Leroy Rivett (born 17 December 1976) is an English former professional
rugby league
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and
rugby union
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footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club level rugby league (RL) for
Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby lea ...
,
Bramley (
loan
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),
Huddersfield Giants
The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Huddersfield play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league sy ...
,
Keighley Cougars
The Keighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Cougar Park and compete in RFL League 1, League One, the third tier of British rugby league system, British rugby le ...
,
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 ...
,
Chorley Lynx
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Chorley Lynx was an English professional rugby league club based in Chorley, Lancashire. Under various names, they were members of the Rugby Football League 1989–93 and 1995–2004.
History Formation as Chorley Borough
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(
loan
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),
Doncaster Dragons (
loan
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),
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.
...
(two spells),
Villefranche,
Hull Kingston Rovers
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and
Rochdale Hornets
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, as a ,
and club level rugby union (RU) for
Sale Sharks
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and
Otley R.U.F.C., as
wing
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.
Background
Leroy Rivett was born in
Leicester
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, England.
Playing career
Leroy Rivett's amateur career began for the Leeds side Pendas Panthers (now known as Whinmoor Warriors) for the under-eleven age-group, but he soon moved to play for
East Leeds, where he joined numerous other future professionals in a very strong junior team. As this team grew older, it won numerous trophies, most notably the
British Amateur Rugby League Association
The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) is an association for social and recreational rugby league. It works jointly with the Rugby Football League through the RFL Community Board.
History
BARLA was created on 3 March 1973 at t ...
National Youth League and National Youth Cup double in 1995. In September 1995, he joined
Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby lea ...
.
Rivett rose to prominence towards the end of the season, helping Leeds reach the
1998 Super League Grand Final
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by scoring two tries in the final eliminator of the
Super League play-offs
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against
St. Helens. He played on the wing for the final in the 10–4 defeat by
Wigan Warriors
The Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
The club competes in the Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system. Formed in 1872, the club is a founding member of the Ru ...
.
Rivett is perhaps best known for his performance for
Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby lea ...
in the Rugby League
Challenge Cup
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Final at
Wembley Stadium
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in 1999 when he grabbed four tries against London Broncos and walked away with the
Lance Todd Trophy
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Introduced in 1945–46, the trophy was named in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator, who was kill ...
as man of the match.
Leroy Rivett made his début 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 ...
on Friday 19 April 2002, and he played his last match for Warrington Wolves on Saturday 22 June 2002.
References
External links
*(archived by web.archive.org
Profile at Leeds Rhinos website
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1976 births
Living people
Bramley R.L.F.C. players
Chorley Lynx players
Doncaster R.L.F.C. players
English rugby league players
Huddersfield Giants players
Hull Kingston Rovers players
Keighley Cougars players
Lance Todd Trophy winners
Leeds Rhinos players
Leigh Leopards players
Otley R.U.F.C. players
Rochdale Hornets players
Rugby league players from Leicestershire
Rugby league wingers
Rugby union wings
Sale Sharks players
Rugby union players from Leicester
Villefranche XIII Aveyron players
Warrington Wolves players