Will Hopkins

{{short description|Wales international rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}

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|birth_place = Wales

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|death_place = unknown

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|position = {{rlp|SH}}

|club1 = Wigan

|year1start = 1904

|year1end = 05

|appearances1 = 15

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|goals1 = 2

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|points1 = 4

|club2 = Huddersfield

|club3 = Aberdare

|year3start = 1908

|year3end = 09

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|retired = yes

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/w-hopkins/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}{{Rugby league records |id=9910 |title=Will Hopkins |access-date=19 February 2025}}

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Will Hopkins (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Aberdare, as a {{rlp|sh}}.{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6| year= 2009| pages= 108–114}}{{cite web|url=https://rugbyleague.wales/player-rl?id=157908&authtoken=QkU3RUVDRjAtMzYzNi00Q0M3LTk0Q0EtMEE4MUI2QkJGMjM4&teamid=MTA1MzU3|title=Statistics at rugbyleague.wales|publisher=rugbyleague.wales|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020}}

Club career

Hopkins played rugby league for Wigan and Huddersfield before debuting for Aberdare in 1908.{{cite news |title=Rugby |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/968317594 |work=Aberdare Leader |date=14 November 1908 |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |title=Bill Hopkins |url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=546 |website=Cherryandwhite.co.uk |access-date=19 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111045825/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=546 |archive-date=11 January 2020}}

International honours

Hopkins won a cap for Wales while at Aberdare in the 7-31 defeat by England at Wheater's Field, Salford on Monday 28 December 1908.

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