John Duffy (rugby league)

John Duffy

Personal information
Full name	John Duffy
Born	(1980-07-02) 2 July 1980 (age 44) Platt Bridge, Greater Manchester, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	14 st 9 lb (93 kg)
Playing information
Position	Scrum-half, Stand-off, Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997–99 Warrington Wolves 26 0 0 0 0 2000 Salford City Reds 14 0 1 1 3 2001 Leigh Centurions 26 3 0 0 12 2002 Chorley Lynx 10 2 0 0 8 2002–05 Leigh Centurions 101 34 18 3 175 2006–08 Whitehaven 56 21 13 0 110 2008–09 Widnes Vikings 49 10 0 0 40 2010–12 Leigh Centurions 68 14 2 0 60 Total 350 84 34 4 408 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997–12 Scotland 6 1 7 0 18
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2014–17 Swinton Lions 2017–18 Featherstone Rovers 25 13 1 9 52 2019–21 Leigh Centurions 47 26 0 21 55 Total 72 39 1 30 54 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2018 Scotland 3 0 0 3 0
Source: [1][2][3] As of 12 October 2023

John Duffy (born 2 July 1980) was the head coach of the Leigh Centurions in the Super League, and is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a scrum-half, stand-off and hooker in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.^[2][3]

Duffy played for the Leigh Centurions, Salford City Reds and Warrington Wolves in the Super League, and also for Whitehaven. He was a Scotland international.

He has held the position of head coach at the Swinton Lions and Featherstone Rovers in the Championship.

Background

Duffy was born in Platt Bridge, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

Career

Duffy became Super League's youngest débutant when he made his Warrington Wolves début at the age of 16.^[4]

He was named in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,^[5][6] and was part of the coaching staff for their 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign.^[7]

In June 2014, he was appointed head coach of Swinton Lions in the wake of Lions' player coach Ian Watson's departure to become Salford's assistant coach.

On 17 July 2017, Duffy resigned from Swinton after what had been a traumatic season for all concerned in the club. He immediately took up a new post with Featherstone Rovers after their coach Jon Sharp left the club.

On 2 June 2021, it was announced that Duffy had parted with Leigh Centurions as head coach, by mutual consent after Leigh started the 2021 Super League season with eight straight defeats.^[8]

References

1. Rugby League Project Coaching
2. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "Briers' GB snub mystifies Duffy". BBC. 18 May 2006. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
5. "Logan back in Scotland cup squad". BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
6. "Henderson trio in Scots cup squad". BBC. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
7. "Rugby League World Cup: John Duffy joins Scots' coaching staff". BBC. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
8. "John Duffy: Leigh Centurions head coach leaves after winless Super League start". BBC Sport. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

External links

• Scotland Rugby League International Honours Board
• Whitehaven rule out player sale