Oliver Wilkes

Oliver Wilkes

Personal information
Born	2 May 1980 (1980-05-02) (age 31) Ulverston, Cumbria, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998–99	Sheffield Eagles	1	0	0	0	0
1999–01	Huddersfield Giants	7	0	0	0	0
2001–03	Keighley Cougars	68	18	5	0	82
2003–05	Leigh Centurions	47	9	0	0	36
2005–06	Whitehaven	6	2	0	0	8
2006	Wigan Warriors	6	0	0	0	0
2006–07	Widnes Vikings	48	17	0	0	68
2007–09	Wakefield Wildcats	59	8	0	0	32
2010–11	Harlequins	55	5	0	0	20
2012–	Wakefield Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	297	59	5	0	246
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–11	Scotland	11	2	2	0	12
As of 18 April 2010
Source: Rugby League Project

Oliver Wilkes, (born 2 May 1980 in Ulverston, Cumbria) is an English born Scottish professional rugby league footballer for the Harlequins club of Super League. A Scotland internationalrepresentative forward, he has played for Sheffield, Huddersfield, Keighley, Leigh, Whitehaven, Wigan, Widnes, and most recently Wakefield Trinity Wildcats where he played all games but one due to a training injury.

Wilkes in action for Wakefield

Wilkes was a consistent feature within the 2009 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats squad and they managed to secure a fifth place finish within the Engage Super League reaching the play-offs.

During 2006 he played with Widnes in the 2006 Grand Final. After the season he required reconstructive shoulder surgery.^[2] In 2007 he scored 15 tries in 34 games with Widnes.^[3]

He was named to the Scotland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup^[4] and was named to the full Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He scored the winning try over Fiji in Scotland's first ever World Cup win.^[5]

Wilkes has won caps for Scotland while at Keighley Cougars, Leigh Centurions, Widnes Vikings, and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2003…present 7-caps + 1-cap (sub).

Wilkes is the current leader of consecutive appearances in super league.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ "Harlequins Rugby League". web page. Harlequins Rugby League. 2011. http://www.league.quins.co.uk/squad/squad.php?player=73783&includeref=dynamic. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Oliver Wilkes". Widnes. 2007-07-20. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927201226/http://www.widnesvikings.co.uk/players.php?id=28. Retrieved 2007-07-20. 
3. ^ "Player Stats". Widnes. 2007-07-20. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20070621200401/http://www.widnesvikings.co.uk/playerstats.php. Retrieved 2007-07-20. 
4. ^ "Henderson trio in Scots cup squad". BBC. 2008-08-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7587971.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
5. ^ "Logan back in Scotland cup squad". BBC. 2008-10-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7655662.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-09. 

External links

• Harlequins profile
• Wakefield Trinity Wildcats profile
• Widnes Profile
• Wigan Profile
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

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Name	Wilkes, Oliver
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Date of birth	2 May
Place of birth	Ulverston, Cumbria
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