Cumbria rugby league team

Cumbria rugby league team

Governing body	Rugby Football League
Head coach	Paul Crarey
Captain	Rob Purdham
Home stadium	Varies
Colours
Biggest win
Cumbria 70-0  United States (Barrow, Cumbria, England; 4 November 2007)

The Cumbria rugby league team is an English representative team consisting of players who were born in the county of Cumbria and the historical county of Cumberland. They play fixtures against international representative sides, often acting as opposition in warm-up fixtures for touring international sides.^[1][2]

The Cumbrian side features professional players from the European Super League, the Co-operative Championship, Championship 1 and the amateur game.^[3][4]

Cumbria are coached by Paul Crarey, with assistant coaches Gary Charlton of Workington Town and Whitehaven's David Seeds.^[5]

Cumbria played the England national rugby league team as part of England's preparation for the 2010 Four Nations.^[6] The match raised funds for the Rugby Football League's benevolent fund and the family of Garry Purdham, who was among the victims of the Cumbria shootings tragedy on 2 June 2010.^[7][8] The game was watched by 5,250 spectators at Whitehaven's Recreation Ground and ended 18–18,^[9] raising over £50,000 for its cause.^[10]

2010 Squad

The squad for the match against England on 3 October 2010.

2010 Cumbria Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Gary Broadbent - FB 2 Ade Gardner - WG 3 Jason Mossop - CE 4 Liam Harrison - CE 5 Craig Calvert - WG 6 Greg McNally - FE 7 Liam Campbell - HB 8 Marc Jackson - PR 9 Jon Clarke - HK 10 Kyle Amor - PR 11 Spencer Miller - SR 12 Howard Hill - SR 13 Rob Purdham (c) - LF		14 Graeme Mattinson - HK 15 Oliver Wilkes - PR 16 Brett McDermott - PR 17 Kris Coward - SR 18 Scott McAvoy - PR 19 Aaron Low - CE 20 Jack Pedley - HK 21 Carl Sice - CE 22 Neil Frazer - WG 23 Rhys Davies - PR 24 John Paul Brocklebank - SR						Head coach Paul Crarey Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 25 September 2011 Source(s): England

References

1. ^ "Results". RLEF. 2007. http://www.rlef.eu.com/results.php?s=2007. Retrieved 16-09-2010. 
2. ^ "Cumbria let outright Victory slip away". Marras. 2004. http://www.marras.co.uk/highlights2004.html. Retrieved 16-09-2010. 
3. ^ "Egremont duo to represent Cumbria in memorial match". Whitehaven News. 2010-09-01. http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/home/egremont-duo-to-represent-cumbria-in-memorial-match-1.753222?referrerPath=sports. Retrieved 16-09-2010. 
4. ^ "Cumbria reveal Garry Purdham game squad to face England". BBC. 2010-09-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8961655.stm. Retrieved 16-09-2010. 
5. ^ "Cumbria squad announced for memorial match". Quins. 2010-09-01. http://www.league.quins.co.uk/news/12254.php. Retrieved 16-09-2010. 
6. ^ "England RL to play Cumbria in memorial match". Rugby League Online. 2010. http://www.rugbyleagueonline.co.uk/Support-Sections/Latest-News/England-RL-to-play-Cumbria-in-memorial-match. Retrieved 16-09-2010. 
7. ^ "Charity rugby match for Cumbria gun victim". BBC. 17-06-2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10340249. Retrieved 16-09-2010. 
8. ^ http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/10/09/01/RUGBYL_Cumbria.html
9. ^ "Official England Match Report". England Rugby League. 2010. http://englandrl.co.uk/report.php?id=3326091. Retrieved #06-10-2010. 
10. ^ "Cumbria and England game raises £50,000 for Purdham Family". Whitehaven News. 2010. http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/cumbria-and-england-game-raises-50-000-for-purdham-family-1.764964. Retrieved 06-10-2010. 

External links

• The Rugby Football League