Gerry Ainscough is a former rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 fly half.

Career

He joined Orrell

Orrell R.U.F.C.

Orrell Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union team from the Orrell area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester.The club were founded in 1927, holding a place in the top-tier of rugby union from 1986 to 1997.-1927–1939:...

 as a 13-year-old in 1977. Progressing through the Juniors into the Colts, he was a member of the all-conquering Colts side of 1982/83 that won all 7 trophies entered, including the Lancashire Colts Cup. He made his first team debut as a 19-year-old against Northern in November 1983. He played in two Lancashire Cup

Lancashire Cup (rugby union)

The Lancashire Cup is a Rugby Football Union competition of which any school in the area of Lancashire is allowed to compete in. The team is usually required to win three rounds to qualify for the quarter final.-Setup:...

 winning sides and three losing Pilkington Cup semi-finals (Bath

Bath Rugby

Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...

 1987, Northampton

Northampton Saints

Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....

 1991 and Leicester

Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...

 1994). During his first spell at Orrell he represented Lancashire (1985 to 1993), North of England (1989 to 1993) and England 'B'

England Saxons

England Saxons is the current name of England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England A...

 (1989) and spent the summer of 1990 playing for the Waratah's in Wollongong, Australia.

He moved to Leicester Tigers for the 1992/93 season and, although scoring some spectacular tries at Welford Road

Welford Road Stadium

Welford Road is a rugby union stadium in Leicester, England and is the home ground for Leicester Tigers. It is located between Aylestone Road and Welford Road on the edge of the city centre...

 and again representing England 'B', overall he had a mixed season losing another Pilkington Cup semi-final against Harlequins

Harlequin F.C.

The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...

 in a team transitioning into the major force it was to become later in the 1990s. He returned to Orrell in September 1993, and played his last game in April 1995, the final Courage League game of the 1994/95 season versus Wasps

London Wasps

London Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999...

 at Sudbury

Sudbury, London

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. In the last season of his second stint at Orrell he played for England VII's

England national rugby union team (sevens)

The English national rugby union sevens team compete in the World Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.-Honours:* 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament - Winners* Rugby World Cup Sevens Winners 1993* Hong Kong Sevens Winners 2002* Hong Kong Sevens Winners 2003*...

 in 1995.

He joined Phil Davies

Phil Davies

Phil Davies is a Welsh former rugby union footballer of the 1980s and 90s.-Rugby career:Davies played his club rugby for Llanelli and enjoyed a distinguished 46 cap career for Wales between 1985 and 1995...

 at Leeds Tykes in January 1996 and was the club's top points scorer in 1996/1997 with 307. During that prolific season he set two club records – most conversions in a match (9 v Clifton

Clifton Rugby Football Club

Clifton Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club founded in Clifton, Bristol, England. Over the years the club's home games have been played in a variety of locations in northern Bristol, though never in Clifton itself; since 1976 they have been based at the southern end of Cribbs Causeway.Clifton...

 7 December 1996, still the club record) and most points in a match (27 v Rosslyn Park

Rosslyn Park F.C.

Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union team. Founded in 1879, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892. In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in...

14 September 1996).

He retired in 1998.