Stuart Littler

Stuart Littler (born 19 February 1979) is the head coach of the Swinton Lions in the Betfred Championship, and a former Ireland international rugby league footballer.

Stuart Littler
Personal information
Born (1979-02-19) 19 February 1979
Higher End, Wigan, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight15 st 6 lb (98 kg)
PositionCentre, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998–10 Salford City Reds 329 112 0 0 448
2011–14 Leigh Centurions 97 31 1 0 126
2014 Rochdale Hornets 12 4 0 0 16
2015–16 Swinton Lions 25 17 0 0 68
Total 463 164 1 0 658
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–14 Ireland 19 10 0 0 40
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2017– Swinton Lions 60 10 2 41 17
2018– Ireland 2 1 0 1 50
Total 62 11 2 42 18
Source: [1][2]

Littler played for the Salford City Reds in the Super League, playing for his hometown club, Leigh Centurions and finishing his career with Swinton Lions, retiring at the end of the 2016 season.

Littler's position of choice was as a centre. He could also operate in the second-row and also played some games on the wing

Background

Littler was born in Higher End, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. He is of Irish descent.

He is a lifelong resident of Leigh.

Career

Littler is an Ireland international.

Littler was expected to leave the club following Salford's relegation to National League One. Littler was expected to seal a move to Harlequins RL, however Chairman Ian Lenagan decided not to offer him a deal.

Littler joined Salford in 1998 – his first professional club and is equal top-try scorer in a season for the club, alongside David Watkins.

He was named in the Ireland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[3] and the Ireland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[4]

In October and November 2014, Stuart played in the 2014 European Cup competition.

In 2016, he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.[5]

Coaching

After retiring with Swinton he remained with the club as an assistant coach under head coach John Duffy. When Duffy left the club in July 2017, he stepped into the head coach's shoes commencing with an away match at Bradford Bulls' Odsal Stadium on 23 July 2017.

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. RLP
  3. "Ireland Name World Cup 40 Man Training Squad". Rugby League Ireland. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  4. "Cassidy included in Ireland squad". BBC. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  5. "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.


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