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Richard Owen (rugby league)
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Richard Owen born 25 November 1990 in Pontefract
, West Yorkshire
, England
is a rugby league
player for the Castleford Tigers
in the European Super League
, he also played for Featherstone Lions & Westgate Redoubt in his youth.
Owen's position of choice is on the wing, but he can also operate at full-back.
Owen made an impressive start to his Super League career for Castleford in 2008 - scoring 13 tries in 24 games. Due to the team suffering some key injuries he was moved to the wing and formed a good partnership with Michael Shenton towards the end of that year.
Owen played mainly at full back for the Tigers in 2009 where he showed some excellent form.
Sadly, in round three of 2010 Richie suffered a badly broken leg against the Bradford Bulls
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After signing a new two year deal for the Tigers in 2010, Owen made a try scoring return for his club in a round eight victory over Hull FC.
Pontefract
Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
is a rugby league
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 for the Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...
in the European 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...
, he also played for Featherstone Lions & Westgate Redoubt in his youth.
Owen's position of choice is on the wing, but he can also operate at full-back.
Owen made an impressive start to his Super League career for Castleford in 2008 - scoring 13 tries in 24 games. Due to the team suffering some key injuries he was moved to the wing and formed a good partnership with Michael Shenton towards the end of that year.
Owen played mainly at full back for the Tigers in 2009 where he showed some excellent form.
Sadly, in round three of 2010 Richie suffered a badly broken leg against the Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....
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After signing a new two year deal for the Tigers in 2010, Owen made a try scoring return for his club in a round eight victory over Hull FC.