Ian Pickavance
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| Full name | Ian Pickavance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1968 St Helens, Merseyside, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Pickavance (born 20 September 1968) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s as a second-row or prop. He started his career at Swinton, and went on play for St Helens, Huddersfield Giants and Hull FC in the Super League.
Pickavance was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England.
Career
Club career
After a successful trial, Pickavance was signed by Swinton in February 1989.[3] He joined St Helens in 1993.[4]
Pickavance played at prop (replaced by substitute Vila Matautia on 25-minutes) in St Helens' 16–25 defeat by Wigan in the 1995–96 Regal Trophy Final during the 1995–96 season at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on Saturday 13 January 1996.[5]
Pickavance played for St Helens from the interchange bench in the 1996 Challenge Cup Final, scoring a try in the second half and helping his team to a 40–32 victory over Bradford Bulls.[6]
International
Pickavance made one appearance at second-row for Ireland in the 22–24 defeat to France on 4 Nov 1998 in the 1998 European Tri-nations Championship.
