Gareth Haggerty

Gareth Haggerty (born 8 September 1981) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer. He played for the Widnes Vikings in the Co-operative Championship. He previously played for Harlequins RL, St Helens and the Salford City Reds all of whom play in the Super League.[4]

Gareth Haggerty
Personal information
Born (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981
St Helens, Merseyside, England
Playing information
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight117 kg (18 st 6 lb) [1]
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002 Widnes Vikings 3 1 0 0 4
2003–07 Salford City Reds 102 16 0 0 64
2008–09 Harlequins RL 38 7 0 0 28
2010 Widnes Vikings 8 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006– Ireland 6 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3]

Haggerty's usual position was as a prop. He is a specialist impact player, coming off the interchange bench.

Background

Haggerty was born in St Helens, Merseyside, England.

He is the son of former St. Helens forward Roy Haggerty.

Career

He was a member of the Ireland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[5] Although relatively unknown in Australia prior to the tournament, his performances from the bench in the World Cup earned widespread praise from both fans and pundits, with many Australians going as far as to chant 'sign him up' during games.

References
  1. "RLFANS.COM Super League Statistics". web page. RLFANS.COM. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. loverugbyleague
  3. Rugby League Project
  4. "Runcorn and Widnes - News, views, gossip, pictures, video - Liverpool Echo". www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.co.uk.
  5. "Cassidy included in Ireland squad". BBC. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
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