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Rob Massam
Personal information
Full nameRobert Massam
Born (1987-10-29) 29 October 1987 (age 36)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–16 North Wales Crusaders 106 90 0 0 360
2017–18 Rochdale Hornets 33 25 0 0 100
2019– North Wales Crusaders 456 20 0 0 56
Total 595 135 0 0 516
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–13 Wales 2 1 0 0 4
Source: [1][2]
As of 15 April 2018

Rob Massam (born 29 October 1987) AKA The Thing on The Wing, is a ex Wales international rugby league footballer who played as a winger for the North Wales Crusaders in Betfred League 1.

He has previously played for the Rochdale Hornets. He was a key player for Chester Gladiators, and was selected to represent England Lionhearts in 2010 scoring the winning try in England's 34–30 win over Wales Dragonhearts in Somerset.[3] He scored against Wales Dragonhearts again in 2011 in Caerphilly but was unable to stop the Welsh from winning 30-24 and lifting the trophy.[4]

Representative

Massam qualifies for Wales through residency as he moved to Wrexham at a young age.[5] Despite representing England at amateur level Massam was selected for the Wales 'train-on' squad for the Tri-Nations against England and France in 2012.[6] He made his full début in that game.[7]

In October and November 2013, Massam played in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup where he scored a try.

In October 2014, Massam was selected to play in the 2014 European Cup but he withdrew before the tournament due to work commitments.[8]

Honours

Massam was included in August's Cooperative Championship 1 Team of the Month, after becoming Crusaders leading try scorer for the 2012 season.[9]

Personal life

Massam works as a personal trainer and is a qualified Biomechanics coach at Total Fitness in Wrexham and he has sponsored local rugby league club Wrexham Raiders for the 2012 season.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ Tyreman, Glenn (21 July 2010). "England Lionhearts 34 - 30 Wales Dragonhearts - England Lionhearts". Pitchero.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Crusaders profile". Crusadersrfl.com. 29 November 1987. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Official Crusaders RL web site". Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Garreth Carvell withdraws from Wales squad for European Cup". Sky Sports.
  9. ^ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=9284 [dead link]
  10. ^ "Wrexham Bradley Raiders - Sponsors". Wrexhamraiders.com. Retrieved 19 July 2012.[permanent dead link]

External links

North Wales Crusaders – current squad
Wales squad – 2013 Rugby League World Cup
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