Alternative careers of players

[Wolford6]

2 minutes ago, Hela Wigmen said:

Mike Bishay of London Skolars works for Sky on their Rugby League coverage. I’d be interested to know in more detail what he does. 

Dave Redfearn is an electrician for the broadcasts.

[DavidM]

Imran Khan is PM of Pakistan 

[Wolford6]

Jordan James is a barber.

[JonM]

John Cootes was famously the first Roman Catholic priest to be selected for the Kangaroos.

[JonM]

Have I already said Kylie Leuleuai - accountant?

[Red Willow]

Logan  Tomkins is a rat catcher

I remember a time when half the team were learning to be plumbers, think it was Sibbett and Littler era

Scott Taylor has a car business doesn't he?

 

[GUBRATS]

1 hour ago, Chronicler of Chiswick said:

Former Widnes player and Fulham and Warrington player-coach Reg Bowden was a diesel fitter (I'd imagine that he's retired now).

Reg had a window company for a while , did a bit of business with him

[paulwalker71]

8 minutes ago, Wolford6 said:

Jordan James is a barber.

Jamie Foster as well

[Wolford6]

10 minutes ago, JonM said:

John Cootes was famously the first Roman Catholic priest to be selected for the Kangaroos.

Tevita Vaikona is a church minister.

[Cumbrian Fanatic]

I think Kyle Amor was a printer before moving from Whitehaven to Leeds and going full time pro, he certainly worked for a specialist printer

[Futtocks]

4 minutes ago, Wolford6 said:

Tevita Vaikona is a church minister.

So is Fred Ah Kuoi.

[Futtocks]

Va'aiga Tuigamala is a funeral director.

[DavidM]

I’m sure I used to see Hitro Okesene working on the bins 

[JonM]

Stuart Evans (former Saints & Wales RU prop) runs an embroidery business in Auckland. Adrian Hadley (ex Salford & Widnes) is deputy CEO of a large hospice charity in Wales.

[WSRD]

Peter Smethurst of Swinton & others was a window cleaner whilst still playing and the bought a butchers shop in Roe Green Worsley.

[Damien]

Ged Bryne was a window cleaner too.

[DavidM]

Garry Schubert is the big boss of our  Leisure Centre , baths and gym complex

[Futtocks]

Green Vigo.... well, I don't know what his other jobs were, although I heard he drove taxis for a while. But he is also the namesake of a band.

 

[iangidds]

24 minutes ago, JonM said:

Stuart Evans (former Saints & Wales RU prop) runs an embroidery business in Auckland. Adrian Hadley (ex Salford & Widnes) is deputy CEO of a large hospice charity in Wales.

Is Stuart Evans the worst cross code player ?

[Crown Flatter]

5 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

Past or present

I know Brian Noble was a policeman when the game was semi-pro? 

Isn't there a current Halifax player who makes cakes in his shop? 

Anyone got any other good ones? 

Dan Fleming makes cakes. 

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

16 minutes ago, Crown Flatter said:

Dan Fleming makes cakes. 

I'll try them in the peace Hall if the away game happens this year 

[Wolford6]

26 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

I'll try them in the peace Hall if the away game happens this year 

It's actually the Piece Hall, where, pre-Industrial revolution, cloth was bought, treated and sold. Some of the workers had a job where they used to arrive carrying a bucket of the family's wee to wash the pieces of cloth before sale.

[Futtocks]

Anyone been to Mark Flanagan & Jon Wilkin's coffee shops? Any good?

[Leyther_Matt]

20 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Anyone been to Mark Flanagan & Jon Wilkin's coffee shops? Any good?

No, but in a similar vein Cory Paterson (ex Salford, Leigh, Toronto) has a coffee shop in Astley near Leigh.

 

[Derwent]

Phil McKenzie is a physiotherapist in Warrington, a bloody good one too.

Ex Wire prop Gary Chambers is headmaster of a school in Bolton.

Andy Platt is an estate agent in Queensland, also owns a couple of hotels.