Ady Spencer is a former professional rugby league footballer. He made history at University as the first player to win full Cambridge blues in both Rugby Union and Rugby League. He was regarded as the instrumental Cambridge player in the period of dominance over the Rugby League Dark Blues in the mid-1990s. He also played for Great Britain U19s in Rugby League before going up to Cambridge.
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| Full name | Adrian Paul Spencer[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1973 Warrington, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ady Spencer's position of choice was as a stand-off and he often appeared from the interchange bench.
Background
editSpencer was born in Warrington, Cheshire, England.
Career
editAdy Spencer became the focus of national controversy when he was banned by the Rugby Football Union in 1994 for his appearance in the 1994 Rugby Union Varsity match having already played Rugby League at a professional level (albeit unpaid) with the London Crusaders. This was the subject of an Early Day Motion in the UK Parliament at Westminster .[2] Rugby Union was professionalised several months later after a high-profile campaign by MP's and media to highlight the case.
He made 58 appearances for the London Broncos in the Super League 1996–1999. He also played for the London Crusaders and the London Skolars.
From 2008 to 2010, he worked for the Rugby Football League in a Commercial role in London. He is now the Vice President of Business Development for Southern Chemical Corporation, based in Houston, Texas.
References
edit- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Doug Hoyle, MP (26 January 1995). "Early day motion 499 DOUBLE STANDARDS OF THE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION". Hansard.
External links
edit- Rugby League Project stats
- Boys in Blue ensure Varsity match goes from strength to strength[dead link]
- MX9s - 2004 Middlesex Nines[permanent dead link]
- (archived by web.archive.org) Oxford University Rugby League Club
- Offiah released by Broncos
- Rugby League: London delay final decision on Edwards[permanent dead link]
- Far from Academic
- The RFL