30 September 1979 (age 45)
Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight16 st 3 lb (103 kg)
Rugby league
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997–00 Hunslet Hawks 69 6 0 0 24
1999(loan) → Doncaster 4 0 0 0 0
2000–02 Halifax 51 3 0 0 12
2002(loan) → Doncaster 2 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Castleford Tigers 21 5 0 0 20
2005–06 Hull FC 43 3 0 0 12
2006–08 Leeds Rhinos 34 7 0 0 28
2008(loan) → Doncaster 2 1 0 0 4
2008–09 Hull FC 42 4 0 0 16
2010 Crusaders RL 19 3 0 0 12
2010(loan) → South Wales Scorpions 1 0 0 0 0
2011 Barrow Raiders 21 2 0 0 8
2011–12 Limoux Grizzlies 9 1 0 0 4
2012–13 Workington Town 52 16 0 0 64
2015–16 London Broncos 35 6 0 0 24
2016(loan) → London Skolars 2 0 0 0 0
2017 Doncaster 15 1 0 0 4
2019 Keighley Cougars 13 1 0 0 4
2020 Whitehaven 4 0 0 0 0
Total 439 59 0 0 236
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005 Great Britain 3 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 Hullensians
Source: [1][2][3]

Jamie Thackray (born 30 September 1979) is a former Great Britain international rugby league footballer who played as a prop or second-row forward. He played for over a dozen professional clubs throughout his career, most notably appearing for Halifax, Castleford Tigers, Hull FC, Leeds Rhinos and Crusaders in the Super League.

Biography

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Early career

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Born in Leeds, Thackray played junior rugby league for Oulton Raiders before turning professional with Hunslet,[4] where he made his debut in 1997. He appeared as a substitute in the club's 12–11 win over Dewsbury in the 1999 Northern Ford Premiership Grand Final.[5]

Super League career

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Thackray playing for Hull FC

After a stint with Halifax, Thackray moved to Castleford.[6] During these seasons, Thackray played some games as a second-row before settling into his permanent role as a prop forward. His appearances at Castleford were limited due to suffering a broken arm twice during his two seasons at the club.[7]

After Castleford, Thackray moved to Hull FC.[8] Thackray played for Hull in the 2005 Challenge Cup Final from the interchange bench in their victory against the Leeds Rhinos.[9] He was named in the Super League Dream Team at the end of the season, and was selected by Great Britain for the 2005 Tri-Nations,[10] winning three caps during the tournament.

He then moved to Leeds in 2006.[11] In February 2007, he scored a memorable try in a 22–30 defeat against Catalans Dragons which won the club's try of the season award.[12][13]

After a spell on loan to Doncaster in the Northern Rail Cup,[14][15] he re-joined Hull in March 2008.[16] He helped the club reach the 2008 Challenge Cup final, but Hull received a fine of £100,000 as Thackray had made ineligible appearances in earlier rounds of the competition due to not being registered.[17]

At the end of the 2009 season, Thackray was released by Hull. In early 2010, Thackray signed for Crusaders RL.[18] Within a fortnight, he made his début for Crusaders against his former team, Leeds and went on to appear 20 times for the Welsh outfit during their Super League campaign.

Later career

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On 12 November 2010, it was announced that he had joined Super League hopefuls Barrow for the 2011 Championship campaign.[19]

In 2012 he joined Workington Town.[20]

In 2014, Thackray played in Australia for Cairns District Rugby League club Atherton Roosters.[21]

After a spell playing rugby union for Hullensians, Thackray joined London Broncos in the Championship.[22] In 2016, his 20th season as a professional rugby league player, he was awarded a testimonial by the Rugby Football League.[23]

Thackray initially ended his playing career with Doncaster in 2017, but came out of retirement to sign for Keighley Cougars in 2019.[24] At the age of 40, he signed a one-year deal with Whitehaven for the 2020 season.[25]

After retiring from rugby league, Thackray began running a caravan construction company.[26]

References

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  1. ^ itsrugby
  2. ^ "Player Summary: Jamie Thackray". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Jamie Thackray - Playing Career". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Thackray: I'll fight for a starting place". Yorkshire Evening Post. 14 July 2006 – via NewsBank.
  5. ^ Hadfield, Dave (25 September 1999). "Rugby League: Time runs out for Dewsbury". The Independent. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Thackray joins Tigers". BBC Sport. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Nowhere Man regains command of destiny as the Comeback Kid takes to home stage". The Independent. 19 November 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Hull seal Thackray signing". BBC Sport. 23 September 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Hull stun Leeds in Challenge Cup". BBC News. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Thackray props up Lions' hearts and minds for toughest test of all". The Guardian. 5 November 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Thackray makes early Leeds move". BBC Sport. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Leeds Rhinos Nostalgia: Thackray's magic was highlight of Rhinos' defeat by the Dragons". Yorkshire Evening Post. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  13. ^ Rugby Football League [@TheRFL] (13 April 2020). "Jamie Thackray | Leeds Rhinos' 2007 Try of the Season" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "GB star joins Dons on loan". The Star. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  15. ^ "Thackray set for Doncaster début". Sportinglife. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
  16. ^ "Thackray rejoins former club Hull". BBC. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  17. ^ "Hull fined £100,000". The Guardian. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Crusaders move in for Jamie Thackray | Rugby League | Sport | Express.co.uk". 15 January 2010.
  19. ^ "Raiders sign GB international prop". Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  20. ^ "Workington sign ex-Great Britain prop Jamie Thackray". BBC Sport. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Innisfail tops Tully". Queensland Rugby League. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Thackray returns to help out for Broncos". Yorkshire Post. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Thackray awarded testimonial by RFL". Love Rugby League. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Cougars sign Jamie Thackray and Macauley Hallett in double swoop". Keighley News. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Thackray does a deal with Haven". Whitehaven News. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Jamie Thackray | Transition". Rugby League Player Portal. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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