Neil James (born in Briton Ferry, South Wales) is a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Castleford, