Steve Evans (rugby league)

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Steve Evans
Personal information
Born(1958-06-06)6 June 1958[1]
Featherstone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died16 September 2017(2017-09-16) (aged 59)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1976–82 Featherstone Rovers 140 76 1 230
1982–87 Hull F.C. 166 90
1986–87 Wakefield Trinity 15 4 2 0 20
1987 Bradford Northern 2 0 0 8
1988–89 Sheffield Eagles
Total 321 172 3 0 258
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1979–82 Yorkshire ≥3
1979–80 England 3 1 0 0 3
1979–82 Great Britain 10 3 0 0 9
Source: [2][3][4]

Steve Evans (6 June 1958 – 16 September 2017) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, Hull, Bradford Northern and Wakefield Trinity, as a wing, centre or stand-off.[2]

Club career

Featherstone Rovers

Evans joined Featherstone Rovers in 1976 and was a member of the squad that won the

1977 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1977–78 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1977.[citation needed
]

Steve Evans won caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1979–80 season against Cumbria and Lancashire, and during the 1981–82 season as an interchange/substitute against Cumbria.[citation needed]

Hull

In 1982 he was transferred to

1982 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 1 May 1982, in front of a crowd of 92,147, and played left-centre in the 18–9 victory over Widnes in the replay at Elland Road, Leeds on Wednesday 19 May 1982, in front of a crowd of 41,171.[6]

The following year he played at right-centre in Hull's 12–14 defeat by his old side Featherstone.[7]

The third was when he played right-

1985 Challenge Cup Final during the at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 4 May 1985, in front of a crowd of 99,801,[8] in what is regarded as the most marvellous cup final in living memory,[9]
which Hull narrowly lost after fighting back from 12–28 down at half-time.

He also appeared at

1984 Yorkshire Cup Final at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull
on Saturday 27 October 1984.

Evans played

1984–85 John Player Special Trophy
Final at Boothferry Park on Saturday 26 January 1985.

Later career

Evans left Hull in 1986 and had short careers at Bradford Northern and Wakefield Trinity before retiring as a player.

Between 2004 and 2006 he was chairman of Featherstone Rovers.

International career

Evans won caps for England while at Featherstone Rovers in 1979 against France, in 1980 against Wales, and France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Featherstone Rovers in 1979 against Australia, Australia (sub) (2 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches), in 1980 against New Zealand, and New Zealand (sub).[3]

While playing at

1982 Ashes, scoring the Lions' sole try of the series.[4]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-356-10435-5
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  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Death of former Featherstone Rovers player and chairman Steve Evans". Pontefract and Castleford Express. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  6. ^ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Rovers mourn the loss of club stalwart Evans". Featherstone Rovers. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  8. ^ "1984–1985 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  9. ^ "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". independent.co.uk. 20 August 1995. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

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