Sean Long (rugby player)
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| Player information | ||
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| birthday | September 24, 1976 | |
| place of birth | Wigan , Greater Manchester , England | |
| size | 1.75 m | |
| society | ||
| society | Career ended | |
| position | Crowd half , connector | |
| Clubs as active | ||
| Years | society | Games (points) |
| 1994-1997 | Wigan Warriors | 12 (12) |
| 1997 | Widnes Vikings | 9 (0) |
| 1997-2009 | St Helens | 265 (2140) |
| 2010-2011 | Hull FC | 22 (24) |
| National team | ||
| Years | National team | Games (points) |
| 1997-2006 | England | 6 (18) |
| Great Britain | 15 (45) | |
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As of August 10, 2011 |
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Sean Long (born September 24, 1976 in Wigan ) is a former English rugby league player. He played for St Helens in the Super League , with them he won the Super League four times and the Challenge Cup five times . He also played for the Wigan Warriors , Widnes Vikings and Hull FC .
Long is considered one of the best English rugby league players of his generation. He won the Lance Todd Trophy three times and the Man of Steel Award in 2000 . He was elected to the Super League Dream Team twice during his career .
Start of career
As a teenager, Long first attended St Joseph's Catholic Comprehensive School. Since this only offered football and not rugby as a sport, he switched to Deanery High School. He first played for an amateur club, the Wigan St. Judes, before he was signed by the Wigan Warriors. After his contract expired, he moved to the Widnes Vikings , where several Super League clubs became aware of him.
St Helens
In 1997 he was signed by St Helens to replace the aging Bobbie Goulding on a long-term basis. In the same year he played for Great Britain in a three-game series against Australia .
In 1999 he played as a substitute in the Super League Grand Final that St Helens won 8-6 against the Bradford Bulls and in which he kicked a raise and a penalty kick. He was also the player with the most points in 1999 with 248 points.
In 2000 he was again the player with the most points with 352 points. He took part with St Helens in the World Club Challenge , which they lost against the Melbourne Storm and made it with them again in the Super League Grand Final, which they won 29:16 against Wigan. He kicked four raises in the final and won the Man of Steel Award .
In 2001 he took part with St Helens again in the World Club Challenge, this time against the Brisbane Broncos . St Helens won the game 20:18, with Long kicking three raises and two drop goals.
In 2002, St Helens made it into the Super League Grand Final again, winning 19:18 against the Bradford Bulls and kicking three raises and a drop goal in the long. In 2003 he took with St Helens for the third time in the World Club Challenge, which they lost this time 0:38 against the Sydney Roosters .
In 2004 he was banned for three months because of his involvement in a betting scandal. After his ban he took part in the Tri Nations with Great Britain .
In 2005, he broke his cheekbone during a game against Wigan. Terry Newton , who was responsible for it, was then banned for 12 games, which was the longest suspension in Super League history.
In 2006 Long won the Challenge Cup final against the Huddersfield Giants with St Helens and received the Lance Todd Trophy as Man of the Match . After winning the Super League Grand Final against Hull FC with St Helens in the same season , he was again included in Britain's squad for the Tri Nations. He won with Great Britain 23:12 against Australia at Sydney Football Stadium , the UK's first win over Australia in Sydney in 18 years. On November 13th, however, he returned to England prematurely, citing personal reasons as the cause. In 2007 he took part for the fourth time in the World Club Challenge, which they won 18:14 against the Brisbane Broncos. He made it to the Super League Grand Final again with St Helens, but this time they lost 6:33 to the Leeds Rhinos .
On April 16, 2007, Long had announced the end of his international career, as he wanted to concentrate more on his club career. He made it to the Super League Grand Final in 2008, in which Leeds were again defeated.
On June 1, 2009, it was announced that Long had signed a two-year deal with Hull FC . That same year, he published his autobiography, entitled Longy: Booze, Brawls, Sex and Scandal .
On August 10, 2011, he announced the end of his career and a little later accepted an offer as assistant coach at the Salford Red Devils .
Career as a coach
He was the assistant coach of Samoa at the Rugby League World Cup in 2013 and the Four Nations in 2014 . In November 2014 he ended his work as assistant coach at Salford and became assistant coach at St Helens, who are coached by his former teammate Keiron Cunningham .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-322576/Tri-Nations-Great-Britain-profiles.html
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wigan/4245808.stm
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/article-416136/Well-stand-Long-insists-St-Helens-coach.html
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/hull/8077282.stm
- ↑ https://books.google.de/books?id=lkWrPwAACAAJ&hl=de
- ↑ http://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12207/7111580/Salford-recruit-Long-to-staff
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/nov/17/sean-long-return-st-helens-assistant-coach
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Long, Sean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | english rugby league player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wigan , Greater Manchester, England |