Jamie Peacock

Jamie Peacock

Personal information
Full name	James Peacock
Date of birth	December 14 1977 (1977-12-14) (age 30)
Place of birth	Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Height	6 ft 5 ins (1.96 m)
Weight	17 st 0 lbs (108 kg)
Nickname(s)	Pea
Club information
Position(s)	Prop / Second Row
Current club	Leeds Rhinos
Number	10
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Stanningley
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1999 – 2005 2006 – present	Bradford Leeds	207 25 (12)
Representative teams
2000 2001	England Great Britain	23
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

James "Jamie" Peacock (born 14 December 1977) is a professional rugby league player for the Leeds Rhinos. He plays as a prop.

Bradford Bulls

Peacock is a product of the Leeds Rhinos junior programme later to join the Bulls junior programme, but first began playing rugby with Stanningley ARLFC having been born and brought up in Leeds. On his way to becoming a first team regular for the Bradford Bulls Jamie spent a month on loan at Featherstone Rovers and that season made four appearances and scored one try. He also enjoyed a spell at University of Wollongong in Australia as he learned his rugby trade. He made his Super League debut in 1999 for Bradford, making two starts and 16 substitute appearances for the club, scoring six tries. However, it was the following year that he really cemented his place in the side helping the Bulls to Challenge Cup success over Leeds at Murrayfield. During his time with the Bulls he won every honour available, with Grand Final, Challenge Cup and World Club Challenge honours to his credit with Peacock recognised as being one of the key ingredients of this success. He has rightly gained a reputation as one of the best forwards in world rugby and is a player who has gained respect from not just the fans but the critics as well as his peers, winning such accolades as Man of Steel, Players’ Player of the Year and Rugby League Writers’ Player of the Year. In 2002, saw Peacock play a major role in the Bulls World Club Challenge success over Newcastle Knights and made 30 appearances as the Bulls again returned to Old Trafford only to lose out to a Sean Long drop goal. However, the Bulls and Peacock in particular were unstoppable as they captured the Challenge Cup, League Leaders and Grand Final trophies ahead of Leeds and Wigan respectively and Peacock was named Players Player of the Year, Rugby League Writers Player of the Year and Man of Steel. The Bulls once again lifted the World Club Challenge trophy, defeating Penrith Panthers at the start of 2004 and battled all the way with the Rhinos to Old Trafford were Leeds finally got the advantage over their old nemesis. Peacock was honoured with the captaincy at Bradford in his final year at Odsal and helped the side claim the 2005 Super League Trophy when the side defeated the Rhinos in the final at Old Trafford.

England

Peacock earned himself a place in John Kear’s England side for the 2000 World Cup. He made four appearances in the World Cup that year, scoring an impressive six tries which including a hat trick against Fiji at Headingley.

Great Britain

In 2001, he capped the season by making his Great Britain debut against Australia scoring a try on his debut in the first test victory at Huddersfield. He has since become a permanent presence in the Great Britain squad making 14 appearances, all but three of which have been in the starting line up. Peacock was made captain of Great Britain for the 2005 and 2006 Gillette Tri-Nations tournaments due to injuries to Paul Sculthorpe. Peacock had a good tri nations being named the best forward in the world.

Leeds Rhinos

Leeds born Peacock joined the club he supported as a boy this season from local rivals Bradford Bulls. He made his Rhinos debut against Huddersfield on the opening day of the 2006 season. Peacock played a starring role in Leeds' 33-6 Grand Final defeat of then reigning champions' St Helens. He played a full 80 minutes to win his 4th Super League champions ring.

External links

• 2001 Ashes profile

England squad - 2000 Rugby League World Cup Semi-Finalists - Current squad

Andy Farrell (c) •  Paul Anderson •  Paul Deacon •  Stuart Fielden •  Darren Fleary •  Mike Forshaw •  Andy Hay •  Harvey Howard •  Sean Long •  Nathan McAvoy •  Adrian Morley •  Scott Naylor •  Jamie Peacock •  Leon Pryce •  Kris Radlinski •  Paul Rowley •  Paul Sculthorpe •  Keith Senior •  Kevin Sinfield •  Tony Smith •  Stuart Spruce •  Francis Stephenson •  Chev Walker •  Paul Wellens • coach John Kear

