Rob Massam

Rob Massam

Personal information
Full name	Robert Massam
Born	(1987-10-29) 29 October 1987 (age 37) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2012–16 North Wales Crusaders 112 98 0 0 392 2017–18 Rochdale Hornets 83 33 0 0 132 2019– North Wales Crusaders 85 85 0 0 340 Total 280 216 0 0 864 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–13 Wales 2 1 0 0 4
Source: [1][2][3] As of 30 October 2024

Rob Massam (born 29 October 1987) AKA The Thing on The Wing, is a ex Wales international rugby league footballer who played as a winger for the North Wales Crusaders in League 1.

He has previously played for the Rochdale Hornets. He was a key player for Chester Gladiators, and was selected to represent England Lionhearts in 2010 scoring the winning try in England's 34–30 win over Wales Dragonhearts in Somerset.^[4] He scored against Wales Dragonhearts again in 2011 in Caerphilly but was unable to stop the Welsh from winning 30-24 and lifting the trophy.^[5]

Representative

Massam qualifies for Wales through residency as he moved to Wrexham at a young age.^[6] Despite representing England at amateur level Massam was selected for the Wales 'train-on' squad for the Tri-Nations against England and France in 2012.^[7] He made his full début in that game.^[8]

In October and November 2013, Massam played in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup where he scored a try.

In October 2014, Massam was selected to play in the 2014 European Cup but he withdrew before the tournament due to work commitments.^[9]

Honours

Massam was included in August's Cooperative Championship 1 Team of the Month, after becoming Crusaders leading try scorer for the 2012 season.

Personal life

Massam works as a personal trainer and is a qualified Biomechanics coach at Total Fitness in Wrexham and he has sponsored local rugby league club Wrexham Raiders for the 2012 season.^[10]

References

1. "Player Summary: Rob Massam". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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. Tyreman, Glenn (21 July 2010). "England Lionhearts 34 - 30 Wales Dragonhearts - England Lionhearts". Pitchero.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
5. "Crusaders profile". Crusadersrfl.com. 29 November 1987. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
6. "Official Crusaders RL web site". Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
9. "Garreth Carvell withdraws from Wales squad for European Cup". Sky Sports.
10. "Wrexham Bradley Raiders - Sponsors". Wrexhamraiders.com. Retrieved 19 July 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Rochdale Hornets profile
• (archived by web.archive.org) Crusaders profile^[usurped]