Jon Scales
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| Full name | Jonathan Scales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1974 Leeds, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jon Scales (born 28 July 1974) is an English former rugby league and rugby union player who played as a winger. He played for Newcastle Gosforth and Leeds Tykes in rugby union, and Leeds, Bradford Bulls and Halifax Blue Sox in rugby league.
Career
Scales started his career in rugby union with Newcastle Gosforth before switching to rugby league to sign for Leeds in March 1993.[2] He failed to establish a place in the first team, and moved to Bradford Bulls in 1995.[3] In 1996, he scored a hat trick in the Challenge Cup semi final in a 28–6 win against former club Leeds.[4] He also scored in the final against St Helens but the team went on to lose 32–40. He left the club at the end of the 1998 season, and switched back to rugby union to play for Leeds Tykes. He later had a spell playing rugby union in France.
In 2000, he spent a month on trial at Halifax Blue Sox, but made just one first team appearance before being released.[5] He returned to rugby union to play for Sedgley Park.
References
- ^ "Jon Scales". Yorkshire Carnegie. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Hadfield, Dave (30 March 1993). "Rugby League: Bateman recalled by Britain". The Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Hadfield, Dave (18 August 1995). "Centenary waits for the revolution". The Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Robinson, John (24 March 1996). "Scal-Ectric; Leeds `reject' Jon's hat-trick revenge". The People. London. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Sox End Scales Shay Trial Time". Halifax Courier. 27 July 2000. Retrieved 28 July 2014.