# Les Quirk

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**Leslie Quirk** (born 6 March 1965) is an English former professional [rugby league](/source/Rugby_league) footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for [Barrow](/source/Barrow_Raiders), [St. Helens](/source/St_Helens_R.F.C.) and [Whitehaven](/source/Whitehaven_R.L.F.C.), as a .

## Playing career

Born in [Ulverston](/source/Ulverston), Quirk started his amateur career at Dalton, and made his professional début for [Barrow](/source/Barrow_Raiders) in 1983. In 1987, he joined [St. Helens](/source/St_Helens_R.F.C.) for a fee of £55,000.[3]

Quirk played in St Helens' 15–14 victory over [Leeds](/source/Leeds_Rhinos) in the [1987–88 John Player Special Trophy](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_League_Cup_(rugby_league)) Final during the [1987–88 season](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_Rugby_Football_League_season) at [Central Park](/source/Central_Park_(Wigan)), [Wigan](/source/Wigan) on Saturday 9 January 1988. He also played in two [Challenge Cup](/source/Challenge_Cup) finals at [Wembley](/source/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)) for Saints in [1989](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_Challenge_Cup) and [1991](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_Challenge_Cup), but was on the losing side on both occasions.

Quirk also represented [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria_rugby_league_team), playing in an 18–13 victory over [France](/source/France_national_rugby_league_team) in October 1988,[4] and a 34–12 victory over [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_national_rugby_league_team) in November 1991.[5]

## References

1. Fletcher, Raymond & Howes, David (1998). *Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1998*. London: Headline. pp. 155–56. ISBN 978-0-7472-7683-8.

1. ["Barrow RL Greats: Paddy McAteer picks his best local 17"](http://www.nwemail.co.uk/sport/barrow-raiders/article/BARROW-RL-GREATS-Paddy-McAteer-picks-his-best-local-17-2b5f634f-e805-45af-b5a3-3b8f2cfb4838-ds). *The Mail*. CN Group. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

1. Fitzpatrick, Paul (20 October 1988). "French lose polish". *The Guardian*. p. 16.

1. Macklin, Keith (6 November 1991). "Papua defence proves their downfall again". *The Times*. p. 43.

## External links

- [Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org](http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/les-quirk/summary.html)
- [Profile at saints.org.uk](http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=16211&num=16211)
- (archived by web.archive.org) [Back on the Wembley trail](https://web.archive.org/web/20121009004532/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/memories/back-on-the-wembley-trail-1.705810?referrerPath=memories%2Farchive)

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