Leroy Cudjoe
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Leroy Cudjoe is an English professional rugby league
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 footballer with the Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants
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 of Super League
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.

Leroy attended Newsome High School and Sports College. Leroy's previous club is the 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...

. His origin is Grenadian
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 where his father's family originated.

Leroy joined the Giants' Academy aged 16 and was awarded a full-time contract at the end of the 2006 season.

He was selected to play for Yorkshire Academy in the fixture against Lancashire Academy in the 2005 season. This fixture is often seen as a trial game for the full England Academy team and although he initially made the England training squad, Leroy missed out on a place in the final England squad.

His 2007 season was partly disrupted due to a broken hand sustained in May, and he did not make a first team appearance although won the Giants Reserves Player of the Year award at the end of the season.

He made his Super League debut in Round 1 of 2008 against Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

. He scored his first competitive try for the club in the 50-16 defeat of Hull KR
Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is an English professional rugby league football club based in Hull, England. The club formed in 1882 and currently competes in Super League, having won promotion from National League One in 2006...

 in May 2008.

He played his first match for England in the 2010 Four Nations tournament.

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