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Biography
Alan Banks (birth registered April→June 1965) is a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, and 1990s, playing at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 574), as a wing, or stand-off/five-eighth, i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 6.
Playing career
Banks made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Wednesday 28 April 1982, during his time at Featherstone Rovers he scored two 3-point tries, and forty-five 4-point tries.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Banks played stand-off/five-eighth in Featherstone Rovers' 14-12 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1983 Challenge Cup Final during the 1982–83 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 7 May 1983, in front of a crowd of 84,969.
County Cup Final appearances
Banks played left wing, i.e. number 5, in Featherstone Rovers' 14-20 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1989 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1989–90 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Sunday 5 November 1989.
Genealogical information
Banks is the uncle of the rugby league footballer; Tommy Saxton.