Jermaine McGillvary
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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Jermaine McGillvary | |||||
| Born | 16 May 1988 Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) [1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing, Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2007– | Huddersfield | 154 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 428 |
| 2008 | → Batley (loan) | 30 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| 2010 | → Barrow (loan) | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Total | 195 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 550 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2015 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 28 March 2016 | ||||||
| Source: Huddersfield Giants Profile | ||||||
Jermaine McGillvary is a professional rugby league footballer, currently playing at Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He is by preference a Wing, but can also play at Fullback.
Career
McGillvary was sent out on loan to Batley Bulldogs for the 2009 Co-operative Championship, a season which saw him progress as a talent and earned him selection in the 2009 Championship team of the season. He made his first-grade début in 2010, starting on the right wing against Bradford Bulls in round 16 of 2010's Super League XV.[2]
In 2011 McGillvary was awarded the Albert Goldthorpe Rookie of the Year Medal.[3]
On 4 May 2014 Jermaine made his 100th appearance for Huddersfield. Fittingly he scored a try in his teams crucial 1 point win over 3rd placed Super League team, the Castleford Tigers.[4]
McGillvary enjoyed an outstanding season in 2015, finishing as Super League's top try scorer with 27 and earning a first selection in the Super League Dream Team. To add more incentive to McGillvary's success, he was selected in Steve McNamara's 24-man England team for their test series against New Zealand.[5] He made his debut for England in the decisive final test-match at the DW Stadium.
References
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- 1988 births
- English people of Grenadian descent
- Barrow Raiders players
- Batley Bulldogs players
- English rugby league players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Huddersfield
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league wingers
