Mike Forshaw
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5 January 1970 Wigan, England |
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Playing information
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 8 lb (99 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Scrum-half/Halfback, Hooker, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael "Mike" Forshaw (born 5 January 1970) is an English professional rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, coach. He began his playing career with Wigan in 1987 and went on to play for Wakefield Trinity (captain) (Heritage № 1048), Bradford Bulls, and Warrington Wolves. Known as the "ultimate professional", he played for Great Britain
Born 5 January 1970 in Wigan, Lancashire, Forshaw had a brief stint at Saracens F.C. (RU) and was briefly the Player Performance Lifestyle Advisor for the Rugby Football League.
During the 1991–92 Rugby Football League season, Forshaw played for defending champions Wigan from the interchange bench in their 1991 World Club Challenge victory against the visiting Penrith Panthers.
In 1997 he was named in the Super League Dream Team. In the 1997 post season, Forshaw was selected to play for Great Britain in two matches of the Super League Test series against Australia. Forshaw won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford Bulls in 1997 against Australia (ASL) (2 matches) (sub), in 1998 against New Zealand (sub), in 1999 against New Zealand (sub), in 2001 against France (sub), and Australia (3 matches), in 2002 against New Zealand (3 matches), and in 2003 against Australia (2 matches), and Australia (sub).
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