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Sean Long
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | September 24, 1976 (age 30) Wigan, England |
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| Height | 5'9" (1.75m) | |
| Weight | 13st 5lbs (85Kg) | |
| Nickname | Longy | |
| Position | Scrum-Half | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | St Helens | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Wigan | ||
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1997 1997 1997-07 |
Wigan Warriors Widnes Vikings St Helens |
4 (0) ? (?) 255 (2142) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1997-06 ?-? |
Great Britain England |
? (?) ? (?) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Sean Long (born September 24, 1976 in Wigan) is a rugby league player who currently plays for St Helens as scrum-half.
Long started his career at his hometown club Wigan Warriors before swiftly moving to Widnes Vikings. His performances for the Vikings caught the eye of several of Super League's top clubs, and he was eventually signed by St Helens when needing a replacement for the departing Bobbie Goulding. Long twice set St Helens club record for most points in a Super League season, kicking 284 points in 1999 (beating Goulding's old record of 257 from 1996) and following up with 352 in 2000[1]
Long has played national rugby league both for England and Great Britain.
Long has won all major honours in the game at club level and is the only player in the history of the Challenge Cup to win three Lance Todd Trophies for man-of-the-match performances after winning the trophy in the 2001, 2004 and 2006 finals.
In 2004, Long was involved in the 2004 rugby league betting scandal which also involved former teammate Martin Gleeson. Long and Gleeson were both fined £7,500 for the scandal and banned from the game for three and four months respectively for breaking rugby league betting rules.
He remains at St Helens RFC and in 2005 passed the two thousand point mark against Huddersfield Giants at Knowsley Road.
In 2006, Long was part of the St Helens rugby team that is regarded as one of the best rugby football teams of all time. During 2006, St Helens won both the Challenge Cup and Engage Rugby Super League and Long was regarded as an integral part of the team.
In 2006, Long was selected for Great Britain in the tri nations. He has stated that it is a "big possibility" that he will play football in the NRL in the future if anyone will have him.[1]. Cronulla Sharks and Kangaroos coach Ricky Stuart expressed some interest in seeing him in the Shire in 2008 but the deal has fallen through.
In the fourth match of the tri-nations, and the first match between Great Britain and Australia, Long played a starring role in allowing Great Britain their first victory in Sydney in 18 years. The Lions won the game 23-12 with Long setting up two tries and kicking three goals and a field goal.
On November 13th 2006, Long returned home from the Tri-Nations tour, with 'personal reasons' being cited as the reason by Great Britain coach Brian Noble.
2007 will be Sean's testimonial year for St. Helens. He kicked off his year by playing Leigh R.L.F.C. Some old St. Helens players came back from retirement to play, Chris Joynt, Tommy Martyn and Paul Newlove. St. Helens won the game 40-10.
Sean and his wife Clare who already have one daughter Olivia have recently celebrated the birth of their second daughter Seini.