Jamie Rooney
Personal information
Full name	Jamie Rooney
Born	January 3, 1980 (1980-01-03) (age 29)
	Featherstone, Yorkshire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	12 st 10 lbs (76 kg)
Playing information
Position	Stand-Off / Scrum-Half
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998–2002	Featherstone Rovers
2002–2009	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	116	57	320	21	889
2009–	Barrow Raiders	2	0	6	0	12
	Total	118	57	326	21	901
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2005	England	4
As of 11 April 2009

Jamie Rooney is a rugby league footballer who plays for the Barrow Raiders in the Championship on loan the from the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He is also an England international, being an integral part of the 2006 Federation Shield winning side. Rooney is equally at home in both the stand-off and scrum half positions. His son Brennan suffers from cerebal palsy, and a fund called "The Brennan Rooney Fund" was set up by the Wakefield Wildcats and has already made over £70,000 for the fund.

Jamie Rooney made his professional league début in 1999 for Featherstone Rovers (away at Whitehaven, coming off the bench and scoring 1 goal) and quickly became the first choice no. 7 at the age of 19. In two consecutive seasons he scored more than 100 points in the first 10 games, he also in the Featherstone record books for most points in a season.

The England international had an excellent season with the Wildcats in 2006, ammasing 197 points in only 20 games after missing the early part of the season whilst recovering from surgery on a troublesome knee.

Rooney shone for Wakefield again in 2007, playing 25 games and scoring 208 points during 25 appearances. This eventually lead to him earning a place in the Great Britain initial train-on squad for the Gillette Fusion Test series against New Zealand.

As of September 2008, With 17 goals, Jamie is 8th in the list of England's all-time Goal Scorers (behind George Fairbairn, Andrew Farrell, Ernest Ward, James "Jimmy" Ledgard, Wayne Godwin, Bobbie Goulding, & Billy Belshaw), with 50 points he is 5th in the list of England's all-time Point Scorers (behind George Fairbairn, Andrew Farrell, Ernest Ward, & James "Jimmy" Ledgard).

Rooney's autobiography "High Ambitions" was released at the end of March 2009.

In July 2009, Jamie was signed on loan to Co-operative Championship title hopefuls Barrow Raiders.

[edit] External links

• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Raiders beat Widnes to stay top
• Raiders earn Super League boost
• Johnston delighted by Barrow win
• Rooney leaves Wildcats for Barrow