Ian Herron
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Full name | Ian Herron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 1 October 1970|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Herron (born 1 October 1971)[3] is a Northern Irish former professional rugby league footballer.
Background
Herron was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. While attending James Cook High School in
Career
Herron played for the
Herron made his first grade debut for St. George in round 20 1990 against the
In 1996, Herron joined Balmain who had just one year prior named themselves the "Sydney Tigers" and moved their home games out to Parramatta Stadium at the beginning of the Super League war. He finished as the club's top point scorer in his only season there before signing with Parramatta for the 1997 ARL season.
In his first year at Parramatta, the club reached their first finals series in 11 years. Herron played in both finals matches which ended in defeat by eventual premiers the Newcastle Knights and North Sydney respectively. In both games Parramatta had led at half-time but capitulated in the second half.[8]
Herron spent most of the 1998 NRL season playing for Parramatta's reserve grade team. He was called into the Parramatta side for the club's major semi final against Brisbane which Parramatta won 15–10 at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre with Herron kicking three goals.
Herron was an Ireland international and played 1 game at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[9]
References
- ^ RLP
- ^ "SL Stats". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
- ^ "Herron believes victory is vital". BBC. 1 November 2000. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
- ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ^ "Ian Herron". Rugby League Project. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
- ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ "All-time weirdo XIII: Rugby league freaks and human oddities". The 81st Minute.
- ^ "Official Player Numbers". Parramatta Eels.
- ^ "The Teams: Ireland". BBC. 1 January 2000. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
External links
- (archived by web.archive.org) SL Stats