Neil James

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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

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Competitions
Competition   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Tour Matches Sheffield Eagles - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Challenge Cup 1 21 3 -   - 12 14 6 1 66.67% List
English Championship 1 181 26 -   - 96 94 76 11 51.93% List
Premiership Trophy - 7 1 -   - 4 3 4 0 42.86% List
Regal Trophy - 13 1 -   - 4 6 6 1 46.15% List
Yorkshire Cup - 17 - -   - - 10 7 0 58.82% List
Charity Shield - UK 1 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
UK Second Division - 19 5 -   - 20 12 7 0 63.16% List


International

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


Club Career

NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Gold Coast NSWRL 1988 Winfield Cup   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 12 4 2 66.67% List
Castleford 1981/82   7 1 -   - 3 2 5 0 28.57% List
Castleford 1982/83   32 5 -   - 15 18 13 1 56.25% List
Castleford 1983/84   30 5 -   - 20 19 8 3 63.33% List
Castleford 1984/85   22 4 -   - 16 8 14 0 36.36% List
Halifax 1985/86   34 4 -   - 16 20 9 5 58.82% List
Halifax 1986/87   32 1 -   - 4 20 11 1 62.50% List
Halifax 1987/88   27 6 -   - 24 12 14 1 44.44% List
Halifax 1988/89   11 3 -   - 12 6 5 0 54.55% List
Leeds 1989/90   1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Halifax 1989/90   16 5 -   - 20 9 7 0 56.25% List
Leeds 1990/91   2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Ryedale-York 1990/91   4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
Leeds 1991/92   2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Sheffield 1992/93   20 - -   - - 9 11 0 45.00% 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
Overall1980-1993   258 36 0   0 136 139 106 13 53.88% List

Your Say

  • gazza
    05/10/2013

    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 ".

  • Anonymous
    10/10/2020

    Amazing person I worked with Neil at Bluesox Schools Programme best 14 Months ever R I P Neil

  • Steve james
    09/09/2023

    My brother was born in 1961 not 62!
    He passed away (CTE) in December 2014 at age 53!

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Tim Costello, AJ Lucantonio

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