| Career Record for Featherstone | ||||||
| Appearances | Tries | Goals | Drop Goals | Points | ||
| Total | Start | Sub | ||||
| 24 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 101 |
There was a point where Iestyn Harris was arguably the most famous rugby player in Britain. Having starred for Warrington, a huge money transfer to Leeds, and then to Wales to play rugby union, he became the great hope of the Welsh XV before returning to rugby league with Bradford. All of his transfers seemed to come with controversy, apart from his final career move to Featherstone Rovers for the 2009 season.
Born in Oldham of Welsh rugby union stock, he was a teenage sensation at Warrington before his acrimonious departure to Leeds where he was a great success, captaining the club to the Challenge Cup in 1999. He then had three years with Cardiff RU and won 25 caps for Wales. He came back to league at Bradford Bulls, only after a protracted legal battle with Leeds for his services. In five years he took Bradford to back-to-back Grand finals as well as playing for Great Britain.
He came to Featherstone in Daryl Powell’s first year as coach to help mould a good young team. After starting at stand-off partnering Andy Kain, he moved to loose forward with the emergence of Kyle Briggs, and was a steadying influence on a developing team throughout the year. He retired at the end of the year and took up a coaching job with Celtic Crusaders, later coaching at Wales, Salford and as an assistant at Wigan.