Neil Law
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| Full name | Neil Law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1974 Sheffield, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neil Law (born 23 October 1974) is a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, and 2000s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Northampton Saints and Otley, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for both the original and current Sheffield Eagles clubs, and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1137), and York City Knights as a fullback, Wing, or centre.[1]
Rugby league career
Born in Sheffield,[2] Law played in the Super League for Sheffield Eagles in 1998, and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats from 1999 until 2002, when he left the club by mutual consent.[3]
Law joined York City Knights in 2003, and scored 11 tries in 12 games before switching to rugby union.[2] He returned to York in 2005, scoring a further 25 tries in 44 appearances during the next two seasons.[4][5] He returned to Sheffield Eagles for one season in 2007, making nine appearances.[6]
Genealogical Information
Neil Law is the brother of Wakefield Trinity Wildcats rugby league footballer, Graham Law.
References
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Knights battle to get Law on their side". York Press. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Law leaves ailing Wildcats". BBC Sport. 21 August 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Appearances/Scorers - Season 2005". York City Knights. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Appearances/Scorers - Season 2006". York City Knights. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Sheffield Eagles 2007 Player Stats". Sheffield Eagles RLFC. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2015.