Liam Colbon

He initially played for; Orrell St. James ARLFC and Hindley ARLFC.

Colbon played for Orrell St. James and Hindley ARLFC before joining Wigan. He attended St Peter's Catholic High School. He spent several season in Wigan Warriors Youth Development setup before making his first team début after coming on as a substitute in Terry O'Connor's testimonial match against London Broncos in November 2003. He made his competitive first team full début again starting as a substitute against Widnes Vikings in 2004's Super League IX Round 10 after impressing in the Academy U21s. Liam make 4 more appearances for Wigan during 2004 against; Wakefield Trinity Wildcats twice, Hull FC and Widnes Vikings again when he was in the starting 13 for the first time for Wigan.

Colbon was a substitute in two pre-season friendlies in 2005 one against Salford City Reds, and the other against London Broncos. Liam made his first start of 2005 in the Wigan Warriors' 16–18 defeat by Wakefield Trinity Wildcats at Belle Vue in which he set up a try for David Vaealiki. His next appearance was an impressive performance against Hull when he scored his first try for Wigan. Liam came on as a substitute and scored a 90-metre interception try and later made a try saving tackle to help Wigan win the game 21–15. Liam was to make 5 more appearances for Wigan against; Huddersfield Giants, Leeds Rhinos, Bradford Bulls, Warrington Wolves and St. Helens. By the end of 2005 he had made 9 appearances and scoring 2 tries.

During 2006, Colbon only made one appearance during a pre-season friendly against Leigh Centurions however this could be due to Wigan having a poor season and spending most of it fighting against relegation. Wigan sacked head coach Ian Millward, and replaced him with Brian Noble who used more experienced players in his squad such as Nathan McAvoy rather than academy players. Liam continued to make appearances in the Senior Academy whilst continuing his education as he studied for a degree in Sports Studies at Edge Hill University.

In 2007, Colbon finished his university qualification gaining his degree and took part in a Parachute Regiment training scheme which he completed and was awarded his beret. He started the season in the Wigan Warriors Youth Development academy but he impressed head coach Brian Noble and the after departure of Chris Ashton he was given a first team opportunity in July against Bradford Bulls. Afterwards he featured regularly in the Wigan first team scoring 6 tries in 13 starts and was rewarded with a new one-year contract for 2008. Speaking at the time he said "I'm glad it's all been sorted. I always wanted to stay here, it's a great club and there is a great spirit in the team". He was given the number 14 shirt for the 2008 season.

Despite being picked ahead of teammate Mark Calderwood for most of the season and making twenty three starts he was not offered a new contract by Wigan and was allowed to leave. Hull Kingston Rovers announced that they had signed Colbon and he was given the squad number five for the 2009 season.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/hull_kr/7622909.stm|title=Colbon to leave Wigan for Hull KR|date=18 September 2008|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}

He made his début in a 13–13 draw away to Bradford Bulls. Colbon's first try came in a 31–18 home victory over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Hull Kingston Rovers fans recognised the work that Colbon gets through in defence and the metres gained in attack. He only scored 9 tries in 2009 but scored 6 in 2010. He had a stunning start to the season, scoring 5 tries by round 7, during round 4 against St. Helens he scored a hat trick which crucially helped them win 28–24.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/8545375.stm|title= Rugby League - Hull Kingston Rovers 28-24 St Helens|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=19 February 2017}} In his final season, he made 13 appearances scoring 6 tries.

In the 2014 season, Colbon was dual-registered with Hull FC and Doncaster. On 19 February 2014, it was announced that he had signed a 1-year contract with Hull FC.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/26255976|title=Liam Colbon: Hull FC sign former Hull KR winger on a one-year deal|date=19 February 2014|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=19 February 2017}}

Currently, he has made 8 appearances for Hull FC as a winger. He has started games regularly since the injury of Super League Dream Team winger Tom Lineham.{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC-winger-Liam-Colbon-aims-void-left-injured/story-20822702-detail/story.html|title=Hull FC winger Liam Colbon aims to fill void left by injured Tom Lineham|date=18 March 2014|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail|accessdate=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042130/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC-winger-Liam-Colbon-aims-void-left-injured/story-20822702-detail/story.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

Between Colbon finishing up at the London Broncos and signing a new deal with Hull, he qualified as a Master running Coach.

(For 2014 Super League season highlights, stats and results click on 2014 Super League season results)

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• (archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20101101092349/http://hullkr.co.uk/teammember.php?id=1997 Profile at Hull Kingston Rovers site]
• (archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213237/http://www.wiganwarriors.com/SquadMember.asp?teamid=1&id=82 Profile at Wigan Warriors site]

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