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Lee Gilmour
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Personal information
Born (1978-03-12) 12 March 1978 (age 35)
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997–01 Wigan Warriors 108 24 0 0 96
2001–03 Bradford Bulls 126 20 0 0 80
2003–09 St. Helens 146 45 0 0 180
2010–12 Huddersfield Giants 81 19 0 0 76
2012–Present Castleford Tigers 0 0 0 0 0
Total 461 108 0 0 432
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998 England 1 0 0 0 0
2000 Scotland 3 0 0 0 0
1999–06 Great Britain 15 1 0 0 4
As of 7 October 2008
Source: Rugby League Project

Lee Gilmour is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Super League's Castleford Tigers. He has previously played for English clubs Wigan Warriors (with whom he won the 1998 Super League Championship), Bradford Bulls, St Helens (with whom he won the 2006 Super League Championship) and Huddersfield Giants. Gilmour has represented Great Britain, England and Scotland at international level.

Playing career [edit]

Gilmour started his career with Shaw Cross Sharks, Had a spell at Thornhill Trojans then went to play for Dewsbury moor before signing for Wigan Warriors. He toured New Zealand with GB Academy in 1997. Gilmour played at second-row forward for Wigan in their 1998 Super League Grand Final victory over Leeds Rhinos.

Gilmour went on to play for Bradford the Great Britain, England, and Scotland international.

Gilmour gained true international repute when during the 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations he scored the decisive try in the Lions’ 23-12 win in Aussie Stadium in 2006.

He played in 2008's Super League XIII Grand Final defeat to the Leeds Rhinos.[2]

In July 2009 it was announced that Gilmour had signed a two-year contract with Super League rivals, Huddersfield Giants. On June 23, 2011 Gilmour signed a new two year deal with Huddersfield Giants despite talks of his retirement.[3]

In June 2012 Gilmour negotiated an early release from his Huddersfield Giants contract and went on to sign a two year deal with the Castleford Tigers.[4]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "2008 Grand Final". BBC. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 
  3. ^ 23rd June 2011.
  4. ^ Gilmour Move to Castleford.

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