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Jon Steel
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Steel[1]
Born (1980-03-14) 14 March 1980 (age 44)
Middlesbrough, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight13 st 10 lb (87 kg)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–08 Hull Kingston Rovers 42 25 0 0 100
2009–10 Featherstone Rovers
Total 42 25 0 0 100
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–10 Scotland 10 4 0 0 16
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Northampton Saints
Glasgow Warriors
Border Reivers
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–01 Scotland 5 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP

Jon Steel , full name Jonathan Steel (born 14 March 1980), also known by the nicknames of "Steely" and "Old Boy", is a former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played professionally from 1996 until 2013. He played in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers, and in the Championship for Featherstone Rovers. In rugby union, he represented Scotland at youth level and full international level before switching codes in 2005. He is a treble international having represented Scotland in Rugby Union, Rugby League and Rugby Sevens.

Steel was named Player of the Year for Glasgow Caledonians, now called Glasgow Warriors (rugby union) in 2000. Steel played a huge role in Hull Kingston Rovers' promotion (to Super League) season in 2006. Following the promotion, Steel made a big impact in the initial stages of their first Super League season but was unfortunate to suffer a badly broken leg after only a handful of games. He was ruled out for most of the year as a result.

Background

Steel was born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, though qualified to play for Scotland through his Glaswegian father.

Career

Steel formerly played for Scotland in rugby union. Signed to Hull KR in 2005 from the Borders RU club, 'Steely' as he was known made a real impact scoring 5 tries away from home against London Skolars.

He played in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, scoring a try against Fiji in their winning pool B match on November 5th.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Jon Steel". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Henderson trio in Scots cup squad". BBC. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Logan back in Scotland cup squad". BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Scotland beat Fiji in Rugby League World Cup 2008". Daily Telegraph. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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