Jon Roper (born ) is an English former professional

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footballer who played as a and in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...

and

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, and at club level for

Warrington Wolves Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England. They play home games at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Warringto ...

London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, England. They play their home games at Plough Lane and currently compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rugby le ...

, Salford City Reds,

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. They play their home games at Wheldon Road (currently known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship reasons) and compete in the Super League, t ...

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. ...

Rochdale Hornets The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the League 1, the third tier of European rugby league. The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs tha ...

, Halifax,

Oldham Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative cent ...

and

Workington Town Workington Town is a semi-professional rugby league club based in Workington, West Cumbria, England. The club plays home games at Derwent Park and competes in the RFL League One, League One, the third tier of British rugby league system, Briti ...

. He played in numerous positions including; , or .

International honours

Roper won a

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for

while at Warrington in 1999 against

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. Roper also toured with

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in 1996.

Genealogical information

Jon Roper is the son of the rugby league who played in the 1980s for Workington Town; Tony Roper, and the grandson of the rugby league footballer;

Sol Roper John Roper (birth registered in the third quarter of 1936 – 14 October 2015), also known by the nickname of "Sol", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s and 1970s. Ru ...

References

External links

Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roper, Jon 1976 births Living people Castleford Tigers players Cumbria rugby league team players England national rugby league team players English rugby league players Halifax Panthers players Leigh Leopards players London Broncos players category:Oldham R.L.F.C. players Place of birth missing (living people) Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league centres Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league locks Rugby league players from Workington Rugby league wingers Salford Red Devils players Warrington Wolves players Workington Town players