Ryan Lee Hall (born 27 November 1987) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Betfred Super League, and for England and Great Britain at international level.

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Full name	Ryan Lee Hall[1]
Born	(1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 (age 36) Rothwell, West Yorkshire England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.84 m)[2]
Weight	16 st 7 lb (105 kg)[2]
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–18 Leeds Rhinos 330 233 0 0 932 2019–20 Sydney Roosters 11 0 0 0 0 2021– Hull Kingston Rovers 83 52 0 0 184 Total 424 285 0 0 1116 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–22 England 40 39 0 0 156 2019 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [3][4] As of 15 February 2024
Medals Rugby League World Cup 2017 Australia-New Zealand-Papua New Guinea {{{3}}}

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He previously played with Leeds Rhinos, winning the Super League Grand Final in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2017. In 2014 he was part of the Leeds team that won the Challenge Cup and was the winner of the Lance Todd Trophy. He also spent two seasons playing for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.

Hall was born in Rothwell, West Yorkshire, England, and attended Royds School.^[5]

Hall began playing rugby league for amateur club Oulton Raiders. His coach at Oulton contacted the town's professional team, Leeds Rhinos, and Hall subsequently joined the club's Academy in 2006.^[6] He made eight appearances for the Junior Academy team in his début season, before quickly being selected for the Senior Academy team. He made eleven appearances for the Senior Academy team & scored three tries, including the Senior Academy Grand Final victory over Hull FC.

He earned a place in the England squad for the 2010 Four Nations tournament and although injury ruled him out of the first Test against New Zealand, he returned for the final game against Papua New Guinea. He also represented England in their 60–6 win over France.

Hall was also selected for the 2011 Four Nations, scoring 2 tries against Australia at Wembley in a 20–36 loss.

In 2013, Ryan was selected to help England's causes in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He was one of the best players in the tournament, earning himself a place on the wing in the RLIF team of the year. He scored eight tries in five matches for England. He had scored 21 tries in 20 games in total for England, which was a new record.^[56]

In November 2014, Hall played in the 2014 Four Nations. He was England's top try scorer in the tournament, scoring three tries. He scored his fifth try in four test matches against Australia, and he scored a double against New Zealand.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2015, Hall was picked in a 24-man England squad to play against New Zealand in a three-match test-series. Beforehand though, England played a test match Archived 26 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine against France in Leigh. Hall scored two tries in a match where England would go on to dominate their opponents and thereon create a new record for the biggest winning margin against the 'Les Tricolores'.

The following year, Hall was picked in England's 24-man squad for the 2016 Four Nations. On 22 October 2016, Hall extended his England try scoring record, scoring another two tries against France in Avignon. In the Four Nations, Hall scored one try in each of England's games to keep his try scoring record for England in as many appearances.

In 2017, Ryan continued his try scoring form for England in a mid-season test match against Samoa in Australia. Later in the year, he was selected as a part of England's 24-man squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.^[57]

He was selected in England 9s squad for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.^[58]

He was selected in squad for the 2019 Great Britain Lions tour of the Southern Hemisphere.^[59] He made his Great Britain test debut in the defeat by Tonga.^[60]

Hall was selected by England for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. Hall was not included in England's opening round victory over Samoa, but was selected for the second group stage match. He scored two tries in England's 42–18 victory over France,^[61] the first of which was also his 300th career try.^[62] In the third group stage match, Hall scored two tries in England's 94-4 victory over minnows Greece.^[63]