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Gary Henley-Smith
Gary Henley-Smith is a New Zealanders, New Zealand sprint (running), sprinter and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played club-level rugby league (RL) for Wigan Warriors, Wigan (List of Wigan Warriors players, Heritage № 821) and London Broncos, Fulham RLFC (List of London Broncos players, Heritage № 85) as a , i.e. number 2 or 5. Early years Henley-Smith attended Auckland Grammar School, where he was Auckland and New Zealand secondary schools senior boys 100m and 200m champion and held several records. He held the New Zealand junior men's 100m and 200m records at 10.4s and 21.7s. His 10.4s 100m record, set in 1977, stood for 13 years. Athletics career Henley-Smith was a member of the Oceania team at the World Cup in Germany in 1977. That same year he joined Washington State University on a scholarship, spending four years in the United States. When he returned he was a member of Waitakere City Athletic Club and was the Athletics Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigan Warriors
The Wigan Warriors are a professional rugby league club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Super League. Formed in 1872 as Wigan Football Club, Wigan was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union following the schism from the Rugby Football Union in 1895. Wigan is the most successful club in the history of World Rugby League having won 22 League Championships (including 5 Super League Grand Finals), 20 Challenge Cups, 4 World Club Challenges and over 100 honours in total. The club had a period of sustained success from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s winning eight successive Challenge Cups and seven successive League Championships. Since 1999 the club has played home matches at the DW Stadium, before which it played at Central Park from 1902. The head coach is Matt Peet. History 1872–1902: Formation and NRFU foundation On 21 November 1872, Wigan Football Club was founded by members of Wigan Cricket Club following a meeting at the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
