Jon Steel

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birth_date
birth_place	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England
height
weight	13 st
position
club1	Hull Kingston Rovers
year1start	2005
year1end	08
appearances1	67
tries1	40
goals1	15
fieldgoals1	0
points1	190
club2	Featherstone Rovers
year2start	2009
year2end	10
appearances2	39
tries2	25
goals2	0
fieldgoals2	0
points2	100
ru_position	Wing
ru_club1	Northampton Saints
ru_club2	Glasgow Warriors
ru_club3	Border Reivers
ru_teamA	Scotland
ru_yearAstart	2000
ru_yearAend	01
ru_appearancesA	5
ru_triesA	0
ru_goalsA	0
ru_fieldgoalsA	0
ru_pointsA	0
teamA	Scotland
yearAstart	2005
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appearancesA	10
triesA	4
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pointsA	16
retired	yes
source
updated	23 May 2021
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Jon Steel , full name ** Jonathan Steel** , also known by the nicknames of "Steely" and "Old Boy", is a former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played professionally from 1996 until 2013. He played in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers, and in the Championship for Featherstone Rovers. In rugby union, he represented Scotland at youth level and full international level before switching codes in 2005. He is a treble international having represented Scotland in Rugby Union, Rugby League and Rugby Sevens.

Steel was named Player of the Year for Glasgow Caledonians, now called Glasgow Warriors (rugby union) in 2000. He had his first full rugby union international cap for Scotland against USA on 4 November 2000, at the age of 20. At this point he was the 4th youngest capped player in Scottish rugby union history. The rest of the international season was heavily disrupted due to the Foot and Mouth outbreak of 2001, but Steel played in the delayed 2001 Six Nations Championship match against Ireland at Murrayfield in September 2001, in which Scotland beat Ireland 32–10. He had a further 3 international rugby union caps against Australia, All Blacks and Tonga. After switching codes, he was also named Scotland Rugby League Player of the Year in 2005.

Steel played a huge role in Hull Kingston Rovers' promotion (to Super League) season in 2006. Following the promotion, Steel made a big impact in the initial stages of their first Super League season but was unfortunate to suffer a badly broken leg after only a handful of games. He was ruled out for most of the year as a result. He developed an ability to dodge rounds during his injury break.

Background

Steel was born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, though qualified to play for Scotland through his Glaswegian father.

Career

Steel formerly played for in rugby union. Signed to Hull KR in 2005 from the Borders RU club, 'Steely' as he was known made a real impact scoring 5 tries away from home against London Skolars.

He played in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, scoring a try against Fiji in their winning pool B match on 5 November.

References

References

1. "Jon Steel".
2. [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jon-steel/summary.html RLP]
3. [https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/jon-steel/ loverugbyleague]
4. (29 August 2008). "Henderson trio in Scots cup squad". BBC.
5. (8 October 2008). "Logan back in Scotland cup squad". BBC.
6. (5 November 2008). "Scotland beat Fiji in Rugby League World Cup 2008". The Daily Telegraph.

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