Liam Sutcliffe (born 25 November 1994) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays in a variety of positions for the Hull FC in the Betfred Super League and England and the England Knights at international level.
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Full name | Liam Sutcliffe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England | 25 November 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 11 lb (94 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Stand-off, Centre, Fullback, Second-row, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 25 Sep 2022 |
Sutcliffe has spent time on loan from Leeds at the Bradford Bulls in the Super League, and Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.
Background
editSutcliffe was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
He is not related to fellow Rhino Alex Sutcliffe.[4]
Career
editLeeds Rhinos
editSutcliffe featured in the pre-season friendly against Wakefield Trinity in the annual Boxing Day Festive Challenge. Liam broke into the 1st team due to a long-term injury to stand-off; Danny McGuire. He made his début against St. Helens, and went on to play in the playoffs due to more injuries towards the end of the season. In his début season he went on to make 18 appearances and scored seven tries.
In 2014 Sutcliffe featured in Round 1 and played in the 2014 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Castleford Tigers at Wembley Stadium.[5] In his second season, he played 25 games and scored 10 tries and he also kicked 8 goals.
Sutcliffe featured in more games in 2015. He started games after captain Kevin Sinfield was injured and proved he could score and kick goals which kept Sinfield out of the starting 13. Unfortunate Sutcliffe had an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury which ruled him out for the remainder of the season which meant he missed the Challenge Cup Final and Grand Final. He played 15 games scoring 6 times and kicking 25 goals. After Sinfield retired at the end of 2015 Sutcliffe was promoted to the starting 13 and was given the number 14 shirt. He also played in the World Club Series against North Queensland Cowboys.
He played in the 2017 Super League Grand Final victory over the Castleford Tigers at Old Trafford.[6][7][8]
On 17 October 2020, he played in the 2020 Challenge Cup Final victory for Leeds over Salford at Wembley Stadium.[9] In the 2022 elimination playoff, Sutcliffe scored a hat-trick in Leeds shock 20-10 victory over Catalans Dragons.[10] On 24 September 2022, Sutcliffe played for Leeds in their 24-12 loss to St Helens RFC in the 2022 Super League Grand Final.[11]
Bradford Bulls
editIn 2014, Sutcliffe was sent out on loan to the struggling Bradford Bulls on a one-month loan playing four games and scoring once before they were relegated.[citation needed]
Hull F.C.
editIn round 10 of the 2023 Super League season, Sutcliffe scored two tries in Hull FC's 20-14 win over Huddersfield which ended a seven-game losing streak.[12] Sutcliffe played a total of 19 games for Hull F.C. for in the Super League XXVIII season as the club finished 10th on the table.[13]
International career
editIn 2018 he was selected for England against France at the Leigh Sports Village.[14]
In 2018 he was selected for the England Knights on their tour of Papua New Guinea. He played against Papua New Guinea at the Lae Football Stadium.[15]
Statistics
editSeason | Appearances | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points |
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2013 Leeds | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2014 Leeds | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 56 |
2014 Bradford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2015 Leeds | 15 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 74 |
2016 Leeds | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 28 |
Total | 71 | 27 | 41 | 0 | 190 |
Honours
edit- Super League: 2017
- Challenge Cup: 2014 2020
References
edit- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ LRP
- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ "Opportunity knocks at Leeds Rhinos for Alex Sutcliffe". Yorkshire Evening Post. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Leeds lift Challenge Cup after Ryan Hall's double stuns Castleford". Guardian. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Castleford 6–24 Leeds: Grand Final 2017 – as it happened". Guardian. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Grand Final 2017: Castleford 6–24 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Danny McGuire guides Leeds to Grand Final success over Castleford". Guardian. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Leeds beat Salford 17-16 after Luke Gale lands late winning drop-goal". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Super League play-offs: Catalans Dragons 10-20 Leeds Rhinos - Liam Sutcliffe hat-trick secures win". BBC Sport.
- ^ Bower, Aaron (24 September 2022). "St Helens sink Leeds to win record fourth consecutive Grand Final". The Observer.
- ^ "Super League: Hull FC 20-14 Huddersfield Giants - home side claim first win in eight games". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Hull FC highs and lows as mid-season resurgence not enough to prevent drop-off". www.hulldailymail.co.uk.
- ^ "Tom Johnstone marks debut with England hat-trick against France". Guardian. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea vs England Knights". WWOS. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.