Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby league/Players

You can make a player article, like below. This is just a blue print, it is not definitive, and shouldn't hold you back. If you wish to be bold and differ from this, by all means do so.

Lead

 * Should include a summary of the player and article.
 * More information see WP:LEAD
 * A deceased player ought have birth and death dates included here and might be referred to as "was a (nationality) rugby league footballer".
 * Living former players should have their birth year in the lead and be referred to as "is a (nationality) rugby league footballer or former rugby league footballer". Perhaps the position he regularly played at would be referred to.
 * Only his career high-point detail should be included in the lead "he played 100 games for the XX Lions between 19xx and 19xx, winning 2 premierships" or "he played in 10 Tests and 10 World Cup games for his country between 20xx and 20xx"

Infobox

 * Use the following template:
 * A player's height and weight should be kept as up-to-date as possible during his career. When a player retires, insert "retired=yes", and leave the player's height and weight as the most recently sourced height and weight.

Early career

 * Information from his place of birth, through to the year prior to his first grade debut

Year

 * Replace Year with the year that player entered first grade debut
 * Add information about his first grade career in that time

Year/Period Two

 * Replace the year or period with the next period of first
 * Have information on each section, instead of having a single year you may want several years if the information is stubby

Year ... so on

 * Until his first grade career is over.
 * Summarise his total number of grade playing years, games and points scored.

Representative career

 * Refer to his international debut game and date, his total number of internationals distinguishing between Tests, World Cup games and other international fixtures.
 * Points scored or records set in his international career can be distinguished from those of his club career.

Post playing

 * Information on his post career of his life. If the player has a notable post playing career (eg. becomes a coach/commentator or whatever) you may want to break this into years again.
 * Do not add it if the player is a current player.

Personal life

 * This section is optional, but should include information on life other than league.

Sources or references

 * Cite your references
 * Use Author surname, first name (Year published) Name of Book, Publisher, City. Do not include the full street address of the publisher.
 * When using websites that do not get automatically archived, such as official club websites, it is preferable to manually archive the source yourself so that it does not later become a deadlink. www.webcitation.org is a free manual archiving service.

Navboxes

 * Add navboxes in order starting with top level clubs, followed by internationals, then personal achievements or awards, then non top level rugby league and youth level.

Categories

 * Categorise the player as Category:(nationality) rugby league players and also to his club category if it exists.