Les Quirk
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Full name | Leslie Quirk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ulverston, Lancashire, England | 6 March 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leslie Quirk (born 6 March 1965) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Barrow, St. Helens and Whitehaven, as a wing.
Playing career
Born in Ulverston, Quirk started his amateur career at Dalton, and made his professional début for Barrow in 1983. In 1987, he joined St. Helens for a fee of £55,000.[3]
Quirk played in St Helens' 15-14 victory over
1987–88 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1987–88 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 9 January 1988. He also played in two Challenge Cup finals at Wembley for Saints in 1989 and 1991
, but was on the losing side on both occasions.
Quirk also represented Cumbria, playing in an 18–13 victory over France in October 1988,[4] and a 34–12 victory over Papua New Guinea in November 1991.[5]
References
- ISBN 978-0-7472-7683-8.
- ^ RL Record Keepers' Club
- ^ "Barrow RL Greats: Paddy McAteer picks his best local 17". The Mail. CN Group. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (20 October 1988). "French lose polish". The Guardian. p. 16.
- ^ Macklin, Keith (6 November 1991). "Papua defence proves their downfall again". The Times. p. 43.
External links
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Profile at saints.org.uk
- (archived by web.archive.org) Back on the Wembley trail