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| Full name | Liam Richard Finn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-11-02)2 November 1983 (age 41) Halifax,West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 7 lb (92 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half, Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liam Richard Finn (born 2 November 1983) is a former Ireland Internationalrugby league player. who played as ascrum-half, stand-off orhooker. He is the Assistant Coach ofHuddersfield Giants in theBetfred Super League.
Finn was born inHalifax,West Yorkshire, England.[4]
After brief stints in theSuper League withHalifax and theWakefield Trinity Wildcats as a young player, Finn spent most of his career in the Championship, playing for theFeatherstone Rovers and theDewsbury Rams. He returned to Super League in 2014 with theCastleford Tigers, and played for them in the2014 Challenge Cup Final defeat by theLeeds Rhinos atWembley Stadium.[5]
In October 2015, Finn re-joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on a two-year deal.[4]
In September 2021, Finn announced that he would be retiring at the end of the season.[6]
Abenefitseason/testimonial match for Liam Finn, allocated by theRugby Football League, took place atFeatherstone Rovers during the 2013 season.
Finn was named in theIreland squad for the2008 Rugby League World Cup.[7][8]
In 2010 he represented Ireland in theAlitalia European Cup. Also he followed up his 2009 Championship 1 Player of the Year award with a Championship player of the year award in 2010 forFeatherstone Rovers in his first season back with Rovers.
He was named as captain of Ireland in 2012, and was later confirmed as captain for the2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign.[9]
He is Ireland's joint most capped player alongsideBob Beswick and is also Ireland's record point scorer.
In November 2014, Finn was called up to play for Ireland in their finalEuropean Cup game against Wales. He was a huge influence scoring a total of 18 points in their sides massive 42–14 victory. However, their performance wasn't good enough as Ireland needed to win by 41 points if they were to secure the European Cup title, a place in the2016 Four Nations and2017 Rugby League World Cup.
Unlike 2014, Finn was called up to the Irish squad in October before theEuropean Cup which began on 17 October 2015.
In 2016 he was called up to theIreland squad for the2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.[10]
Finn joined theDewsbury Rams as their head coach in June 2022.[11]
In August 2023, Finn was appointed as head coach of Halifax Panthers on a three-year deal from the 2024 season.[12]
On 26 Sep 2024, it was announced that he would take up an assistant coach role atHuddersfield Giants for 2025[13]