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| Full name | Michael Wainwright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1975 Warrington, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 6 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Wainwright (born 25 February 1975) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played in the second-row. He played for the Salford City Reds and the Warrington Wolves in the Super League, the Leigh Centurions (Heritage No. 1300) in the RFL Championship and for the Swinton Lions in National League Two.[1]
Background
[edit]Wainwright was born in Warrington, Cheshire, England.
Career
[edit]He has previously played in the Super League for the Warrington Wolves, the Salford City Reds and the Leigh Centurions.
Played for Woolston Rovers before joining Warrington's Academy, he was a halfback as a junior and played stand-off in the 1993 Academy Cup Final victory, before switching to back row. He left the Warrington Wolves at the end of the 1999 Super League season to join the Salford City Reds. He re-joined Warrington ahead of the 2003 Super League season.[citation needed]
Following his career in rugby, Mike moved into financial services and is currently working as 'Head of Partnerships' for AFEX based in Manchester.
International
[edit]Wainwright toured Australia with the Great Britain Academy team in 1994. He was named in England's 40-man training squad in preparation for the 1995 Rugby League World Cup,[2] but was not included in the final squad.
Wainwright later chose to represent Scotland, and was selected for the 2000 World Cup.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ Hadfield, Dave (19 July 1995). "Rugby League: Larder leaves out Schofield". The Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Aussie is a World Cup Scot". BBC Sport. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Leigh profile
- (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at slstats.org
- SCOTLAND RUGBY LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL HONOURS BOARD
- Wainwright makes Salford return
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- English people of Scottish descent
- English rugby league players
- Leigh Leopards players
- Rugby league players from Warrington
- Rugby league second-rows
- Salford RLFC players
- Scotland national rugby league team players
- Swinton Lions players
- Warrington Wolves players
- Scottish rugby league biography stubs