- David Hobbs (rugby league)
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This article is about the rugby coach. For other people named David Hobbs, see David Hobbs (disambiguation).
David Hobbs Personal information Full name David Hobbs Nickname Hobbsy Born 13 September 1958
Hemsworth, EnglandPlaying information Position Prop, Second-row Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1980–1985 Featherstone Rovers 1984–1987 Oldham 60 11 108 5 265 1986–1994 Bradford Northern 1993–1994 Wakefield Trinity Total 60 11 108 5 265 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1984 England 1 0 0 0 0 1984–1989 Great Britain 12 1 5 0 14 Coaching information Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1989–1991 Bradford Northern 5/1994–1/1995 Wakefield Trinity 2005–2008 Featherstone Rovers Total 0 0 0 0 David Hobbs is an English rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s, and coach of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s, who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, Oldham, Bradford Northern, and Wakefield Trinity, playing at Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, and at club level has coached for Bradford Northern, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and Featherstone Rovers.
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Rugby league career
Hobbs started his career at Featherstone and won the Lance Todd trophy in 1983 when Rovers defeated Hull in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley, Rovers won 14-12.
In his playing career he played for Featherstone, then transferred to Bradford Northern, he became coach at Northern until he left for Wakefield Trinity in 1994. He then went to Halifax as Director of Football.
In 2005, Hobbs was appointed coach of his first team, Featherstone Rovers halfway through the season after Gary Price left, he failed to save Rovers from relegation but is still rebuilding the team.
His brother, Kevin Hobbs, also played for Featherstone, who also coached the Rovers in 1999.
1983 Challenge Cup Final
Hobbs' finest moment probably came in the 1983 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley where he won the Lance Todd trophy as Featherstone beat the heavily favoured Hull F.C team in the biggest upset in Wembley history.
International honours
David Hobbs won caps for England while at Featherstone Rovers in 1984 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Featherstone Rovers in 1984 against France (2 matches), Australia, Australia (sub), New Zealand (3 matches), and Papua New Guinea, while at Oldham in 1987 against France (2 matches), and while at Bradford Northern in 1989 against New Zealand, and New Zealand (sub).[1]
References
- ^ "International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 2008-12-31. http://www.englandrl.co.uk/international_stats.php?GBSearch=Hobbs&EnSearch=Hobbs&submit_x=7&submit_y=3&submit.x=7&submit.y=8. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
External links
- International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Profile at FeatherstoneRovers.com
- Bull Masters - David Hobbs
- Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
Bradford Bulls coaches Dai Rees (1936–60) · Trevor Foster (1960–61) · Doug Greenall (1961) · Jimmy Ledgard (1961–62) · Harry Beverley (1962–63) · Jack Wilkinson (1963) · Gus Risman (1964–71) · Harry Street (1971–72) · Ian Brooke (1973–75) · Roy Francis (1975–77) · Peter Fox (1977–85) · Barry Seabourne (1985–89) · David Hobbs (1989–89) · Ron Willey (1989–90) · David Hobbs (1990–93) · Peter Fox (1993–95) · Brian Smith (1995–96) · Matthew Elliott (1996–2000) · Brian Noble (2001–06) · Steve McNamara (2006–)
Lance Todd Trophy winners 1946 Billy Stott • 1947 Willie Davies • 1948 Frank Whitcombe • 1949 Ernest Ward • 1950 Gerry Helme • 1951 Cecil Mountford • 1952 Billy Ivison • 1953 Peter Ramsden • 1954 Gerry Helme • 1955 John "Jack" Grundy • 1956 Alan Prescott • 1957 Jeff Stevenson • 1958 Rees Thomas • 1959 Brian McTigue • 1960 Tommy Harris • 1961 Dick Huddart • 1962 Neil Fox • 1963 Harold Poynton • 1964 Frank Collier • 1965 Ray Ashby & Brian Gabbitas • 1966 Len Killeen • 1967 Carl Dooler • 1968 Don Fox • 1969 Mal Reilly • 1970 Bill Kirkbride • 1971 Alex Murphy • 1972 Kel Coslett • 1973 Steve Nash • 1974 Derek Whitehead • 1975 Ray Dutton • 1976 Geoff Pimblett • 1977 Steve Pitchford • 1978 George Nicholls • 1979 David Topliss • 1980 Brian Lockwood • 1981 Mick Burke • 1982 Eddie Cunningham • 1983 David Hobbs • 1984 Joe Lydon • 1985 Brett Kenny • 1986 Bob Beardmore • 1987 Graham Eadie • 1988 Andy Gregory • 1989 Ellery Hanley • 1990 Andy Gregory • 1991 Denis Betts • 1992 Martin Offiah • 1993 Dean Bell • 1994 Martin Offiah • 1995 Jason Robinson • 1996 Robbie Paul • 1997 Tommy Martyn • 1998 Mark Aston • 1999 Leroy Rivett • 2000 Henry Paul • 2001 Sean Long • 2002 Kris Radlinski • 2003 Gary Connolly • 2004 Sean Long • 2005 Kevin Sinfield • 2006 Sean Long • 2007 Paul Wellens & Leon Pryce • 2008 Paul Wellens • 2009 Michael Monaghan • 2010 Lee Briers • 2011 Jeff Lima
Categories:- 1958 births
- Bradford Bulls coaches
- Bradford Bulls players
- England national rugby league team players
- English rugby league coaches
- English rugby league players
- Featherstone Rovers coaches
- Featherstone Rovers players
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Living people
- Oldham Roughyeds players
- People from Hemsworth
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows
- Wakefield Trinity Wildcats coaches
- Wakefield Trinity Wildcats players
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