{{short description|English rugby league footballer}} {{About|the footballer|the One Life to Live character|Austin Buchanan (One Life to Live)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Austin Buchanan |fullname = |image = |image_size = 250px |caption = |position = {{Rlp|WG}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|5|22}} |birth_place = Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}} |weight = {{convert|13|st|10|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |retired = no |club1 = Leeds Rhinos |year1start = 2003 |year1end = |appearances1 = 0 |tries1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 0 |club2 = → London Broncos |year2start = 2003<small>(loan)</small> |year2end = |appearances2 = 4 |tries2 = 2 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 8 |club3 = York City Knights |year3start = 2004 |year3end = |appearances3 = 16 |tries3 = 15 |goals3 = 2 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 64 |club4 = {{nowrap|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats}} |year4start = 2005 |year4end = 07 |appearances4 = 8 |tries4 = 3 |goals4 = 0 |fieldgoals4 = 0 |points4 = 12 |club5 = → York City Knights |year5start = 2005<small>(loan)</small> |year5end = |appearances5 = 4 |tries5 = 2 |goals5 = 0 |fieldgoals5 = 0 |points5 = 8 |club6 = → York City Knights |year6start = 2006<small>(loan)</small> |year6end = |appearances6 = 12 |tries6 = 4 |goals6 = 0 |fieldgoals6 = 0 |points6 = 16 |club7 = Dewsbury Rams |year7start = 2008 |year7end = 15 |appearances7 = 132 |tries7 = 64 |goals7 = 0 |fieldgoals7 = 0 |points7 = 256 |club8 = York City Knights |year8start = 2016 |year8end = |appearances8 = 16 |tries8 = 8 |goals8 = 0 |fieldgoals8 = 0 |points8 = 32 | updated = {{date|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|DMY}} | source = [https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/playersummary.php?tselect=490] | module = {{infobox person | embed = yes | father = Gerban Alestor Buchanan | mother = Moyna Buchanan | spouse = | education = | alma_mater = | relatives = Jodie Broughton (half-brother)<br>Jamie Jones-Buchanan (half-brother) }} }}
'''Austin Buchanan''' (born 22 May 1984<ref name="Dewsbury">[http://dewsbury.rugbyleague.org/playerprofiles.htm Dewsbury Rams player profiles - Dewsbury.rugbyleague.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309212702/http://dewsbury.rugbyleague.org/playerprofiles.htm|date=9 March 2008 }} Retrieved 26 February 2008.</ref>) is a professional rugby league footballer for Dewsbury.<ref name="Dewsbury"/>
Buchanan started playing at age 14 at Milford and went on to play for Leeds (Academy), York City Knights (two spells), Castleford Tigers,<ref name="Dewsbury"/> London Broncos<ref name="RL stats">[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Austin_Buchanan.html Rugby League Project stats]</ref> and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.<ref name="Dewsbury"/> He was twice an Academy Winner with Leeds, a National League Two Grand Final runner-up with York and the following year won promotion from National League Two with York.<ref name="Dewsbury"/>
According to the Dewsbury website, 2008 marks Buchanan's second year with Dewsbury and he "looks to have pretty much secured his place in the first team."<ref name="Dewsbury"/>
He is the half-brother of Leeds and Great Britain international Jamie Jones-Buchanan.
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==External links== *(archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20080309212702/http://dewsbury.rugbyleague.org/playerprofiles.htm Dewsbury Rams player profiles - Dewsbury.rugbyleague.org] *[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/austin-buchanan/summary.html Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org] *[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/wakefield-profiles/Wildcats-squad-Austin-Buchanan.2061300.jp Wildcats squad: Austin Buchanan - YorkshirePost.co.uk]
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