1. Francis Cummins was born on 12 October 1976 and is the former Head Coach of the Widnes Vikings in the Super League and an English professional rugby league coach and former player.
18 Facts About Francis Cummins
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Francis Cummins was the head coach of Super League team the Bradford Bulls from September 2012 until July 2014.
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Francis Cummins was born and grew up in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England.
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Francis Cummins's sporting heroes growing up were former Leeds star Garry Schofield, and ex-Manchester United, and England football captain, Bryan Robson.
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Francis Cummins represented England schoolboys when he was 15 years old.
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Francis Cummins has played on several occasions for Great Britain, and Ireland at international level.
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Francis Cummins is the youngest player ever to appear in a Rugby League Challenge Cup at Wembley Stadium, London.
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Francis Cummins was aged just 17 years and 200 days when Leeds lost to Wigan in 1994, although Francis did score a memorable length-of-the-field try during the match.
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Francis Cummins made his debut for England in 1995 against France at Gateshead when he scored a hat-trick of tries, he then played for Emerging England in 1998 against Wales.
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Francis Cummins made his Great Britain debut later that year playing in the last two Tests against New Zealand.
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Francis Cummins played for Leeds Rhinos as a centre in their 1998 Super League Grand Final loss to the Wigan Warriors.
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Unfortunately, injury struck in 2000 and Francis Cummins made the tough decision to pull out of that year's World Cup.
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Francis Cummins was later to rate this as the worst moment of his career.
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In 2001 Francis Cummins married Katy and has three children.
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Francis Cummins continued this in 2003 when he played as a fullback in both matches for Ireland in the European Nations Cup.
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Francis Cummins set a new club record for consecutive appearances for Leeds Rhinos at the end of the 2003's Super League VIII with a total of 178 appearances.
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Francis Cummins is the seventh highest try scorer in the history of the club with total of 188 tries at the end of 2004, making him the most prolific try scorer in the past twenty years of the club.
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In 2010 Francis Cummins decided to leave Leeds Rhinos and take the opportunity as the assistant coach at West Yorkshire rivals, the Bradford Bulls for the upcoming season.