Jason Golden

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Jason Golden
Personal information
Full name Jason Golden
Date of birth November 6, 1985 (1985-11-06) (age 22)
Place of birth Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 15 st 10 lbs (100 kg)
Nickname(s) The Golden Child
Club information
Position(s) Second row
Current club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Number 23
Youth clubs
Years Club
Oulton Raiders
Hunslet Parkside
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2001 ‐ 06
2006
2007 ‐
Leeds Rhinos
York City Knights
Wakefield Trinity
0 (0)

12 (4)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Jason Golden (born 6 November 1985 in Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a professional rugby league player for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He plays as a second row.

[edit] Wakefield Wildcats

Jason a product of the Leeds Rhinos junior programme, first began playing rugby with Oulton Raiders and then Hunslet Parkside having been born and brought up in Leeds. On his way to becoming a first team regular for the Wakefield Wildcats Jason spent a season on loan at York before moving to the Wildcats.

He made his Super League debut in 2007 for Wakefield, and has been a regular in the side scoring his first try for the against London Skolars in the cup. He has since scored against Hull in April.

[edit] Representative

Selected for the under-18 Great Britain Academy team which beat Australia for the first time. Also played for England at under-18 level. He was also a constant fixture in the junior representative teams.

[edit] Leeds Rhinos

Whilst part of the Rhinos academy he has helped them on there way to winning the 2003 grand final, scoring a hat-trick. He was a promenate fixture in the senior academy side before been moved out on loan to York City Knights were he was selected in the 2006 NL1 all star team and named players player.

He also scored an important winning try in last nights Wakefield V Leeds match, which in all probably will keep Wakefield in super league for another season