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Francis Cummins (born October 10, 1976 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England) is a former English rugby league footballer. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dewsbury is a Market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games His position of choice was fullback though he also regularly played at centre and winger. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench

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Early Honours

Francis grew up in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire and was the captain of both St. Dewsbury is a Market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of John Fisher's school team (1988-93) which were regular finalists in the Yorkshire Cup and St. John Fisher's ARLFC. St. John Fisher's school team has produced some notable English rugby league talents over the years including Francis Maloney, Ryan Sheridan, Adrian Flynn and Tommy Gallagher. When playing at St. John Fisher, his preferred position was stand-off and he was also the designated goal-kicker. Francis represented England schoolboys when he was 15 years old.

His sporting heroes growing up were former Leeds star Gary Schofield and ex-Manchester United and England football captain, Bryan Robson. Garry Schofield OBE (born Hunslet, Leeds) is an English former Rugby league footballer Bryan Robson OBE (born 11 January 1957 is an English former football manager and a former player

Rugby career

He played for Leeds throughout his whole career between 1993-2005. Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or Rhinos, are an English professional Rugby league football club based in Leeds Cummins has also played on several occasions for Great Britain and also Ireland at international level. Great Britain was traditionally one of the major national teams playing Rugby league. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world He is the youngest player ever to appear in a Challenge Cup at Wembley. The Challenge Cup (as of 2008 known as the Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons is a knockout cup competition for Rugby league clubs across Europe Wembley is an area located in North-West London, England which forms the northern part of the London Borough of Brent. He was aged just 17 years and 200 days when Leeds lost to Wigan in 1994, although Francis did score a memorable length-of-the-field try during the game. Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or Rhinos, are an English professional Rugby league football club based in Leeds Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional Rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

International Duty

Francis made his debut for England in 1995 against France at Gateshead when he scored a hat-trick on his debut and then played for Emerging England in 1998 against Wales. He made his Great Britain debut later that year playing in the last two Tests against New Zealand. In 1999 he gained two more caps for Great Britain in the Tri-Series against Australia and New Zealand. Unfortunately, injury struck in 2000 and Francis made the tough decision to pull out of that year's World Cup. He was later to rate this as the worst moment of his career. 2001 saw Francis revert to playing for Ireland, making his debut in France. He continued this in 2003 when he played at full back in both games for Ireland in the European Nations Cup.

Leeds Rhino's Records

Francis set a new club record for consecutive appearances for Leeds at the end of the 2003 season with a total of 178 appearances. He is the seventh highest try scorer in the history of the club with total of 188 tries at the end of 2004, making him the most prolific try scorer in the past twenty years of the club.

Following his retirement from playing in 2005 after playing for Leeds Rhinos for 12 years, Cummins has now been appointed as assistant coach at Leeds Rhinos.

He is married to Katy and has two children.

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