Craig Weston
Personal information
Full nameCraig Weston
Born (1973-12-20) 20 December 1973
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992–93 Gold Coast 31 6 20 0 64
1994 Eastern Suburbs 8 0 15 0 30
1995–96 South Queensland 14 6 1 0 26
1997–99 Huddersfield 77 36 75 0 294
2000–01 Doncaster 51 32 73 2 276
2001–04 Widnes Vikings 44 9 46 2 130
2004 Leigh Centurions 4 0 0 0 0
Total 229 89 230 4 820
Source: [1]

Craig Weston (born 20 December 1973) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Gold Coast Seagulls, the Eastern Suburbs Roosters and the South Queensland Crushers. He then moved to England, where he played for the Huddersfield Giants, Doncaster and the Widnes Vikings.[2]

Playing career

A promising junior footballer who represented the Australian Schoolboys in 1991, Weston was a talented utility and played a number of positions including wing, centre or five-eighth. Amongst his best achievements in the New South Wales Rugby League was twice scoring 16 points in a game (on both occasions from two tries and four goals) whilst playing for the Gold Coast Seagulls.

After leaving the Seagulls for unsuccessful stints at the Eastern Suburbs Roosters and South Queensland Crushers, Weston moved to England to further his playing career in the late 1990s and later joined the Widnes Vikings in 2001, helping the team to win promotion to the Super League. He was released by the club before the start of the 2003 season so he could return home to Australia due to a family illness.[3] He re-joined the club for one final season in 2004.

Statistics

Appearances and points by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionAppearancesTriesGoalsField goalsPoints
Gold Coast Seagulls 1992[4] NSW Rugby League 9214036
1993[4] 2246028
Total 31620064
Eastern Suburbs 1994[4] NSW Rugby League 8015030
Total 8015030
South Queensland Crushers 1995[4] Australian Rugby League 41004
1996[4] 1051022
Total 1461026
Huddersfield Giants 1997[5] RFL Division One 2818600192
1998[4] Super League 2058036
1999[4] 29137066
Total 7736750294
Doncaster Dragons 2000[6] Northern Ford Premiership 3326622230
2001[6] 18611046
Total 5132732276
Widnes Vikings 2001[7] Northern Ford Premiership 127450118
2002[4] Super League 2421212
2004[4] 80000
Total 449462130
Career total 225892304820

References

  1. ↑ RLP
  2. ↑ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Vikings release Weston". BBC Sport. 27 January 2003. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Craig Weston". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (1998). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1998. London: Headline. ISBN 978-0747276838.
  6. 1 2 "Player Statistics". Doncaster RLFC Statistics and Results. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Player Directory". rugby.widnes.tv. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2017.


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