Steve Pilgrim is an English former rugby union and rugby league footballer, who played rugby union for Wasps and England B.[2]
| Full name | Steve Pilgrim | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 October 1967[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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In 1993, Pilgrim was banned from rugby union for a year.[3] At the time, the Rugby Football Union had a stance of banning players who played rugby league: at the time, league was a professional code and union was amateur. By playing as an anonymous triallist in a reserve match for Leeds, Pilgrim fell foul of the disciplinary code.[4]
The Leeds coach, Doug Laughton, stressed that Pilgrim had only received expenses for his game against Wakefield Trinity on Tuesday night. "There will be 10 or 15 players at Cardiff Arms Park who have earned a lot more from rugby than Steve Pilgrim," he said.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Steve Pilgrim - Playing Career". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Rugby League: RL hints at action over Pilgrim ban". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ Jones, Chris (9 September 1994). "Now mellow Pilgrim is on long road back". Evening Standard. p. 68. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Union ban Pilgrim for trial". The Guardian. 5 February 1993. p. 19. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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