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Stuart Wright

Stuart Wright
Personal information
Full name Stuart Wright
Born (1950-03-19) 19 March 1950 (age 67)
, Warrington, Cheshire England
Playing information
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 12 st 12 lb (82 kg)
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969–76 Wigan 173 103 0 0 309
1976–87 Widnes 263 151
Total 436 254 0 0 309
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1971–71 Lancashire 1
1975–80 England 7 5 0 0 15
1977–78 Great Britain 7 5 0 0 15

Stuart Wright is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s playing at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan, and Widnes, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

Stuart Wright won caps for England while at Wigan in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand, while at Widnes in 1977 against Wales, in 1978 against France, and Wales, in 1979 against Wales, and France, in 1980 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Widnes in 1977 against France, New Zealand, and Australia (2 matches), and in 1978 against Australia (3 matches).

Along with James "Jim" Leytham, Stanley "Stan" Moorhouse, Peter Norburn, Keith Fielding, Martin Offiah, and Sam Tomkins, having scored four tries, Stuart Wright jointly holds the record for the most tries scored in an England match, scoring four tries against Wales at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on 28 May 1978.


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