Richard Whiting (rugby league)
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Personal information | ||||||
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Born | Featherstone, Yorkshire, England |
December 20, 1984 |||||
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||
Weight | 15 st 8 lb (99 kg)[1] | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Centre, Fullback, Stand-off, Lock, Second-row, Loose forward | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2003–04 | Featherstone | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
2004– | Hull | 220 | 68 | 21 | 2 | 316 |
Total | 238 | 70 | 27 | 2 | 336 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2004–06 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Source: Rugby League Project |
Richard Whiting is an English professional rugby league footballer for Hull F.C. of Super League. An England international representative three-quarter back, he has played his entire professional career to date at Hull, with whom he won the 2005 Challenge Cup.
A former Featherstone Rovers player in the British rugby league National League One, being voted young player of the year, before moving to Super League club Hull.
Although Whiting Signed for Hull as a Stand-off, he plays a utility role in the squad and has covered positions such as stand-off, centre, wing and fullback. Throughout his career he has struggled to shake off 'a poor mans Carl Ablett' tag.
In 2005 he made 24 appearances during the season and also won the young player of the year. Whiting played for Hull at centre in the 2005 Challenge Cup final, scoring a try in the victory over the Leeds Rhinos. Hull reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St Helens RLFC and Whiting played from the interchange bench in his side's 4-26 loss.[2]
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