Michael "Mike" Coady (born 15 April 1987) is an English former professional

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and

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footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England Students, and at club level for

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and Otley R.U.F.C., and club level rugby league (RL) in the

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for the

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(2006 to 2008) and Leicester Phoenix, in the Championship 1 for

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(two spells, including the second on

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), in the

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for

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, and in the

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for

Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Post Office Road and currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Featherstone ...

(

), as a or .

Background

Mike Coady was born in

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, Avon, England, he was a pupil at

Bristol Grammar School Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 Mixed-sex education, mixed, Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowe ...

, he was a student at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

, he grew up supporting Halifax rugby league club through his father who was originally from Halifax, he was training to become a teacher in Leicestershire before leaving to join the

, as of 2018 he works at

Pudsey Grangefield School Pudsey Grammar School is a secondary school with a sixth form in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England. It serves over 1300 pupils from the town and surrounding area. The school has a large Sixth Form of over 260 students offering 20 A level courses ...

as a mathematics teacher, during September 2018 he returned to

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and played for Alwoodley Cricket Club 2nd XI in the

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Playing career

Mike Coady played for

in the

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Cup final at

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, he made his début for

on Sunday 14 February 2010, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 2010 season.

References

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