Neil James

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 14th February, 1961
Died
2014

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Yorkshire Cup 17 - -   - - 10 7 0 58.82% List
English Championship 181 26 -   - 96 94 76 11 51.93% List
Regal Trophy 13 1 -   - 4 6 6 1 46.15% List
Challenge Cup 21 3 -   - 12 14 6 1 66.67% List
Premiership Trophy 7 1 -   - 4 3 4 0 42.86% List
Charity Shield - UK 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
NRL 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
UK Second Division 19 5 -   - 20 12 7 0 63.16% List
Tour Matches Sheffield Eagles 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Great Britain 1986 1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Gold Coast NSWRL 1988 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Gold Coast 1988 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Castleford 1980/81 18 2 -   - 6 12 4 2 66.67% List
Castleford 1981/82 7 1 -   - 3 2 5 0 28.57% List
Castleford 1982/83 32 5 -   - 15 18 13 1 56.25% List
Castleford 1983/84 30 5 -   - 20 19 8 3 63.33% List
Castleford 1984/85 22 4 -   - 16 8 14 0 36.36% List
Halifax 1985/86 34 4 -   - 16 20 9 5 58.82% List
Halifax 1986/87 32 1 -   - 4 20 11 1 62.50% List
Halifax 1987/88 27 6 -   - 24 12 14 1 44.44% List
Halifax 1988/89 11 3 -   - 12 6 5 0 54.55% List
Leeds 1989/90 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Halifax 1989/90 16 5 -   - 20 9 7 0 56.25% List
Leeds 1990/91 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Ryedale-York 1990/91 4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
Leeds 1991/92 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Sheffield 1992/93 20 - -   - - 9 11 0 45.00% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Castleford 1980-84 109 17 -   - 60 59 44 6 54.13% List
Halifax 1985-89 120 19 -   - 76 67 46 7 55.83% List
Leeds 1989-91 5 - -   - - 1 4 0 20.00% List
Ryedale-York 1990 4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
Sheffield 1992 20 - -   - - 9 11 0 45.00% List
Overall1980-1993 258 36 0   0 136 139 106 13 53.88% List

Your Say

  • gazza
    05/10/2013

    Worra man , hard as nails, not to be confused with the welsh Neil James, This guy Castleford born & bred, As well as a good rl player in his prime he was king of the west Yorkshire cobbles, " honest ".

  • Anonymous
    10/10/2020

    Amazing person I worked with Neil at Bluesox Schools Programme best 14 Months ever R I P Neil

  • Steve james
    09/09/2023

    My brother was born in 1961 not 62!
    He passed away (CTE) in December 2014 at age 53!

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Greg Fiveash

Sources: NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1981-82, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1983-84, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1985-86, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1982-83, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1986-87, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1984-85, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1993-94