Leroy Cudjoe
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 7 April 1988[1] Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England | |||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) [2] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Wing, Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2008– | Huddersfield Giants | 251 | 115 | 62 | 1 | 585 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2010–13 | England | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| As of 2 December 2016 | ||||||
| Source: RLP, Huddersfield Giants profile | ||||||
Leroy Cudjoe (born 7 April 1988) is an English professional rugby league footballer with the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. An England national representative outside back, he has played his whole Super League career to date with Huddersfield.
Early life
Leroy attended Newsome High School and Sports College where he was known as the egg. Leroy's previous club is the Newsome Panthers. His origin is Grenadian where his father's family originated.[3]
Rugby league career
Leroy joined the Giants' Academy aged 16 and was awarded a full-time contract at the end of the 2006 season.
He was selected to play for Yorkshire Academy in the fixture against Lancashire Academy in the 2005 season. This fixture is often seen as a trial game for the full England Academy team and although he initially made the England training squad, Leroy missed out on a place in the final England squad.
His 2007 season was partly disrupted due to a broken hand sustained in May, and he did not make a first team appearance although won the Giants Reserves Player of the Year award at the end of the season.
He made his Super League debut in Round 1 of 2008 against Leeds Rhinos. He scored his first competitive try for the club in the 50–16 defeat of Hull KR in May 2008.
He played his first match for England in the 2010 Four Nations tournament.
He has continued to be a favourite during the 2011 and 2012 seasons at his hometown club Huddersfield Giants. His pace and quick foot work is now famous and all the Giants fans adore him.
He played for England in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.
References
- ↑ Stott, Julie (6 October 2010). "England Four Nations Pen Pics". News of the World. UK: News Group Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ↑ "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Leroy Cudjoe: The wing's speech: How Giant came to terms with his stammer". The Independent. London. 7 July 2011.
External links
- Huddersfield Giants profile
- Cudjoe out for month with break, Huddersfield Examiner May 11 2007
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk