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Bob Haigh

Bob Haigh
Personal information
Full name Robert Haigh
Born (1943-11-11) 11 November 1943 (age 73)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Loose forward/Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1962–70 Wakefield Trinity 250
1970–77 Leeds
1977–79 Bradford Northern 67 18 0 0 54
Total 317 18 0 0 54
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Yorkshire
1969–70 England 2 1 0 0 3
1968–71 Great Britain 7 0 0 0 0

Bob Haigh ( (1943-11-11) 11 November 1943 (age 73)) is an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain) (Heritage № 681), Leeds, and Bradford Northern, as a second-row, or loose forward/lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or, 13, during the era of contested scrums.

Bob Haigh won caps for England while at Wakefield Trinity in 1969 against Wales, and France, in 1970 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity in the 1968 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, and France, while at Leeds in the 1970 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand, and Australia, and in 1971 against France, and New Zealand.

Alongside fellow Wakefield Trinity player, Ian Brooke, Bob Haigh was selected to play for Great Britain in the 1968 Rugby League World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.


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