George Griffin (rugby league)
George Griffin is a rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, second-row or loose forward for the Castleford Tigers in the Betfred Super League.
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| Full name | George Griffin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 1992 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 12 lb (107 kg) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Loose forward, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He played for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League, and on loan from Hull KR at Gateshead Thunder in Championship 1. He played for the London Broncos in the Super League and had a spell with the Queanbeyan Kangaroos in Australia. He spent time on loan from Salford at the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2015.
Background
Griffin was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He is the younger brother to Josh and Darrell Griffin.
Career
He played in the 2019 Super League Grand Final defeat to St. Helens at Old Trafford.[5][6][7]
Griffin joined Castleford from 2020, after signing a two-year deal in July 2019.[8]
On 17 July 2021, he played for Castleford in their 2021 Challenge Cup Final loss against St. Helens.[9]
References
- "Official Super League". Super League. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- loverugbyleague
- Superleague.co.uk profile
- Rugby League Project
- "St Helens give Justin Holbrook the perfect send-off with commanding Grand Final victory over Salford". Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- "St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened". The Guardian.
- "St Helens win 2019 Super League League Leaders' shield". Sky Sports.
- "Tigers confirm Griffin signing". Castleford Tigers. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
- "Challenge Cup: St Helens beat Castleford 26-12 for first Wembley victory since 2008". www.bbc.co.uk.
