John Liley
| Full name | John Garin Liley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 August 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wakefield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Full Back | ||
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| ?–1988 1988–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999—? |
Wakefield RFC Leicester Tigers Moseley Worcester Doncaster |
230 |
(?) (2,518) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1990 | England | 0 | 0 |
John Garin Liley known as John Liley (born 21 August 1967 in Wakefield, England) was a rugby union full back who played 230 games for Leicester Tigers from 1988 to 1997 scoring 2,518 points the second most of all time, he also toured with England but did not play in a test match.
Liley joined Leicester from Wakefield RFC, he made his debut as a replacement against Orrell on 8 October 1988 at Welford Road. His first season overlapped the last season of Dusty Hare which limited Liley to only 4 starts and one further appearance from the bench. Liley assumed the mantel of first choice full back for Leicester's pre-season tour to Colorado, United States, in 1989 scoring a hat-trick of tries against Vail and scoring 8 points as Tigers lost to the USA national side.
In 1989-90, his first season as first choice full back, Liley played 33 games and scored 439 points; this broke Hare's record for points scored in a season by a single point. Liley was to break the record again with 446 points in 1995-96. Belying his reputation as a kicking full back Liley scored 18 tries in that 1989-90 season leading to his selection for England's summer tour to Argentina. He played in 4 of the 7 matches on tour, scoring 15 points, but did not feature in either international to gain his cap.
Against Romania on 4 September 1990 Liley became the quickest Leicester Tigers player to 500 points after only 43 games. Against Orrell on 29 February 1992 he became the quickest Tigers player to 1,000 points after only 92 games. Both records have subsequently been broken by Joel Stransky and Tim Stimpson respectively. Against Exeter on 23 December 1995 he became only the second player to score 2,000 points for Leicester Tigers.
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