•  • e 2001 Bradford Bulls Super League Grand Final Winning Team
1. Michael Withers • 2. Tevita Vaikona • 3. Scott Naylor • 4. Graham Mackay • 5. Leon Pryce • 6. Henry Paul • 7. Robbie Paul(captain) 8. Joe Vagana • 9. James Lowes • 10. Brian McDermott • 11. Jamie Peacock • 12. Daniel Gartner • 13. Mike Forshaw 14. Paul Deacon • 15. Paul Anderson • 16. Shane Rigon • 17. Stuart Fielden Coach. Brian Noble

•  • e 2002 World Club Challenge Winners
1. Michael Withers • 2. Tevita Vaikona • 3. Scott Naylor • 4. Lee Gilmour • 5. Lesley Vainikolo • 6. Robbie Paul • 7. Paul Deacon 8. Joe Vagana • 9. James Lowes (captain) • 10. Brian McDermott • 11. Jamie Peacock • 12. Daniel Gartner • 13. Mike Forshaw 14. Leon Pryce • 15. Stuart Fielden • 16. Paul Anderson • 17. Brendan Costin Coach. Brian Noble

•  • e 2002 Bradford Bulls Super League Grand Finalists
1. Michael Withers • 2. Tevita Vaikona • 3. Scott Naylor • 4. Brenden Costin • 5. Lesley Vainikolo • 6. Robbie Paul • 7. Paul Deacon 8. Joe Vagana • 9. James Lowes (captain) • 10. Stuart Fielden • 11. Jamie Peacock • 12. Daniel Gartner • 13. Mike Forshaw 14. Leon Pryce • 15. Brian McDermott • 16. Paul Anderson • 17. Lee Gilmour Coach. Brian Noble

•  • e 2003 Challenge Cup Winners
1. Robbie Paul (captain)• 2. Tevita Vaikona • 3. Scot Naylor • 4. Shontayne Hape • 5. Lesley Vainikolo • 6. Leon Pryce • 7. Paul Deacon 8. Joe Vagana • 9. James Lowes • 10. Lee Radford • 11. Jamie Peacock • 12. Daniel Gartner • 13. Mike Forshaw 14. Karl Pratt • 15. Lee Gilmour • 16. Paul Anderson • 17. Rob Parker Coach. Brian Noble

•  • e 2003 Bradford Bulls Super League Grand Final Winning Team
1. Stuart Reardon • 2. Tevita Vaikona • 3. Michael Withers • 4. Shontayne Hape • 5. Lesley Vainikolo • 6. Karl Pratt • 7. Paul Deacon 8. Joe Vagana • 9. James Lowes (captain) • 10. Stuart Fielden • 11. Jamie Peacock • 12. Daniel Gartner • 13. Mike Forshaw 14. Leon Pryce • 15. Robbie Paul • 16. Paul Anderson • 17. Lee Radford Coach. Brian Noble

•  • e 2004 World Club Challenge Winners
1. Michael Withers • 2. Tevita Vaikona • 3. Shontayne Hape • 4. Paul Johnson • 5. Lesley Vainikolo • 6. Leon Pryce • 7. Karl Pratt 8. Paul Anderson • 9. Aaron Smith (captain) • 10. Stuart Fielden • 11. Jamie Peacock • 12. Lee Radford • 13. Logan Swann 14. Joe Vagana • 15. Rob Parker • 16. Jamie Langley • 17. Stuart Reardon Coach. Brian Noble

•  • e 2004 Bradford Bulls Super League Grand Finalists
1. Michael Withers • 2. Stuart Reardon • 3. Paul Johnson • 4. Shontayne Hape • 5. Lesley Vainikolo • 6. Iestyn Harris • 7. Paul Deacon 8. Joe Vagana • 9. Robbie Paul (captain) • 10. Stuart Fielden • 11. Jamie Peacock • 12. Logan Swann • 13. Lee Radford 14. Karl Pratt • 15. Jamie Langley • 16. Paul Anderson • 17. Rob Parker Coach. Brian Noble

•  • e 2005 Bradford Bulls Super League Grand Final Winning Team
1. Michael Withers • 2. Leon Pryce • 3. Ben Harris • 4. Shontayne Hape • 5. Lesley Vainikolo • 6. Iestyn Harris • 7. Paul Deacon 8. Brad Meyers • 9. Ian Henderson • 10. Stuart Fielden • 11. Jamie Peacock • 12. Paul Johnson (captain)• 13. Lee Radford 14. Joe Vagana • 15. Robbie Paul • 16. Adrian Morley • 17. Jamie Langley Coach. Brian Noble