Shane Elford
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Elford in 2005
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Personal information
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28 December 1977 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia |
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Playing information
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| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: NRL Stats, RLP and Super League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shane Elford (born 28 December 1977), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the National Rugby League for Sydney clubs, Penrith Panthers and Wests Tigers (with whm he won the 2005 Premiership), mostly at centre. Elford also played in Super League for English club, Huddersfield Giants.
Elford was born in Penrith, New South Wales and would go on to play for Penrith's NRL team. He missed Penrith's 2003 NRL grand final-winning team. Had he played he would have been the other dual-premiership winning player at the Tigers at the time (the other being Paul Whatuira who did play in Penrith's 2003 premiership winning team).
Joining Wests Tigers from 2004, Elford was a member of the 2005 NRL Grand Final-winning team, playing at centre in their 30–16 win over the North Queensland Cowboys. Despite an announcement that Elford would be joining the South Sydney Rabbitohs from 2006, he remained with the club for another year.
Following injuries to Benji Marshall and Paul Whatuira during the 2006 season, Elford was trialled at five-eighth during rounds 21 to 26. His first assignment was handling Brisbane Broncos captain Darren Lockyer. The Tigers won that match 20–6 and were the third-last club to beat the eventual premiers before the finals. This was seen as a massive upset as the Tigers were without Marshall, Whatuira and captain Brett Hodgson for the remainder of the 2006 season, and the Broncos were at full strength.
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