Shaun Ainscough
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Personal information
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| Full name | Shaun Michael Ainscough | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Billy Whizz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
27 November 1989 Billinge Higher End, Wigan, England |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 8 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| As of 16 August 2015 Source: Love Rugby League, RLP |
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Shaun Ainscough (born 27 November 1989 in Billinge Higher End, Wigan, England) is an English professional rugby league footballer, currently playing for Batley. His preferred position is on the Wing. Ainscough started his professional career for Wigan in Super League, and has also played for Bradford. He now works at CM Health and Fitness personal training when not playing rugby league.
He caused a sensation by scoring sixteen tries in his first ten professional games, becoming the league's leading try scorer at one point.
Ainscough's first experience of competitive rugby league football came through Wigan St Judes ARLFC. He remained at the amateur club until 2006, when he gained a scholarship to join the academy of his hometown professional club, Wigan. His first game for the academy came in a Junior Academy Championship fixture at Hilton Park against Leigh, playing at wing. Ainscough marked this appearance by also scoring his first try in a Wigan jersey. He was rotated into different positions throughout his academy career, playing at centre for a repeat match against Leigh seven weeks later, as well as fullback against Harlequins RL the game after that. On both occasions, Ainscough scored tries, earning one and two tries in each game respectively. However, his first competitive hat-trick came playing on the left wing in a play-off game against Widnes. During his time with the academy in 2007, Ainscough also played two matches at senior level, once against Hull, and once against Harlequins RL, scoring a try in the latter fixture.
His energetic style on the wing was noted by the club's coaches, and this continued to impress officials inside the club and out, leading to him earning a place for the England under-17s team during the Australian Institute of Sport's tour of the United Kingdom and France in 2007. The second test of this series ended with a victory for the England team winning 38–22, thanks in no small part to a hat-trick of tries from Ainscough, and another from Richard Myler, who would also go on to prominence in Super League with fellow Lancastrians, Salford.
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