Josh Griffin
Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Joshua Griffin | |||||
Nickname | Griff | |||||
Born | Oxford, England |
9 May 1990 |||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||
Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb)[1] | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Wing, Centre | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2008 | Wakefield Wildcats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009–10 | Huddersfield Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | → Batley (loan) | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
2011 | Wakefield Wildcats | 20 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 70 |
2012 | Castleford Tigers | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 58 |
2014– | Salford Red Devils | 29 | 19 | 81 | 0 | 238 |
Total | 88 | 45 | 103 | 0 | 386 | |
As of 27 September 2015 | ||||||
Source: RLP |
Josh Griffin (born 9 May 1990 in Oxford) is an English rugby league footballer who currently plays for Salford Red Devils in Super League. He has previously played for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Huddersfield Giants, Batley Bulldogs and Castleford Tigers as a Wing, or Centre.[2]
Club career
Having joined the club as a junior, Griffin made his professional début for Wakefield in a Challenge Cup victory against Salford City Reds on 20 April 2008.[3] He joined Huddersfield Giants at the end of the 2008 season.
He made his début for Huddersfield in the Challenge Cup victory over Rochdale Hornets on 11 May 2009, and made his Super League debut later that year.
Griffin spent most of 2010 on loan at Batley Bulldogs, and rejoined Wakefield in 2011.
He signed for Castleford Tigers in September 2011, and played for them in 2012 before leaving the club to join rugby union outfit Leeds Carnegie with immediate effect at the end of the season. He returned to rugby league in 2014 with Batley.
In 2014 Griffin initially joined Salford Red Devils on a trial for the end of the 2014 season before securing himself a permanent 2-year deal.
Personal life
Griffin is the younger brother of rugby league player Darrell Griffin,[4] and the older brother of George Griffin. All three brothers played together for Salford in 2015.
References
External links
- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
- Infobox rugby league biography templates updated
- 1990 births
- English rugby league players
- Salford Red Devils players
- Batley Bulldogs players
- Castleford Tigers players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Wakefield Trinity Wildcats players
- Sportspeople from Oxford
- Living people