Jason Robinson (rugby player)
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| Full name | Jason Thorpe Robinson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 July 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 11 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Full back Centre | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1991 1992–00 |
Hunslet Wigan |
27 302 |
(59) (685) |
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Correct as of 1 November 2006
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| National teams | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1993–99 1997 |
Great Britain England Rest of the World |
12 7 1 |
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Correct as of 13 September 2006
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| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1996 2000–07 2010–11 |
Bath Sale Sharks Fylde |
13 159 3 |
(24) (248) (5) |
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Correct as of 27 July 2010
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2001–07 2001 & 05 |
England British and Irish Lions |
51 5 |
(140) (10) |
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Correct as of 13 February 2007
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Jason Thorpe 'Billy Whizz' Robinson OBE (born 30 July 1974) is an English former dual-code international rugby league and rugby union player of the 1990s, and 2000s. Playing at wing or fullback, he won fifty-one rugby union international caps for England, and in rugby league he won twelve caps for Great Britain and seven for England. Throughout his career Robinson was noted for his acceleration, side step and ability to beat defenders.
On 25 February 2009 it was announced that Robinson had agreed a contract to return to Sale Sharks as head coach from the end of the 2008–09 season replacing Kingsley Jones who filled the vacancy left by the departing Frenchman Philippe Saint-André.
On 26 July 2010, Robinson came out of retirement after a 3-year absence to play for League Two side Fylde. On 7 July 2011, Robinson announced his retirement from rugby after one season with Fylde.
Born 30 July 1974 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Robinson began playing rugby as a child at the Hunslet Boys Club and then Hunslet Parkside before starting his rugby league career in 1991 at semi-professional side Hunslet Hawks. Despite being offered a contract by Leeds, he stuck by his club as it would have meant leaving at an inconvenient time. He was later rewarded by a contract with Wigan Warriors who went on to dominate British rugby league. His form quickly establishing him in Wigan's first team, as a teenager he was touted as a future halfback or loose forward. He was selected to play on the wing for Wigan against the visiting Brisbane Broncos in the 1992 World Club Challenge.
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