Waine Pryce

Waine Pryce (born (1981-10-03)3 October 1981) is an English-born former rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for England 'A' and Jamaica, and at club level for the Castleford Tigers, the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the Featherstone Rovers, the Hunslet Hawks (two spells) and the York City Knights, primarily as a wing and also as a centre.[1][2],[3]

Wayne Pryce
Personal information
Born (1978-10-03) 3 October 1978
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight13 st 7 lb (86 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–06 Castleford Tigers 110 49 0 0 196
2007 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 13 5 0 0 20
2008–09 Featherstone Rovers 47 24 0 0 96
2010–11 Hunslet Hawks 42 33 0 0 132
2012 York City Knights 11 2 0 0 8
2013 Hunslet Hawks 22 4 0 0 16
Total 245 117 0 0 468
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003 England 'A' 2
2011 Jamaica 2
As of 14 February 2012
Source: [1][2]

Background

Waine Pryce was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, he comes from a family of rugby league footballers with his father and uncles having played professionally, he has Jamaican ancestors, and eligible to play for Jamaica due to the grandparent rule. He is the cousin of the rugby league footballer; Leon Pryce and the rugby league footballer; Karl Pryce.[4] As of 2014 he works as a mechanical engineer.[5]

Castleford Tigers

Waine Pryce came through the Castleford Tigers Academy system as a youngster. He made his début for the senior team in 2000. He has scored 49 tries for CastlefordTigers in 110 starting appearances. During July of 2006's Super League XI, Pryce broke the tibia and fibula in his left leg away at Harlequins RL. The extent of his injury forced him to have a metal rod and screws inserted into his injured leg.[6]

Because of the injury, Pryce missed the last two months of the 2006's Super League XI, which saw Castleford Tigers relegated. For the 2007 Super League season, Pryce was transferred from the Castleford Tigers to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Then in 2008 Pryce joined former Castleford Tigers teammate Tom Saxton, and joined Featherstone Rovers.

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Although relegated with Castleford Tigers from the Super League competition, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats signed Waine Pryce. Although Pryce missed the first few games of the season as he was still recovering from his injury.

Waine has released by Wakefield Trinity Wildcats as he never became a regular in the first-team.

England

He has won international honours for the England 'A' side, making appearances against New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji. He has also represented England 'A' in the 2003 European Nations Cup competition.[7]

Sources
  1. "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. "Strong Squad Named For World Cup Qualifiers". jamaica-gleaner.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. "Waine Pryce signs a deal with York City Knights". yorkpress.co.uk. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. "Waine Pryce at twitter.com". twitter.com. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. "Pryce Ready To Resume Training". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  7. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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