Jamie Thackray (born 30 September 1979), also known by the

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of "Thackers", is a Great Britain international

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footballer who plays for

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...

in the Betfred Championship. Thackray made his career high number of appearances for Hull FC over two different spells and also played more than fifty times for each of Hunslet Hawks, Halifax and Workington. He was also a first team regular for a season or two at Castleford, Leeds, Crusaders, Barrow, London Broncos and Doncaster. He also played a handful of games for the likes of Limoux, Atherton Roosters and Tumut and the odd game on loan to a few other clubs such as South Wales, London Skolars plus repeatedly Doncaster. He plays as a . A former

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international, Thackray has played for several teams over his career. Jamie Thackray

After extended stints with Halifax and

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, Thackray moved to

Castleford Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the ...

( Heritage № 796). During these seasons, Thackray played some games as a before settling into his permanent role as a prop forward. Thackray played for Hull in the

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Final from the interchange bench in their victory against the

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. After Castleford, Thackray moved to

Hull FC Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and wer ...

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, and back again. This time also included a month-long loan to

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in the

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. At the end of the 2009 season, Thackray was released by Hull. In early 2010, Thackray signed for

Crusaders RL Crusaders Rugby League ( cy, Croesgadwyr Rygbi'r Gynghrair) was a professional rugby league club based in Bridgend and later in Wrexham, Wales. They played for six seasons in the Rugby Football League competitions, including three years in the ...

. Within a fortnight, he made his début for Crusaders against his former team, Leeds and went on to appear 20 times for the Welsh outfit during their Super League campaign. On 12 November 2010, it was announced that he had joined Super League hopefuls

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for the 2011 Championship campaign. In 2012 he joined Workington Town. Thackray played for the

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in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thackray, Jamie 1979 births Living people Barrow Raiders players Castleford Tigers players Crusaders Rugby League players Doncaster R.L.F.C. players English rugby league players English rugby union players Great Britain national rugby league team players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Hull F.C. players Hunslet R.L.F.C. players Keighley Cougars players Leeds Rhinos players Limoux Grizzlies players London Broncos players London Skolars players People from Rothwell, West Yorkshire Rugby league players from Leeds Rugby league props Rugby union players from Leeds South Wales Scorpions players Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players Workington Town players