Ryan Brierley
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Brierley | |||||
| Nickname | Kes | |||||
| Born | 12 March 1992 Preston, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2012–16 | Leigh Centurions | 125 | 133 | 26 | 4 | 588 |
| 2016– | Huddersfield Giants | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Total | 145 | 147 | 26 | 4 | 644 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2016– | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As of 2 December 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Ryan Brierley (born 12 March 1992 in Preston) is an English professional rugby league footballer for Huddersfield Giants. He previously played in the Championship for Leigh Centurions.
Club career
Early career
Brierley played his junior rugby with local club Westhoughton Lions, joining Castleford Tigers in 2009.
Brierley quickly stepped up from the Under 18's side to the Under 20's for the 2011 season and appeared in a first team friendly for Castleford early in 2012, scoring a try against York City Knights.
Leigh
After failing to get an opportunity in the first team with Castleford, Brierley joined Leigh Centurions. Brierley's first appearance for the club came on Saturday 7 January 2012 when he scored two tries in a friendly victory away to Super League neighbours Salford City Reds.
He became a prolific try-scorer at the club, finishing as the club's top try-scorer for four consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2015. He moved into the club's top 5 all-time leading try-scorers with 133 in 125 appearances following a two-try display against Bradford Bulls on 28 February 2016, which was ironically his last match for the club.[2]
Huddersfield
After triggering a clause in his contract, Brierley left Leigh and joined Super League club Huddersfield Giants on a four-and-a-half year contract in March 2016.[3]
Honours
- Championship: 2014, 2015
References
- ↑ "Ryan Brierley". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
- ↑ Turley praises Brierley's achievement in reaching top five try scorers
- ↑ Ryan Brierley leaves Leigh to join Huddersfield Giants