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{{short description|Ireland international rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = Liam Kay
|fullname       = Liam Thomas Kay<ref>[https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=287413293:9239&d=bmd_1653949805 FreeBMD Entry Information]</ref>
|image          = Liam Kay Toronto Wolfpack.jpg
|image_size     =
|caption        = Kay with the [[Toronto Wolfpack]] in 2018
|birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1991|12|17|df=yes}}
|birth_place    = [[Leeds]], West Yorkshire, England
|position       = {{rlp|WG}}
|height         = {{convert|6|ft|1|in|m|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="twp">{{cite web|title=5. Liam Kay|url=https://www.torontowolfpack.com/player/liam-kay|website=torontowolfpack.com|publisher=[[Toronto Wolfpack]]|accessdate=3 March 2018}}</ref>
|weight         = {{convert|14|st|8|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name="twp"/>
|club1          = {{nowrap|[[Wakefield Trinity Wildcats]]}}
|year1start     = 2012
|year1end       = 13
|appearances1   = 5
|tries1         = 7
|goals1         = 0
|fieldgoals1    = 0
|points1        = 28
|club2          = → [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]]
|year2start     = 2013<small>({{Abbrlink|DR|Super League#Dual registration}})</small>
|year2end       =
|appearances2   = 21
|tries2         = 12
|goals2         = 0
|fieldgoals2    = 0
|points2        = 48
|club3          = [[Leigh Centurions]]
|year3start     = 2014
|year3end       = 16
|appearances3   = 78
|tries3         = 74
|goals3         = 0
|fieldgoals3    = 0
|points3        = 296
|club4          = [[Toronto Wolfpack]]
|year4start     = 2017
|year4end       = 20
|appearances4   = 70
|tries4         = 66
|goals4         = 0
|fieldgoals4    = 0
|points4        = 264
|club6          = → [[Wakefield Trinity]]
|year6start     = 2020{{small|(loan)}}
|year6end       =
|appearances6   = 3
|tries6         = 2
|goals6         = 0
|fieldgoals6    = 0
|points6        = 8
|club7          = [[Wakefield Trinity]]
|year7start     = 2021
|year7end       = 24
|appearances7   = 87
|tries7         = 17
|goals7         = 0
|fieldgoals7    = 0
|points7        = 68
|teamA          = [[Ireland national rugby league team|Ireland]]
|yearAstart     = 2017
|yearAend       = present
|appearancesA   = 3
|triesA         = 3
|goalsA         = 0
|fieldgoalsA    = 0
|pointsA        = 12
|retired        =
|source         =<ref>[https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Liam-Kay/ loverugbyleague]</ref><ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/liam-kay/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref><ref>[http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/players/liam-kay-25179.html itsrugby]</ref>
|updated        = 25 October 2024
}}
'''Liam Kay''' (born 17 December 1991) is an [[Ireland national rugby league team|Ireland]] international [[rugby league]] footballer who plays on the {{rlp|wg}} or {{rlp|hk}} for [[Wakefield Trinity]] in the [[RFL Championship|Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity sign Liam Kay!|url=https://wakefieldtrinity.com/trinity-sign-liam-kay/|website=wakefieldtrinity.com|publisher=[[Wakefield Trinity]]|date=16 July 2020|accessdate=16 July 2020}}</ref>
He previously played for the [[Wakefield Trinity|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats]] in the [[Super League]], and on loan from the [[Wakefield Trinity|Wildcats]] at [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]] in the [[2013 RFL Championship|Kingstone Press Championship]]. Kay has also played for the [[Leigh Centurions]] in the [[Championship (rugby league)|Championship]] and the [[Toronto Wolfpack]] in the Championship and the Super League. He also spent time on loan from [[Toronto Wolfpack|Toronto]] at [[Wakefield Trinity|Wakefield]] in the [[Super League XXV|top flight]].
==Background==
Kay was born in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire, England|West Yorkshire]], England.
==Career==
===Wakefield===
Kay signed a professional contract at [[Wakefield Trinity|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats]] in 2012 as a halfback but was mostly played on the wing. He scored 7 tries for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 5 appearances. In 2013 he was sent on dual registration to [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]] where he played at both halfback but mostly on the wing as he had done at Wakefield. He scored 12 tries in 21 appearances for Doncaster before he returned to Wakefield where a hat-trick of tries against [[Castleford Tigers]] in the closing game of the 2013 season.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
===Leigh===
Kay signed for [[RFL Championship|Championship]] side Leigh in 2014 where he played as a {{rlp|wg}}. In his first season with the club, they finished top of the league and won the Grand Final against [[Featherstone Rovers]] to win the Championship for the first time since 2004. In 2015 Kay equalled the record for most tries in a season by a Leigh {{rlp|wg}} which was 36 as the Leigh Centurions again won the Championship title.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
===Toronto===
Kay was the first-ever signing to play for the newly formed Canadian club, [[Toronto Wolfpack]], for their inaugural season in 2017. Kay ended that season as the division's top try scorer. He was also named in the [[Ireland national rugby league team|Ireland]] squad for the [[2017 Rugby League World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/10/07/ireland-name-rugby-league-world-cup-squad |title=Ireland name Rugby League World Cup squad |publisher=sbs.com.au |date=7 October 2017 |accessdate=7 October 2017}}</ref>
In 2018 again [[Toronto Wolfpack]] would finish top of the championship and would enter the playoffs for a chance for promotion. Unfortunately Kay suffered an extremely complex injury in the first week of the play-offs, unfortunately that wasn't the first of the bad news for [[Toronto Wolfpack]] as they would later fail to reach the Super league losing to [[London Broncos]] In the Million Pound Game.
In 2019 Kay would miss the first few games due to the injury he sustained in August 2018. But he made his return on Canadian soil against [[Bradford Bulls]]. Again [[Toronto Wolfpack]] would finish top of the table and at last gain promotion to Super League with Kay firmly in the mix.
===Wakefield (II)===
On 16 July 2020, Kay was loaned to [[Wakefield Trinity]] from the [[Toronto Wolfpack]] for the remainder of the 2020 Super League season, while also signing a two-year deal with the Trinity for 2021 & 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity sign Liam Kay!|url=https://wakefieldtrinity.com/trinity-sign-liam-kay/|website=wakefieldtrinity.com|publisher=[[Wakefield Trinity]]|date=16 July 2020 |accessdate=16 July 2020}}</ref>
Kay played 25 games for Wakefield Trinity in the [[Super League XXVIII]] season as the club finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the [[RFL Championship]] which ended their 24-year stay in the top flight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/20876/12962152/super-league-wakefield-trinity-relegated-after-loss-at-leigh-leopards-st-helens-and-wigan-warriors-win/|title=Super League: Wakefield Trinity relegated after loss at Leigh Leopards, St Helens and Wigan Warriors win|website=www.skysports.com}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Leigh===
*[[RFL Championship]]: (3) 2014, 2015, 2016
===Toronto Wolfpack===
[[RFL League 1]]: (1) 2017
*[[RFL Championship]]: (2) 2018, 2019
===Wakefield Trinity===
*[[RFL 1895 Cup]]: (1) 2024
*[[RFL Championship Leaders' Shield]]: 2024
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://www.torontowolfpack.com/player/liam-kay/ Toronto Wolfpack profile]
*(archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130420232347/http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/profile-detail/liam-kay-188 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats profile]
*[http://www.rlwc2017.com/players?team=427#Liam-Kay 2017 RLWC profile]
{{Wakefield Trinity squad}}
{{Toronto Wolfpack - 2019 Million Pound Game winners}}
{{Ireland 2017 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kay, Liam}}
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