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James Martin (rugby league)
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James Luke Martin is an English rugby league
player formerly with the Huddersfield Giants
. It was announced in July 2007 that James will become a full-time member of the Giants' Super League
squad for the 2008 season. Alongside his rugby career, James studies at Leeds University. James' previous clubs are Newsome Panthers
and Huddersfield Sharks.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player formerly with the Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....
. It was announced in July 2007 that James will become a full-time member of the Giants' Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
squad for the 2008 season. Alongside his rugby career, James studies at Leeds University. James' previous clubs are Newsome Panthers
Newsome Panthers
Newsome Panthers ARLFC is an amateur rugby league club based in Newsome, Huddersfield. The club was founded with only two junior teams in 1995 and has since grown into one of the largest clubs in Yorkshire with teams for children of all ages. More recently the club founded an open-age team into...
and Huddersfield Sharks.