Joe Lydon (rugby)
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Full name | Joseph Paul Lydon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wigan, Lancashire, England | 26 November 1963||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre, Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Paul Lydon (born 26 November 1963) is an English former professional rugby league footballer and rugby union coach. He played during the 1980s and 1990s as a fullback, wing, centre, or stand-off for Widnes, Wigan and Eastern Suburbs. He also represented Lancashire, and won 30 caps for Great Britain.
He has coached representative level rugby union for England under-19's, and England Sevens and was a backs coach for the senior national team between 2004 and 2006. Since 2008, he has been appointed to several player development roles by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).
Early life
Born in
Playing career
Widnes
Lydon signed professional forms with
Lydon played on the
on Saturday 1 October 1983.Lydon played at
on Saturday 14 January 1984In 1984, he won the
Wigan
In 1986, when he joined
In March 1989, Lydon scored a 61-yard
During his time at Wigan, Lydon helped the club win six league championships and five
In November 1994, he played the last of 262 games for Wigan as a substitute in a 30–6 home win over Featherstone Rovers.
Australia
During his career Lydon spent two English off-seasons playing in Australia for Sydney's Eastern Suburbs club in 1987, and again in 1989. His first stint at the Roosters was somewhat successful as Easts made it to the Preliminary final before going down to eventual Grand Finalists Canberra. His second stint with the Bondi based club was less successful as Easts finished in 11th place in 1989. Overall Lydon played 22 games for Easts, scoring 8 tries and kicking 14 goals.
International career
In 1983 he made the first of three appearances for the Great Britain Under-24 team against France in January and a month later makes his full Great Britain début, scoring a try and three goals in 20–5 win over France in Carcassonne.
Lydon was selected to go on the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour, but his invitation was withdrawn after Lydon allegedly assaulted a spectator.[11]
Lydon was selected to go on the
He would go on to make one further international appearance, coming on as a replacement for
After playing
Lydon worked as an expert analyst for the BBC alongside former England and Great Britain dual-rugby international Ray French during the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, which was held in England.
After retiring as a Wigan player, Lydon became the team manager of
In July 2007 he began working with
On 24 October 2007, Lydon returned to the
In November 2008, Lydon was appointed Welsh Rugby Union Head of Rugby Performance & Development.[17] In May 2013, he was named Head of International Player Development by the RFU.[18] He stepped down from the role in 2016.[19] In 2017, he was appointed by the Irish Rugby Football Union as head of international talent ID and development.[20]
Superstars
Joe Lydon participated in the televised all-around sports competition Superstars, finishing second in the 1985 Series.[21]
Player Awards
Only three players have won the
References
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Player Summary: Joe Lydon". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "35945246-The Wigan Schoolboys Under 11s team". National World. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Work in progress is the making of Lydon". The Independent. 14 November 2004.
- ^ "Joe Lydon". rugby.widnes.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Challenge Cup in 1984: Joe Lydon scores two tries at Wembley". BBC Sport. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Wigan V Manly rugby league world club" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Longest drop kick, Rugby League". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (13 May 1988). "Tour pair banned". The Guardian. London. p. 20 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Lydon handed development role at the RFU". ESPN. 7 September 2000. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Rugby Football Union – Joe Lydon Interview Archived 8 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ackford, Paul (6 June 2004). "Lydon warms to task of getting England backs up and running". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Lydon turns down academy position". BBC News. 26 May 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Joe Lydon – Wembley". Quins. 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- ^ "Lydon named WRU's rugby overseer". BBC Sport. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Joe Lydon leaves Wales role for new job with England". BBC Sport. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Joe Lydon steps down from England player development role". Belfast Telegraph. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Joe Lydon: Player development is a fascination for me". Irish Times. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Superstars roll of honour". BBC. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2012.