Jermaine McGillvary was born on 16 May 1988 and is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played on the wing for the Wakefield Trinity in the RFL Championship.
22 Facts About Jermaine McGillvary
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Jermaine McGillvary has played for the England Knights, England and Great Britain at international level.
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Jermaine McGillvary has spent time on loan from Huddersfield at Batley and Barrow in the Championship.
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Jermaine McGillvary played junior rugby league for Deighton, but quit the sport after the club folded, and switched to football instead, playing for Dalton Dynamoes, and at semi-professional level for Emley.
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Jermaine McGillvary was working as an apprentice bricklayer when he was persuaded by his cousin, Leroy Cudjoe, to return to rugby league, and he began training with the Huddersfield Giants reserve team.
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Jermaine McGillvary was sent back out on loan to Batley for the 2009 Championship season.
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Jermaine McGillvary scored 21 tries for the club during the season, including five in a single match against Whitehaven on 24 May 2009, equalling the club record.
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Jermaine McGillvary's performances earned him a nomination for the Young Player of the Year award, and he was named in the 2009 Championship team of the season.
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Jermaine McGillvary spent the first part of the 2010 season with Barrow Raiders, scoring eight tries in 11 appearances.
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Jermaine McGillvary's breakthrough came in 2011, starting all but one game for Huddersfield during the season, and scoring 17 tries.
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Jermaine McGillvary signed a new five-year contract with the club, and was awarded the Albert Goldthorpe Rookie of the Year Medal.
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On 4 May 2014, Jermaine McGillvary made his 100th appearance for Huddersfield.
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Jermaine McGillvary finished as Super League's top try scorer in 2015, with 27, and earned selection in the Super League Dream Team.
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On 28 May 2022, Jermaine McGillvary played for Huddersfield in their 2022 Challenge Cup Final loss against Wigan.
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Jermaine McGillvary played 13 games in the 2023 Super League season and scored six tries as Huddersfield finished ninth on the table and missed the playoffs.
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Jermaine McGillvary went on to win the RFL 1895 Cup and the RFL Championship Leaders' Shield.
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Jermaine McGillvary's was selected in Steve McNamara's 24-man England team for their test series against New Zealand in 2015.
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Jermaine McGillvary made his debut for England in the decisive final test-match at the DW Stadium.
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Jermaine McGillvary finished the tournament with seven tries in five games and ran more meters than any other player in the tournament.
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Jermaine McGillvary was selected in England 9s squad for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.
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Jermaine McGillvary was selected in squad for the 2019 Great Britain Lions tour of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Jermaine McGillvary made his Great Britain test debut in the defeat by Tonga.