Adrian Hadley

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Adrian Hadley

Birth name	Adrian Michael Hadley
Date of birth	(1963-03-01) 1 March 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Height	6 ft (183 cm) 1
Rugby league career
Position(s) Wing Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1988-1992 Salford 97+1 (260) 1992-95 Widnes 78+5 (310) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1991-95 Wales^[1] 3+6 ((4))
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) – Cardiff RFC () – Barbarian F.C. () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1997 Sale Sharks () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1983-1988 Wales^[2]^[3] 27 (36)

Adrian Michael Hadley (born 1 March 1963) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached rugby union in the 1990s and 2000s. He played representative rugby union (RU) for Wales (including in the 1987 Rugby World Cup), at invitational level for the Barbarians F.C., and at club level for Cardiff RFC, and the Sale Sharks, as a wing, or centre,^[2][3] and representative rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford and Widnes, as a wing,^[1] and coached club level rugby union (RU) for Sale Sharks.

Background

Adrian Hadley was born in Cardiff, Wales, he was a pupil at Lady Mary High School.

Rugby union career

Hadley attained 29 caps for the Wales rugby union team between 1983 and 1988, scoring nine tries.

Rugby league career

Hadley later switched codes and moved north to join Salford and represented the Wales national rugby league team. Hadley was then signed by Phil Larder the then coach at Widnes in 1992, until his departure in 1995 when he left due to unpaid wages.^[5]

County Cup Final appearances

Adrian Hadley played left wing, i.e. number 5, in Salford's 17–22 defeat by Wigan in the 1988 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1988–89 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 23 October 1988,^[6] and played left wing in the 24–18 defeat by Widnes in the 1990 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 September 1990.

Coaching

He returned to rugby union as player-coach at Sale Sharks in 1996, later becoming director of rugby at the side. He resigned from the post in 2001.

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". ESPN. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. . wru.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. RL Record Keepers' Club
5. "Rugby League: Unpaid Hadley leaves Widnes". The Independent. 31 December 1995. from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2008.
6. . wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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