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17 Facts About Bobbie Goulding

1.

Bobbie Goulding spent one season at Leeds before moving to his hometown club Widnes in 1992.

2.

Bobbie Goulding once kicked 11 goals in a Super League match for St Helens.

3.

Bobbie Goulding represented England at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.

4.

Bobbie Goulding was selected to play for England in the 1995 World Cup Final at scrum-half but Australia won the match and retained the Cup.

5.

Bobbie Goulding was the 1996 Great Britain Lions tour's top point scorer.

6.

Bobbie Goulding was sent off in the 1997 Challenge Cup fourth round match against Wigan Warriors for a high tackle on Neil Cowie during February 1997.

7.

Bobbie Goulding initially received an eight-match ban, but this was reduced to six games following an appeal.

8.

Bobbie Goulding went on to play for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Salford City Reds before ending his career as a player-coach with Rochdale Hornets, with his final appearance as a player coming in 2005.

9.

On 1 June 2014, Bobbie Goulding came out of playing retirement to play in for Barrow Raiders in their Championship fixture against fellow strugglers Rochdale Hornets.

10.

Bobbie Goulding played with number 3+4 on his back, because the number 7 squad number was taken by Barrow Raiders Liam Campbell.

11.

Bobbie Goulding helped the team to only their second victory at that point all season and lifted Barrow Raiders off the bottom of the table.

12.

Bobbie Goulding was sent off for dissent in the next fixture against Doncaster, and received a five-match suspension for the incident.

13.

Bobbie Goulding joined Rochdale Hornets initially as player-coach, and his playing career ended in 2005 after a biceps injury.

14.

Bobbie Goulding left his post at Rochdale Hornets in November 2005, citing frustration at the club's financial problems.

15.

Bobbie Goulding rejoined Rochdale Hornets as a coach in September 2007 before departing again in May 2008.

16.

On 28 February 2009 Bobbie Goulding was named the coach of France.

17.

Bobbie Goulding's job is to try to keep Barrow out of the bottom 5 relegation places as the leagues are being restructured in 2015.