Career Record for Featherstone
Appearances			Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points
Total	Start	Sub
121	115	6	66	479	38	1260

Jamie Rooney followed in the best tradition of points-scoring scrum-halves at Featherstone.  In just 121 appearances he kicked 478 goals and amassed 1,087 points – this included a club record of 429 points in 2001 (a record beaten in 2012 by Liam Finn). 

A native of Featherstone his junior career was with Travellers Saints.  He was only eighteen when he made his first Rovers appearances in the Treize Tournoi tournament held in October 1998 which involved French and English RL clubs. He made substitute appearances at Limoux and at home to St Esteve before his full debut at St Esteve on 18 October 1998.  He kicked two goals and had had a satisfactory introduction to senior football.  Versatile half-back Handley was however, in the number 7 spot in the beginning of the 1999 season, as Rooney continued to gain experience in the reserves but, midway through the season, it was decided to move Handley to stand-off and give the young Rooney an extended run at scrum-half. He reappeared away to Doncaster on 16 May 1999 and the Rovers realised that they had a young star in their midst who could also score points. In 19 appearances in his first full season, he scored 172 points (9 tries and 72 goals) and he followed this with 331 points in 1999/00.

Apart from his scoring feats, he displayed a maturity in his play, where his intelligent running and astute kicking were a feature of his play. His touches were those of a natural footballer and he was named Northern Ford Premiership Player of the Year as well as Club Player of the Year. He took on the responsibility of captain in 2000/01 and obliged with 307 more points in 27 matches. The only blemish occurred at York on 4 February 2001, when he was the victim of a vicious late tackle which fractured his jaw. He was out for five weeks and returned to kick eight goals and one try in the home game with Chorley.

Despite his efforts during this period Rovers seemed no closer to making the jump to Super league that his talents deserved so after being given a bit of a run-around by both Castleford and Widnes, in 2003 he finally got his chance with Wakefield Trinity.  After six successful years at Wakefield, where he gained international honours with England, he returned to the lower divisions with Barrow.  In 2014 at age 34 he made 3 appearances back at Rovers but wasn’t given much opportunity by coach Andy Hay and consequently retired.