Ashley Bateman

Ashley Bateman
Personal information
Full nameAshley Bateman
Born (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 (age 34)
Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Crusaders RL 1 0 0 0 0
2010–14 South Wales Scorpions 101 9 0 0 36
2017 South Wales Scorpions 8 0 0 0 0
2018 West Wales Raiders 1 0 0 0 0
2018 Coventry Bears 13 1 0 0 4
2019–21 West Wales Raiders 13 1 0 0 4
Total 137 11 0 0 44
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–14 Wales 7 3 0 0 12
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2022– West Wales Raiders
Source: [1][2][3]
As of 28 February 2022

Ashley Bateman (born 2 November 1990) is a Welsh international rugby league footballer and coach who played as a wing and is the current head coach for West Wales Raiders in the Betfred League 1.[4] He was previously playing for the Crusaders RL in the Super League.

He previously played for feeder side Crusaders Colts in the National Conference before signing professionally in 2008.[1][2] He made an appearance for the Crusaders (then Celtic Crusaders) in a 35–22 defeat by the Castleford Tigers in round 27 of 2009's Super League XIV.[5] He has also represented his native Wales at international level. He made his international début in an 88–8 win over Serbia in the European Cup.[6] He since played against Ireland, in a 42–12 win,[7] and in the 28–16 victory against Scotland in the final,[8] each time playing on the left wing and scoring in every game.

In October and November 2014, Ashley played international rugby league for the first time in 5-years. He returned after being selected to play in the 2014 European Cup.

  1. ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Statistics at rleague.com". rleague.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Ashley Bateman Profile @ rleague.com". rleague.com. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Wales 88-8 Serbia". rlef.eu.com. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Wales 42-12 Ireland". rlef.eu.com. 1 November 2009. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Wales 28-16 Scotland". rlef.eu.com. 9 November 2009. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2009.