Clifford Eccles

Who is Clifford Eccles?

Clifford "Cliff" Eccles is an English born Irish professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s, playing at representative level for Ireland, and at club level for Springfield Borough/Chorley Borough, Rochdale Hornets, Salford City Reds, Swinton Lions, and Widnes Vikings, as a Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12.

Cliff was signed to Salford at the start of the 1994 season from Rochdale Hornets by the then Head Coach Gary Jack, Cliff went on to play a key role in the side that achieved Grand Final Success at Old Trafford and then went on to have success in the Super League under the guidance of former Wigan great Andy Gregory.

Gregory masterminded the downfall of the great Wigan side that had visited Wembley 8-times, Wigan were favourites in the quarter final at The Willows, Salford, Gregory had different ideas and his side ended the 8-year stronghold Wigan had on the Challenge Cup.

Salford were then beaten by St. Helens in the Semi-Final