Steve Rule
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Full name | Stephen Rule | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bebington, England | 5 June 1952|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fly-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Rule (born rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and current rugby union coach. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for English Universities Rugby Union, and Cheshire Rugby Football Union, and at club level for Loughborough Students RUFC, and Sale, as a fly-half, i.e. number 10, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford, and St. Helens, as a fullback, i.e. number 1, and coached representative level rugby union (RU) for Cheshire Rugby Football Union, and at club level for Sale, Lymm RFC, New Brighton, and Macclesfield RUFC.[1][2]
5 June 1952) is an English-born formerBackground
Steve Rule was born in Bebington, Cheshire.
Playing career
International honours
Steve Rule won a cap for Wales (RL) while at Salford in 1981, qualifying through his grandparents who were born in Aberdare.[1]
Rugby union achievements
Steve Rule won the Universities Athletic Union, Old Belvedere, Bridgend, and Glasgow Rugby sevens tournaments with Loughborough Students RUFC in 1973, and represented England in the Bermuda Classic Tournament in 1989.
Career records
Until extended to 14-goals by Steve Blakeley in 2003, Steve Rule jointly held Salford's "Most goals in a game" record with 13-goals scored against Doncaster on 4 September 1981, with Gus Risman, and David Watkins.
Outside of rugby
Steve Rule retired from playing rugby in 1985 following a neck injury, and currently works as Head of the Pupil Referral Service at Wigan Council.
References
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
External links
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- 1952 births
- English rugby league players
- English rugby union coaches
- English rugby union players
- Footballers who switched code
- Living people
- Loughborough Students RUFC players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Sale Sharks players
- Salford Red Devils players
- St Helens RLFC players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Rugby league fullbacks