Leigh Hinton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leigh Hinton
Occupation	English Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 21, 1979(1979-02-21)
Age	45
Birthplace	Birmingham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Leigh Hinton Biography

Leigh Hinton is one of the most popular and richest English rugby union player who was born on February 21, 1979 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Leigh Hinton (born 21 February 1979 in Birmingham) is a famous English former union footballer of the rugby league. His primary position was full-back, but Hinton also played at centre or on the wing.

Hinton was among the most prominent players of the struggling Leeds Carnegie side that were exiled out of the Premiership 2007/2008. Hinton remained committed to Leeds while he was as a player for a second time within the 1st division. Hinton has recently scored 400 points in the name of Leeds by scoring a goal with Plymouth Albion at Headingley Carnegie Stadium.

Hinton joined National Division 3 Midlands side Rugby Lions in 2011, as one of many major signings by the club, to help with their ambitions of reaching the Premiership within 5 seasons under new owner Mike Aland. He reached the 200-point landmark in his 13th appearance of the 2011-12 season against Broadstreet, the team he also hit the 300-point mark against on 14 April. On 3 March 2012, in the home match against South Leicester, Hinton broke the Lions’ record for points in a season. Rugby won the league with two games remaining on 31 March 2012, with Hinton kicking 3 penalties (and receiving a yellow card) in a 19-14 win over Dudley Kingswinford. At the end of season awards dinner, Hinton was awarded a special award for having scored the most points for the Lions in the season, finishing with 315. This consisted of 12 tries, 13 penalties and 108 conversions.

Hinton was signed by Leeds on a two-year contract alongside teammate along with Welsh internationally-ranked backrow Rhys Oakley at the start of the 2006-07 season . He was a player from Newport Gwent Dragons making his debut against London Welsh at Headingley on 3 September 2006.

Leigh Hinton Net Worth

Leigh Hinton is one of the richest English Rugby Union Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leigh Hinton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the 2003-04 season , he broke records for the number of tries and conversions in one season for Orrell who finished at 313 points. In the subsequent season, he was the leading point scoring player for the Division, scoring 60 points better than Bristol’s Jason Strange and helping Bedford Blues to their Powergen Shield victory at Twickenham by scoring 9 of the fourteen points during the final.

Hinton is known by the name of the ‘Points Machine during his time in the ranks of Orrell R.U.F.C. in addition to Bedford Blues in National Division One scoring more than 650 points in two seasons, before making the move to Newport at the beginning of 2005/07.

In the summer of 2012, Hinton announced his retirement from Rugby.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Leigh Ranked on the list of most popular English rugby union player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Leigh Hinton celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.