Chris Bridge

Chris Bridge (5 July 1984) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre, stand-off and scrum-half in the 2000s and 2010s.

Chris Bridge

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Bridge
Born	(1984-07-05) 5 July 1984 (age 40)[1] Oldham, Greater Manchester, England
Playing information
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Weight	14 st 9 lb (93 kg)[1]
Position	Centre, Stand-off, Scrum-half
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–05 Bradford Bulls 17 4 6 0 28 2005–15 Warrington Wolves 228 107 311 1 1051 2013(loan) → Swinton Lions 1 0 0 0 0 2016–17 Widnes Vikings 35 11 21 0 86 Total 281 122 338 1 1165 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006–07 Ireland 3 2 12 0 32 2009–10 England 4 1 0 0 4
Source: [2][3][4][5]
Relatives	Danny Bridge (brother)

He played for the Bradford Bulls, Warrington Wolves and the Widnes Vikings in the Super League, and on loan from Warrington at the Swinton Lions in the Championship. He played at international level for Ireland and England.^[2][3]

Background

Bridge was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

Has 3 children to his wife Kirsten Kimberlee. 2 daughters and a son Anais Elise, Kaia Kimberlee and Brody Christopher.

Playing career

Club career

Huddersfield Giants

He was in the youth system of the Huddersfield Giants.

Bradford Bulls

Bridge began his career with the Bradford Bulls.

Warrington Wolves

Bridge playing for Warrington in 2007

He had 10 successful seasons with Warrington Wolves. He started the 2008 campaign in superb form, scoring two tries; ultimately being Warrington's first try scorer of the 2008 season. However, during the second match of the season, away to St Helens, he was carried off with a ruptured achilles tendon.^{[citation needed]}

He played in the 2013 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Widnes Vikings

It was confirmed on 14 July 2015 that Bridge signed a two-year deal to play for Widnes Vikings from the start of the 2016 Super League season.^[11]

In June 2017, Bridge announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.^[12]

International career

Ireland

He was named in the Ireland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[13]

England

In November 2010 he opted out of representing England in the Four Nations due to his wife Kirsten Kimberlee giving birth to their first child, Anais Elise.

He was selected to play for England against France in the one-off test in 2010.^[4][14]