Graham Steadman

Graham Steadman (born 8 December 1961) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Newcastle Thunder in the RFL Championship and an assistant coach at the York Knights in the Super League.

He is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for York Wasps, Featherstone Rovers, Gold Coast-Tweed Giants and Castleford, as a goal-kicking or , and coached at club level for the Castleford Tigers.

Early life Born in Knottingley, Steadman started his career in rugby union, playing for his hometown club Knottingley RUFC.

Playing career York Steadman switched codes to rugby league in 1982. He made an appearance for Huddersfield as a trialist, but later chose to sign for York.

He helped York win promotion to the First Division in the 1984–85 season, and was named the Second Division Player of the Year.

Steadman holds York's "Most points in a season" record with 318-points scored in the 1984–85 season, beating Vic Yorke's 301-points set in the 1957–58 season.

Featherstone Rovers Steadman was transferred to Featherstone Rovers in February 1986 for a fee of £50,000.

He played in the 1987–88 Second Division Premiership final at Old Trafford against Oldham, scoring two tries, but the team went on to lose 26–28.

Graham Steadman played at in Castleford's 11–8 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1990–91 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Elland Road, Leeds on 23 September 1990.

At the start of the 1991–92 season, Steadman switched positions from to . The position change was successful, and he scored two tries and four goals in the club's 28–6 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1991–92 Yorkshire Cup Final at Elland Road, Leeds on 20 October 1991. He also helped Castleford reach the 1991–92 Challenge Cup final, but suffered a 12–28 defeat against Wigan at Wembley on 2 May 1992. At the end of the season, he was named the First Division Player of the Year, but narrowly missed out on the Man of Steel award to Dean Bell.

Representative honours Graham Steadman won a cap for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1988–89 season as an interchange/substitute against Lancashire, and he won caps for Yorkshire while at Castleford playing , and scoring 2-tries, and 4-goals in the 56–12 victory over Lancashire at Wigan's stadium on 20 September 1989, and as a substitute in the 17–12 victory over Lancashire at Leeds' stadium on 18 September 1991.

Honoured at Castleford Graham Steadman is a Castleford Hall of Fame Inductee.