Steve Diamond (born 7 July 1953) is an English-born former
rugby union and professional
rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played club level rugby union for
Newport RFC
Newport Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Casnewydd) is a Welsh rugby union club based in the city of Newport, South Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Premier Division. Until 2021 Newport RFC were based at Rodney Parade situated on t ...
, as a
fly-half, and rugby league for
Wales, and at club level for
Wakefield Trinity (
Heritage № 854),
Fulham RLFC,
Warrington,
Hunslet,
Castleford (
Heritage № 644) and
York, as a
goal-kicking , or .
Background
Steve Diamond was born in
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
,
Herefordshire, England, and he worked at
British Jeffrey Diamond (BJD) in
Wakefield,
West Yorkshire, England.
Playing career
International honours
Diamond won
caps for Wales while at Wakefield Trinity in 1980 against France and England, and in 1981 against France.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Steve Diamond played right-, i.e. number 3, in
Wakefield Trinity's 3-12 defeat by
Widnes in the
1978–79 Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...
Final during the
1978–79 season at
Wembley Stadium,
London on Saturday 5 May 1979, in front of a crowd of a crowd of 94,218.
County Cup Final appearances
Steve Diamond played , and scored a
goal in
Castleford's 18-22 defeat by
Hull Kingston Rovers in the
1985–86 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the
1985–86 season at
Elland Road
Elland Road is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Premier League club Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the 14th largest football stadium in England.
The g ...
,
Leeds on Sunday 27 October 1985.
Club career
During his time at Wakefield Trinity he scored nineteen 3-point tries and, one 4-point try.
Career Records
Steve Diamond holds
Fulham RLFC/London Crusaders/London Broncos/Harlequins RL's career goalscoring record; with 309-goals scored between 1981–84, and is one of less than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1000-points in their rugby league career.
[Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North - Volume 2". R. E. Gate. ]
References
External links
*(archived by web.archive.org
Profile at blackandambers.co.uk*(archived by web.archive.org
Newport RFC : 1976/7 Season Summary at blackandambers.co.uk*(archived by web.archive.org
Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk*(archived by web.archive.org
Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk
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1953 births
Living people
Castleford Tigers players
English people of Welsh descent
English rugby league players
English rugby union players
Footballers who switched code
Hunslet R.L.F.C. players
London Broncos players
Newport RFC players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Herefordshire
Rugby union fly-halves
Rugby union players from Hereford
Wakefield Trinity players
Wales national rugby league team players
Warrington Wolves players
York Wasps players