Rob Purdham

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Rob Purdham

Personal information
Full name	Robert Purdham
Date of birth	April 14, 1980 (1980-04-14) (age 28)
Place of birth	Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	14 st 2 lbs (90 kg)
Nickname(s)	Purdo, Purds
Club information
Position(s)	Loose forward
Current club	Harlequins RL
Number	13
Youth clubs
Years	Club
1998	Egremont Rangers
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1999 ‐ 02 2002 ‐	Whitehaven Harlequins RL	53 (104) 99 (160)
Representative teams**
2002 2003 2006 ‐	England U21 England A England	2 4
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 19:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC). ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 19:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC).

Rob Purdham, born 14 April 1980 in Whitehaven, Cumbria is an English rugby league player.

Purdham is the captain of Harlequins RL, formerly known as London Broncos, in the European Super League.

Rob Purdham's position of choice is as loose forward. He can also operate in the second row. He has even played international football at stand off.

Purdham is the current captain of the England national team.

He previously played for Whitehaven in the Northern Ford Premiership. Purdham joined London Broncos in 2002. This followed selection for an England U21 tour of South Africa and an impressive start to the 2002 season with Whitehaven.

On May 20, 2006, Rob set a new Quins club record by scoring 34 points (2 tries, 13 goals) in Harlequins Rugby League 82-8 defeat of Barrow Raiders in the Powergen Challenge Cup. The 13 goals in itself surpassed the previous record of 12 held by Paul Sykes.

England coach Paul Cullen named Rob Purdham as captain in his 20-man training squad for this autumn's Federation Shield tournament. Purdham lifted the trophy with a 32-14 victory over Tonga.

Contents 1 Career highlights 2 Representative games 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career highlights

• Junior Clubs: Egremont Rangers, Whitehaven
• First Grade Stats: 64 career games to date scoring 16 tries

[edit] Representative games

• Junior: England U21 tour to South Africa in 2002
• Senior: England A versus Russia and France in 2003

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Harlequins RL Profile
• Purdo for England

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