Martin Pearson
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| Full name | Martin Vickers-Pearson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Centre, Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Pearson (born 24 October 1971) is a former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, Halifax (two spells), the Sheffield Eagles and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, as a goal-kicking fullback, centre, stand-off, or scrum-half,[1][5] and club level rugby union in France for Pau and Toulon.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]International honours
[edit | edit source]Pearson won four caps for Wales between 1998 and 2001, scoring two tries and two goals.[1]
Division Two Premiership Final appearances
[edit | edit source]Martin Pearson played fullback and scored four conversions in Featherstone Rovers' 20-16 victory over Workington Town in the 1992–93 Division Two Premiership Final at Old Trafford, Manchester on Wednesday 19 May 1993.[6]
Career Records
[edit | edit source]Martin Pearson holds Featherstone Rovers' 'The Most Points In A Season' record, with 391-points scored in the 1992–93 season.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- (archived by web.archive.org) Martin Pearson interview at wakefieldwildcats.co.uk
- 2001 Super League Team-by-team guide
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Featherstone Rovers players
- Halifax Panthers players
- Sheffield Eagles (1984) players
- Wakefield Trinity players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Footballers who switched code
- Section Paloise players
- RC Toulon players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Welsh rugby union players
- Welsh expatriate rugby union players in France