James Graham (rugby league)

James Graham

Personal information
Nickname	Bupa
Born	(1985-09-10) 10 September 1985 (age 31) Maghull, England, UK
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	17 st 0 lb (108 kg)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2003–11 St. Helens 225 53 0 0 212 2012– Canterbury-Bankstown 114 8 0 0 32 Total 339 61 0 0 244 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006–07 Great Britain 5 2 0 0 8 2008–16 England 32 1 0 0 4 2015-16 NRL All Stars 2 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby League Project, St Helens profile, Englandrl

James Graham (born 10 September 1985) is an English professional rugby league footballer and club captain for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League (NRL). An England international representative prop forward, he previously played in Super League for English club, St. Helens, having won a number of Championships and Challenge Cups with them before moving to Sydney for the 2012 NRL season.

James signed with Saints as a junior in 2000, eventually playing his way through the Junior Academies before making his senior debut against Castleford in August 2003. Graham already had leadership experience after captaining the England Academy in a famous series victory in Australia in 2004.

Graham played for St Helens from the interchange bench in their 2006 Challenge Cup Final victory against Huddersfield. Then-Great Britain coach Brian Noble selected Graham in a friendly against New Zealand earlier in 2006 in the Castlemaine XXXX Test in which he made a try scoring debut at Knowsley Road. St Helens reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against Hull F.C. and Graham played from the interchange bench in Saints' 26-4 victory. As 2006 Super League champions, St Helens faced 2006 NRL Premiers the Brisbane Broncos in the 2007 World Club Challenge. Graham played from the substitute bench in Saints' 18-14 victory.