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Jordan James
Personal information
Full name	Jordan James
Born	May 24, 1980 (1980-05-24) (age 29)
Height	6 ft 2 ins (1.88 m)
Weight	16 st 11 lbs (107 kg)
Playing information
Position	Prop / Second row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Sheffield Eagles
	Castleford Tigers
	Swinton Lions
2006	Wigan Warriors	6				12
2006 ‐ 07	Widnes Vikings
2008	Celtic Crusaders
	Total	6	0	0	0	12
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003 ‐	Wales	12				12

Jordan James, born 24 May 1980 is an Welsh rugby league player.

Jordan James plays for the Celtic Crusaders in the Super League. He also plays for Wales.

His primary position is as a prop and he can also operate as a second-row forward.

James is a former Sheffield Eagles player who moved to Castleford Tigers where he was offered a full-time contract. He won the Supporters Club Player of the Year in 2004 while at Sheffield Eagles. James is also a Welsh international who played alongside Ian Watson in the Euro-Nations Cup. He then went on to play for the Swinton Lions in Rugby League National League 2 before, in 2006, he was bought by Wigan Warriors for an undisclosed fee.

Wigan Warriors coach Ian Millward bought Jordan James to try to help Wigan after several key players became injured during the 2006 Super League season. James had also had offers from Whitehaven but turned them down to join Wigan. Since joining Wigan James has played 4 games scoring 2 tries; one against St Helens and the other against Harlequins. Jordan James along with Oliver Wilkes were loaned out by Wigan to allow Wigan to sign prop forward Stuart Fielden, James is now^[when?] on loan at National League 1 team Widnes Vikings and will be until the end of the 2006 season. In July 2006 Wigan Warriors decided to release James from his contract at the club allowing him to sign for Widnes Vikings.

He was signed by Wigan during a run of injuries at the Super League club. He later joined Widnes initially on loan in 2006, a move that he later made permanent.^[1]

Jordan James was a revelation with Widnes, in 2007 scoring 6 tries in 23 games.^[2]

He has been named in the Wales squad to face England at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[3]

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[edit] External links

• Widnes Profile
• Warriors Sign Jordan James