page_title: Leon Pryce
section_title: St Helens
hierarchical_section_title: Leon Pryce / Playing career / St Helens
caption_attribution_description: English: Leon Pryce
context_page_description: Leon Pryce is a professional rugby League coach who most recently coached Workington Town in League 1 and an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a stand-off, wing, centre and fullback in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
  A Great Britain and England international back, he previously played for St Helens, with whom he had Challenge Cup, and Super League Championship success, the Catalans Dragons, Hull FC and the Bradford Bulls. He is a product of the Bradford Bulls Academy system.
context_section_description: After Bradford did not renew his contract in 2005, in 2006 Pryce joined St. Helens. One of the key issues in the decision was that he would start at stand off, a position Pryce has long coveted.
  Pryce won his first trophy with St Helens in August 2006, defeating Huddersfield in the Challenge Cup Final at Twickenham. St Helens reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against Hull FC, and Pryce played at stand-off half back, scoring a try in Saints' 26–4 victory.
  As 2006 Super League champions, St Helens faced 2006 NRL Premiers Brisbane Broncos in the 2007 World Club Challenge. Pryce played at stand-off half back in the Saints' 18–14 victory. He went on to win the Challenge Cup again in 2007 when Saints beat Catalans Dragons 30–8 at Wembley Stadium. He was a joint winner of the Lance Todd Trophy along with Paul Wellens.
  In July 2007, Pryce was accused of squeezing Sam Burgess' testicles. He was later found guilty of the incident and banned for three matches. That year he was voted rugby league's dirtiest player by RL Weekly readers. 
  He was again found guilty of a similar misconduct, against Bradford forward Andy Lynch on 22 February 2008. However, he escaped a possible eight-match ban as the disciplinary panel ruled the contact "minimal".
  His success at the club continued as he helped Saints to a 26–18 win over Hull in the 2008 Challenge Cup Final.
  He was named in the England squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
  He was named in the Super League Dream Team for the 2008's Super League XIII season.
  He played in 2008's Super League XIII Grand Final defeat by Leeds. 
  Pryce went with the England squad to compete in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup tournament in Australia. In Group A's first match against Papua New Guinea he played at stand-off half back in England's victory.
  In 2008 Pryce was charged and appeared in court alongside Stuart Reardon on charges of assault and violence following an alleged incident at Reardon's estranged wife's house in Queensbury, Bradford. They were charged with using violence to gain entry and common assault. The charge of using violence to gain entry against both defendants was dropped after the prosecution offered no evidence. In March 2009, having been found guilty of common assault, the pair were given a 12-week suspended sentence.
  He played in the 2009 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford.
caption: Pryce playing for St Helens in 2008
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