Leroy Cudjoe

Leroy Cudjoe (born 7 April 1988) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre, and is the captain of the Huddersfield Giants in the Betfred Super League. An England international, he has played his whole Super League career to date with Huddersfield, playing as a winger and fullback earlier in his career.[3][4][5]

Leroy Cudjoe
Personal information
Born (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988[1]
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
Weight15 st 13 lb (101 kg)[2]
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008– Huddersfield Giants 287 119 61 1 599
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–13 England 10 3 1 0 14
As of 29 December 2020
Source: [3][4][5][2]

Early life

Cudjoe was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England and is of Grenadian descent, where his father's family originated.[6]

Leroy attended Newsome High School and Sports College where he was known as the egg. Leroy's previous club is the Newsome Panthers.

Leroy is a product of the Giants' academy system [7]

Domestic career
Cudjoe playing for Huddersfield

Huddersfield Giants

Leroy joined the Giants' Academy aged 16 and was awarded a full-time contract at the end of the 2006 season.

His 2007 season was partly disrupted due to a broken hand sustained in May, and he did not make a first team appearance although won the Giants Reserves Player of the Year award at the end of the season.

He made his Super League début in Round 1 of 2008 against Leeds Rhinos. He scored his first competitive try for the club in the 50–16 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in May 2008.

He has continued to be a favourite during the 2011 and 2012 seasons at his hometown club Huddersfield Giants. His pace and quick foot work is now famous and all the Giants fans adore him. After 10 years with the club, Leroy enjoyed a well deserved Testimonial in 2018

Representative career

Yorkshire

He was selected to play for Yorkshire Academy in the fixture against Lancashire Academy in the 2005 season.

England Academy

This fixture is often seen as a trial game for the full England Academy team and although he initially made the England training squad, Leroy missed out on a place in the final England squad.

England

He played his first match for England in the 2010 Four Nations tournament.

He played for England in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

References
  1. Stott, Julie (6 October 2010). "England Four Nations Pen Pics". News of the World. UK: News Group Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  2. "Profile at giantsrl.com". giantsrl.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.co.uk". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. "Leroy Cudjoe: The wing's speech: How Giant came to terms with his stammer". The Independent. London. 7 July 2011.
  7. "Brown - Cudjoe 'sensational'". Sky Sports. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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