Jermaine McGillvary

Jermaine McGillvary
Personal information
Full name Jermaine McGillvary
Born (1988-05-16) 16 May 1988
Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
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 Giants 176 122 0 0 488
2008(loan) Batley Bulldogs 30 22 1 0 90
2010(loan) Barrow Raiders 11 8 0 0 32
Total 217 152 1 0 610
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–16 England 5 4 0 0 16
As of 2 December 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. Signed for Castleford Tigers on a 4 year deal in 2017.

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 team's 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.

The following year, McGillvary was selected in the England squad for the 2016 Four Nations. Before the tournament, England played a test match against France in which McGillvary scored a try in England's 40-6 win.

References

  1. "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. "Huddersfield Giants Profile Profile". giantsrl.com. 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  3. "The Albert Goldthorpe Awards". totalrl.com. League Publications. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. http://superleague.co.uk/report/9980
  5. "MCNAMARA NAMES 24-MAN SQUAD FOR 2015 INTERNATIONAL SERIES". englandrl.co.uk. 2015-10-11. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
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