Shane Elford

Shane Elford (born 28 December 1977 in Penrith, New South Wales), is a former Australian rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers and Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL). He played mostly at centre.

Career

Elford had missed Penrith's 2003 NRL grand final-winning team. Had he played he would have been the other dual-premiership winning player at the Tigers at the time (the other being Paul Whatuira who did play in Penrith's 2003 premiership winning team).

Joining Wests Tigers from 2004, Elford was a member of the 2005 NRL Grand Final-winning team, playing at centre in their 30–16 win over the North Queensland Cowboys. Despite an announcement that Elford would be joining the South Sydney Rabbitohs from 2006, he remained with the club for another year.

Following injuries to Benji Marshall and Paul Whatuira during the 2006 season, Elford was trialled at five-eighth during rounds 21 to 26. His first assignment was handling Brisbane Broncos captain Darren Lockyer. The Tigers won that match 20–6 and were the third-last club to beat the eventual premiers before the finals. This was seen as a massive upset as the Tigers were without Marshall, Whatuira and captain Brett Hodgson for the remainder of the 2006 season, and the Broncos were at full strength.

Elford

Coordinates: 52°41′N 1°43′W / 52.69°N 1.72°W / 52.69; -1.72

Elford is a village and civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. It is situated on the east bank of the River Tame, about 5 miles (8 km) east of the City of Lichfield and 5 miles north of Tamworth.

Origins

The village is said to have derived its name from the great number of eels with which the river here formerly abounded. Before the Norman conquest this manor belonged to Ælfgār, Earl of Mercia. In the reign of Henry III, it was held by William de Arderne, whose descendants continued to enjoy it till the marriage of Maud, sole heiress of Sir John Arderne, with Thomas, second son of Sir John Stanley, of Latham, carried it into that family.

Buildings

Elford Hall was a mansion, erected about 1758. The Hall and much of the surrounding land was bequeathed, unexpectedly and much to the chagrin of his family, by the owner Mr Paget to 'the People of Birmingham'. It was intended to be used as leisure facilities or for day trips for the people of Birmingham. By the 1960s, it was torn down. Few reminders of it remain today, but those which do, including a walled garden, are currently the subject of demands for a return to 'the People of Elford'.

Elford (disambiguation)

Elford is a village.

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