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Iestyn HarrisIestyn Harris (born 25 June 1976) is a rugby player. He is a dual-code rugby international. Starting in rugby league, he became a star. He then had a stint in rugby union between 2001 and 2004. He was hailed as the saviour of Welsh rugby, but proved not to be a complete success. He then returned to league. Harris was born in Oldham, England, but qualified for Wales because of his father's nationality. His career in rugby begen with League club Warrington before a record breaking 350,000 transfer to Leeds Rhinosin 1997. He was appointed captain in his first full season at the age of twenty one, and became the first Leeds skipper in a decade to lift silverware when Leeds claimed the 1999 Challenge Cup. Harris initially played at full back before being switched to stand-off. In 1998 he collected the annual Man of Steel trophy as the best player in Superleague. A superb goal kicker, he broke the club record for goals in a season in 1999 with 168, and broke the 2,000 career points total two years later. In 2001 he had a 1.5 Million move to Cardiff Blues and Wales. Here, he was hailed as the "saviour of Welsh rugby", who would help Wales return to the glory years of the 1970s. He was expected to be the next Welsh fly-half, a position which Wales had been blessed with good players in the past. However, he was thrown into the Welsh side and struggled at fly-half particularly with his kicking. This led to a move to inside centre, where he could be creative with less pressure. Harris proved to be a good union player, but nowhere near the mercurial heights expected of him, and his price tag. He gained 25 Wales caps, but in 2004 moved back to rugby league joining the Bradford Bulls. Many Welsh rugby union fans and Leeds Rhinos fans consider him a traitor. Harris, Iestyn Harris, Iestyn Harris, Iestyn Harris, Iestyn
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