Stuart Reardon is an
English fitness model and professional rugby league footballer who is
currently playing for AS Carcassonne in the French Elite One
Championship. He plays as a fullback, wing or centre. He most previously
played with Crusaders RL. Reardon turned professional from West Bowling
to sign for Bradford Bulls in 2000, he shot to prominence in late 2002
when former Bulls assistant coach Karl Harrison took over as head coach
of Salford City Reds and signed Reardon to boost the Reds' fight against
relegation.
He enjoyed a rapid rise
from Academy to Super League and Test rugby league between 2002 and
2004. Though the Reds were unable to escape the drop, Reardon earned a
call up to the England 'A' tour of Fiji and Tonga, where he worked with
Warrington Wolves coach Paul Cullen.
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He returned to the Bulls
in 2003 and found a place in the first team after a long term injury to
Michael Withers, making 20 appearances in the title-winning Bradford
Bulls side, including being fullback in the 2003 Super League Grand
Final against Wigan Warriors in which he scored a try. Reardon scored a
try and won the Harry Sunderland Trophy for his man-of-the-match
performance at the Old Trafford showdown. Reardon represented England
'A' while at Bradford Bulls in the 2003 European Nations Cup against
Wales and France. Having won Super League VIII, Bradford played against
2003 NRL Premiers, the Penrith Panthers in the 2004 World Club
Challenge. Reardon played from the interchange bench in the Bulls' 22-4
victory. Later that year year Reardon played for the Bradford Bulls on
the wing in their 2004 Super League Grand Final loss against the Leeds
Rhinos.
He broke into the Great
Britain squad for the 2004 Tri Nations series, and scored four tries in
the tournament. Reardon won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford
Bulls in 2004 against Australia (3-matches), and New Zealand
(2-matches), and won caps for England while at Bradford Bulls in 2005
against France, and New Zealand (sub). He missed the back end of the
2005 campaign with injury but made the England side at the end of the
season, and toured Australia and New Zealand as a stand-by for the Great
Britain squad in 2006. Paul Cullen described as the 'best kick returner
in Super League' during the 2006 season, Reardon was the Warrington
Wolves leading tackle-buster with 66 in his first year at the club.
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