Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 14th February, 1961
- Died
- 2014
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- English Championship
- 1985/1986
- Challenge Cup
- 1986/1987
- Charity Shield - UK
- 1986/1987
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sheffield Eagles | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| English Championship | 1 | 181 | 26 | - | - | 96 | 94 | 76 | 11 | 51.93% | List | ||||
| Premiership Trophy | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | 1 | 21 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Regal Trophy | - | 13 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 46.15% | List | ||||
| Yorkshire Cup | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | ||||
| UK Top Division | - | 181 | 26 | - | - | 96 | 94 | 76 | 11 | 51.93% | List | ||||
| UK Second Division | - | 19 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Other | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Charity Shield - UK | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 243 | 32 | - | - | 120 | 129 | 101 | 13 | 53.09% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Great Britain | 1986 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Gold Coast | NSWRL 1988 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Gold Coast | 1988 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Castleford | 1980/81 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 77.78% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 1981/82 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 1982/83 | 32 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 65.63% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 1983/84 | 30 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 1984/85 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| Halifax | 1985/86 | 34 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 67.65% | List | ||||
| Halifax | 1986/87 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 84.38% | List | ||||
| Halifax | 1987/88 | 27 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 62.96% | List | ||||
| Halifax | 1988/89 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 81.82% | List | ||||
| Leeds | 1989/90 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Halifax | 1989/90 | 16 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| Leeds | 1990/91 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Ryedale-York | 1990/91 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Leeds | 1991/92 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sheffield | 1992/93 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 12 | 0 | 65.00% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Castleford | 1980-84 | 109 | 17 | - | - | 60 | 59 | 44 | 6 | 54.13% | List | ||||
| Halifax | 1985-89 | 120 | 19 | - | - | 76 | 67 | 46 | 7 | 55.83% | List | ||||
| Leeds | 1989-91 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Ryedale-York | 1990 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Sheffield | 1992 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 11 | 0 | 45.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1980-1993 | 258 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 139 | 106 | 13 | 53.88% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, AJ Lucantonio, Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Derek Farrar, Tim Costello
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club

Your Say
5 Oct 2013 9:27am
Worra man , hard as nails, not to be confused with the welsh Neil James, This guy Castleford born & bred, As well as a good rl player in his prime he was king of the west Yorkshire cobbles, " honest ".
10 Oct 2020 6:13am
Amazing person I worked with Neil at Bluesox Schools Programme best 14 Months ever R I P Neil
9 Sep 2023 9:06pm
My brother was born in 1961 not 62!
He passed away (CTE) in December 2014 at age 53!
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