Wayne Godwin
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Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Wayne Godwin | |||||
Nickname | Wagga | |||||
Born | Pontefract, Yorkshire, England |
13 March 1982 |||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||
Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) [1] | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Hooker | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2001–04 | Castleford | 69 | 18 | 56 | 0 | 184 |
2005–06 | Wigan | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2007–08 | Hull | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
2009–10 | Bradford | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2011–13 | Salford | 52 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
2014–15 | Dewsbury | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
2015 | → Salford (loan) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 254 | 47 | 56 | 0 | 300 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2004 | England | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 44 |
As of 26 July 2015 | ||||||
Source: RLP, Love Rugby League & Wigan stats |
Wayne Godwin (born 13 March 1982 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England), is an English rugby league player.
Wayne Godwin plays for Dewsbury Rams in the Championship.
Godwins's position of choice is at hooker. He can also operate at scrum-half
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Early life
Wayne grew up in Pontefract and supported Featherstone Rovers as a child.
Early career
Wayne Godwin turned pro in 2002 by being signed from his local club Knottingley Rockware to play for Castleford Tigers until the end of 2004, making over 60 appearances. Wayne signed a two-year deal with Wigan after Castleford's relegation at the end of 2004's Super League IX.
Godwin signed for Hull in 2006
Bradford Bulls
Wayne signed for Bradford in 2008 and was the understudy to Terry Newton, during his time at Bradford he always wore the number 14 shirt and has established himself as a fan favourite. During his time at Bradford he played many different positions including loose forward several times. Mick Potter's arrival at Odsal and the arrival of the vastly experienced hooker Matt Diskin put Wayne in a position where he would be the 3rd choice hooker and would not feature in every game of the 2011 season. On December 20 it was rumoured and all but confirmed in the League Express that he was going to join Salford Reds on a 3-year deal.
Salford City Reds
It was announced that Wayne Godwin had joined Salford due to their intended hooker Tevita Leo Latu being refused a visa despite currently playing for Wakefield in the Super League. On Godwin's debut he scored a try vs Leigh Centurions but still lost 13-12, in his second game vs Wigan Warriors he didn't cross the line in Salford's 28-34 defeat against the current champions
Dewsbury Rams
Wayne has signed for the Dewsbury Rams for the 2014 season playing in the Kingstone Press Championship On the 15th March 2015, Godwin return on a four-week loan to the Salford Red Devils
Representative
Wayne was called into the England A squad for the 2004 European Nations cup.
As of September 2010, With 20 goals, Wayne is 6th in the list of England's all-time Goal Scorers (behind George Fairbairn, Andrew Farrell, Kevin Sinfield, Ernest Ward, & James "Jimmy" Ledgard), with 44 points he is 9th in the list of England's all-time Point Scorers (behind George Fairbairn, Andrew Farrell, Kevin Sinfield, Ernest Ward, James "Jimmy" Ledgard, Jamie Rooney, Rob Burrow & Bobbie Goulding).
Statistics
Club career
Year | Club | Apps | Pts | T | G | FG |
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2001 | Castleford Tigers | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
2002 | Castleford Tigers | 13 | 20 | 5 | - | - |
2003 | Castleford Tigers | 20 | 20 | 5 | - | - |
2004 | Castleford Tigers | 25 | 136 | 6 | 56 | - |
2005 | File:Wigancolours.svgWigan Warriors | 23 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
2006 | File:Wigancolours.svgWigan Warriors | 24 | 16 | 4 | - | - |
2007 | Hull | 16 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
2008 | Bradford Bulls | 12 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
Representative career
Year | Team | Matches | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points | |
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2004 | England | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 44 | - |
References
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External links
- Bradford Bulls profile
- Castleford Tigers profile
- England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Godwin Signs For Hull FC form www.wiganwarriors.com
- Hooker Godwin agrees Hull switch from BBC Sport
- GODWIN TO JOIN BULLS
- The Bulls tied up the services of Wayne Godwin
- Wayne Godwin Wigan Career Page on the Wigan RL Fansite.
- Pages with broken file links
- Infobox rugby league biography templates needing updating
- English rugby league players
- England national rugby league team players
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Castleford Tigers players
- Wigan Warriors players
- Hull F.C. players
- Bradford Bulls players
- People from Knottingley
- Sportspeople from Pontefract
- Rugby league hookers