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.[5]
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| Full name | Gareth Joseph Haggerty[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1981 St Helens, Merseyside, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Roy Haggerty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Kurt Haggerty (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Haggerty's usual position was as a prop. He is a specialist impact player, coming off the interchange bench.
Background
editHaggerty was born in St Helens, Merseyside, England.
He is the son of former St. Helens forward Roy Haggerty.
Career
editHe was a member of the Ireland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[6] 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.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Companies House
- ^ "RLFANS.COM Super League Statistics". web page. RLFANS.COM. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Runcorn and Widnes - News, views, gossip, pictures, video - Liverpool Echo". www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.co.uk.
- ^ "Cassidy included in Ireland squad". BBC. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
External links
edit- Quins profile[permanent dead link]
- Ireland profile
- (archived by web.archive.org) Salford Profile
- (archived by web.archive.org) SL Stats
- (archived by web.archive.org) Salford Career Stats
- Saints Heritage Society profile
- Players to watch - Gareth Haggerty (Ireland)