Gadwin Springer
Personal information | ||||||
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Nickname | Jam Hot Jerry, The Sodalan Dragon | |||||
Born | French Guiana | 4 April 1993|||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||
Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Prop | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2014–15 | Catalans Dragons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2015– | Castleford Tigers | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Total | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2015–16 | France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: RLP |
Gadwin Springer (born April 4, 1993 in French Guiana) is a French rugby league player for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League. He previously played for Catalans Dragons. He primarily plays as a Prop.
Club career
Catalans Dragons
Springer was born in French Guiana and moved to Toulouse at an early age. He played his junior rugby for Toulouse Olympique and represented France at youth international level. He was signed by Catalans Dragons and made his Super League debut in 2014 as a substitute against St Helens.
Castleford Tigers
On June 12, 2015 Springer joined Castleford Tigers on a two-and-a-half year contract. [1]
International Career
Gadwin was selected for France for their 2015 European Cup campaign. He made his international debut against Ireland in Albi. He also played for France in their mid-tournament test match against England. He was a part of what was considered a 'weakened' French side due to injury and it showed with an appalling showing against their opponents.[2] Springer played in France's lone international fixture of 2016, an end of year test match against England in Avignon.
References
- ↑ Castleford sign French prop Gadwin Springer from Catalans
- ↑ "England demolish France 84-4 in record win". Skysports.com. Retrieved 24 October 2015.