Gene Ormsby is a former English rugby league footballer who most recently played for the Barrow Raiders in the Championship.[1][2] He plays on the wing.

Gene Ormsby
Personal information
Born (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 32)
Oldham, England
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight15 st 13 lb (101 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–14 Swinton Lions 19 2 0 0 8
2014–16 Warrington Wolves 42 29 0 0 116
2015(loan) N Wales Crusaders 2 0 0 0 0
2016(loan) Huddersfield Giants 7 6 0 0 24
2017–18 Huddersfield Giants 4 0 0 0 0
2017(loan) Oldham 1 0 0 0 0
2018 Barrow Raiders 8 4 0 0 16
Total 83 41 0 0 164
Source: [1][2]
As of 19 March 2018

Ormsby joined Warrington at the age of 16 from amateur side Oldham St Annes ARLFC.[3] After spending time as a dual registered player at Swinton, he made his Super League début in February 2014 against Leeds. Ormsby enjoyed a successful opening season with the Wolves, scoring 12 tries in his opening season. He scored his first career hat trick against the Salford in June 2015 in a 34–18 win.[citation needed]. He has also had a loan spell at Oldham RLFC.

In 2016, he was called up to the initial Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.;[4] however, he did not make the cut for the final 22-man squad.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ Bysouth, Alex (26 June 2014). "Producing good Genes: Ormsby has the Wolves DNA". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
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