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Full name | Craig Huby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England[1] | 27 March 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 16 st 10 lb (106 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Craig Huby (born 27 March 1986) is an English rugby league footballer. He has previously played as a prop for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 1379) and the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League, and spent 11 years with the Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 800), playing in the Super League and the second tier of English rugby league.
Huby was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England in 1986.[1]
He made his début for his hometown club, Castleford Tigers, against Leeds Rhinos as a 17-year-old in May 2003.[4][5] He established himself as a regular first-team player in the 2005 National League season and his good form of that season continued in the Super League 2006.[6] He suffered a number of injuries in the promotion-winning season of 2007 but was a key member of the side in 2008.[6] In May 2008, Huby signed a three-year extension to his contract,[7] and, in March 2011, by then Castleford’s longest serving player, he signed a further three-year contract.[8] A fractured kneecap, suffered in a match against St Helens in April 2011, ruled him out of the game for almost a year; he made his comeback against Featherstone in April 2012.[9][10] He was granted a testimonial after ten years in the senior team with a game against Halifax on Boxing Day 2013.[5]
He played in the 2014 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Leeds Rhinos at Wembley Stadium,[11] two weeks after dislocating his elbow in the semifinal against the Widnes Vikings.[12][13]
In September 2014, Huby joined the Huddersfield Giants on a four-year contract.[14] He played in every game for Huddersfield during the 2015 season but suffered a broken wrist in training in December 2015 that required surgery and led to him missing the start of the 2016 season.[15] He was allowed to leave in December 2016 and joined Wakefield Trinity on a three-year contract.[16][17] A bad shoulder injury suffered during a match in February 2019 led to a lengthy layoff and Huby left Wakefield Trinity by mutual consent in July 2019.[18][19]