Stuart Reardon
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| Full name | Stuart Reardon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 9 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stuart Reardon is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Bradford Bulls. He plays as a fullback, wing or centre.
Reardon turned professional from West Bowling to sign for Bradford Bulls in 2000, he shot to prominence in late 2002 when former Bulls assistant coach Karl Harrison took over as head coach of Salford City Reds and signed Reardon to boost the Reds' fight against relegation.
He enjoyed a rapid rise from Academy to Super League and Test rugby league between 2002 and 2004. Though the Reds were unable to escape the drop, Reardon earned a call up to the England 'A' tour of Fiji and Tonga, where he worked with Warrington Wolves coach Paul Cullen.
He returned to the Bulls in 2003 and found a place in the first team after a long term injury to Mick Withers, making 20 appearances in the title-winning Bradford Bulls side including the Grand Final against Wigan Warriors. Reardon won the Harry Sunderland Trophy for Man of the Match in the Old Trafford showdown.
The following year he broke into the Great Britain squad for the Tri Nations series, and scored four tries in the tournament. He missed the back end of the 2005 campaign with injury but made the England side at the end of the season, and toured Australia and New Zealand as a stand-by for the Great Britain squad in 2006.
Paul Cullen described as the 'best kick returner in Super League' during the 2006 season, Reardon was the Warrington Wolves leading tackle-buster with 66 in his first year at the club.
Following a conviction and a pending prison sentence for assaulting his estranged wife, Stuart was released from his club contract on 9 April 2009.
On the 11 April 2009, it was announced that he has been signed until the end of the season for Super League club Hull FC, to "add depth to the squad". Eleven days later he was released by Hull FC because he failed a medical due to an Achilles tendon injury sustained in May 2008.
External links
- Bradford Bulls profile
- Player Profile Stuart Reardon player profile
- BBC Article Reardon set for Warrington switch
- BBC Article Unflappable Reardon rises to the occasion
- http://www.hullfc.com/hullfc/contents/?p=3167 "Reardon signs for Hull FC"
- International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
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