Spike Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Former wakefield, harlequins, leigh, Wigan , huddersfield and most recently workington town prop Oliver willes has retired from professional rugby league, he was club captain at workington during the last 2 years of his career, he has made over 500 career appearances and over 100 tries, he also played for Scotland for a number of years, best of luck for the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hate the rec Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Spike said: Former wakefield, harlequins, leigh, Wigan , huddersfield and most recently workington town prop Oliver willes has retired from professional rugby league, he was club captain at workington during the last 2 years of his career, he has made over 500 career appearances and over 100 tries, he also played for Scotland for a number of years, best of luck for the future A true professional, enjoy your retirement marra, all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 7 hours ago, SL17 said: Did'nt he venture to Barrow also? Well played Ollie, all the best.. And Whitehaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshmagpie Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 A brilliant player and bloke. Enjoy retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 44 minutes ago, Davo5 said: And Whitehaven For 1 game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Spike said: For 1 game 6 actually the same amount of games he played for Wigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BD20Cougar Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 10 hours ago, Spike said: Former wakefield, harlequins, leigh, Wigan , huddersfield and most recently workington town prop Oliver willes has retired from professional rugby league, he was club captain at workington during the last 2 years of his career, he has made over 500 career appearances and over 100 tries, he also played for Scotland for a number of years, best of luck for the future Played more times for Keighley then any other club if Wikipedia is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GUBRATS Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 4 hours ago, SL17 said: No he had two spells at Leigh. Doesn't everybody ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdesert Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 16 hours ago, Spike said: Former wakefield, harlequins, leigh, Wigan , huddersfield and most recently workington town prop Oliver willes has retired from professional rugby league, he was club captain at workington during the last 2 years of his career, he has made over 500 career appearances and over 100 tries, he also played for Scotland for a number of years, best of luck for the future 500 games of RL at any level is a hell of an achievement. Going to be a long time rubbing his knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Remember watching him during his brief spell at Wigan, stands out in my memory since although we were absolutely awful at that time he always seemed to be trying his best. Interview on rugby-league.com: https://www.rugby-league.com/championship__league_1/article/55605/my--years-in-rugby-league---oliver-wilkes?utm_source=CRM&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RFL_20190830_EML_LeighYork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huddiepuddies Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 One player at Wakefield you could never criticise for lack of effort; not too bad a player either. All the best in retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Eleven (?) professional clubs and a 21-year career is pretty good going for a prop forward. Always remember him scoring the match-winning try for Scotland against Fiji in the 2008 world cup, their first ever win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Absolute tough nut of a player and even more important an awesome ad off the field . Hope the RFL / Cumbria RL / Cumbrian Clubs can keep him involved in the game up there after retirement ,the sort of positive individual the game needs ... But then again I wont hold my breath ....;_( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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