Izaac Farrell
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Born | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England | 30 January 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 13 st 12 lb (88 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Scrum-half, Stand-off | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Father | Anthony Farrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Joel Farrell (brother) |
Izaac Farrell (born 30 January 1998) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half for the Keighley Cougars in the RFL League 1. Izaac is a product of the Giants' academy system[4] and is the son of former Huddersfield, Sheffield, and Leeds player Anthony Farrell and the brother of current Sheffield Eagles player Joel Farrell
Playing career
[edit]Huddersfield Giants
[edit]In 2017 he made his Challenge Cup début for the Huddersfield Giants against the Swinton Lions.[5]
Batley Bulldogs
[edit]In 2018 he joined the Batley Bulldogs in the Betfred Championship on a season long loan.[6]
He made his Super League debut for the Giants in February 2019.[7]
Sheffield Eagles
[edit]In 2020, Farrell joined his brother Joel at Sheffield Eagles, where he has played regularly since his arrival at the Steel City club.
Keighley Cougars (loan)
[edit]On 24 May 2024 it was reported that he had signed for Keighley Cougars in the RFL League 1 on loan[8]
Keighley Cougars
[edit]On 15 Oct 2024 it was reported that he had signed for Keighley Cougars in the RFL League 1 on a 2-year deal.[9]
International
[edit]Scotland
[edit]He made his debut for Scotland in the defeat to Ireland in October 2024 at Gateshead.
Personal life
[edit]Born in England, Farrell is of Jamaican, Trinidadian and Scottish descent.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Players". LoveRugbyLeague. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Izaac Farrell - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ "Player Summary: Izaac Farrell". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ Barrow, Pete (26 April 2017). "Izaac Farrell signs Super League deal for Huddersfield Giants". YorkshireLive.
- ^ "Rugby League - BBC Sport". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Giants half-back Izaac Farrell to spend 2018 at Batley". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ "Izaac Farrell joins Keighley Cougars on loan". Sheffield Eagles. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Nathan Atkinson (15 October 2024). "Keighley Cougars sign Izaac Farrell but eight players leave". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "How the West Indies could line-up if their rugby league team returned". Love Rugby League. 10 January 2023.
- ^ "England Knights v Jamaica: How the two teams could line-up". Serious About Rugby League. 16 July 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1998 births
- Living people
- Batley Bulldogs players
- English people of Jamaican descent
- English people of Scottish descent
- English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- English rugby league players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Jamaica national rugby league team players
- Keighley Cougars players
- Rochdale Hornets players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from Huddersfield
- Scotland national rugby league team players
- Sheffield Eagles players
- Sportspeople of Jamaican descent
- Sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- Swinton Lions players
- Workington Town players
- Scottish rugby league biography stubs
- Jamaican sportspeople stubs
- Caribbean rugby league biography stubs