Fev Players: Centres

ALL THE ROVERS CENTRES

ALL THE ROVERS CENTRES

Here is a list of everyone who has ever played at centre for the Rovers from the beginning of our professional era in 1921 up until the end of last season (2018). They are listed in the order of appearances in the starting line-up as a centre.

There are just two players who have made more than 200 appearances at centre and they are both Fev Super-Heroes. Steve Quinn is Fev's highest ever points scorer with 2,656 and also the highest goal kicker with 1,200 goals plus 10 drop goals. When Rovers beat Hull in the 1983 Challenge Cup Final both sides scored two tries so it was Steve's goal-kicking that brought the cup back to Featherstone. The other player with over 200 appearances for Fev is Jack Hirst but no one around today ever saw him playing as he was a regular in the Rovers team from 1921-1930. Jack became Fev's first ever international when he played for England against Wales in 1923.

There are 19 players who have made just 99 or more appearances at centre. We chose the figure of 99 for a special reason. It was the number of games at centre for Richard Newlove which means that in the top 19 are a father and two of his sons - John Newlove, Paul and Richard. One of a number of 'Fev families'.

The very large number who only played one or two games at centre includes quite a few who only ever played that many games for Rovers first team but it also includes several who made the odd appearance at centre playing out of their usual position. In that category are John Davies and Luke Briscoe. Perhaps the most surprising inclusion is Trevor Clark who played 125 matches for Fev and 119 of those he started at hooker. But his one game when he started at centre was a notable one. It was the first game of the 1989/90 season in a victory away at Castleford. What a great way to start a season!