Steve Rule

Stephen "Steve" Rule (born 5 June 1952) is an English-born former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and current rugby union coach. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for English Universities Rugby Union and Cheshire Rugby Football Union, and at club level for Loughborough Students RUFC and Sale, as a fly-half, i.e. number 10, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford and St. Helens (Heritage No. 961), as a fullback, i.e. number 1, and coached representative level rugby union (RU) for Cheshire Rugby Football Union, and at club level for Sale, Lymm RFC, New Brighton and Macclesfield RUFC.[1][2]

Steve Rule
Personal information
Full nameStephen Rule
Born (1952-06-05) 5 June 1952
Bebington, England
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionFly-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1973–73 Loughborough Students RUFC
1973–78 Sale
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1973–73 English Universities
≥1973–≤78 Cheshire
Rugby league
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1978–83 Salford 117 23 384 11 848
1983–84 St. Helens 40 4 49 0 118
Total 157 27 433 11 966
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1981 Wales 1 2 4
Coaching information
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2000– Cheshire
1989–92 Sale
1997–00 Lymm RFC
2000–02 New Brighton
2002–06 Macclesfield RUFC
Source: [1]

Background

Steve Rule was born in Bebington, Cheshire, England.

Playing career

International honours

Steve Rule won a cap for Wales (RL) while at Salford in 1981, qualifying through his grandparents who were born in Aberdare.[1]

Rugby union achievements

Steve Rule won the Universities Athletic Union, Old Belvedere, Bridgend and Glasgow Rugby sevens tournaments with Loughborough Students RUFC in 1973, and represented England in the Bermuda Classic Tournament in 1989.

Career records

Until extended to 14-goals by Steve Blakeley in 2003, Steve Rule jointly held Salford's "Most goals in a game" record with 13-goals scored against Doncaster on 4 September 1981, with Gus Risman and David Watkins.

Coaching career

In 1991, Rule returned to Sale as a coach. At the time, anyone who had played rugby league professionally were normally banned from any involvement in rugby union, but Rule became one of the first English players to be re-instated by the Rugby Football Union.[3] He also went on to coach at Lymm RU,[4] New Brighton,[5] and Macclesfield.[6]

In 2011, he returned to Lymm as director of rugby.[7]

Outside of rugby

Steve Rule retired from playing rugby in 1985 following a neck injury, and currently works as Head of the Pupil Referral Service at Wigan Council.

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  3. "Steve's back under the old rules". Manchester Evening News. 10 April 1991. p. 52 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Lymm RU stroll to victory". Warrington Guardian. 11 December 1998. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. "Blues sign four new players". Wirral Globe. 9 July 2001. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  6. "Hopes and fears as season kicks off". Manchester Evening News. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  7. "Lymm unveil new director of rugby". Warrington Guardian. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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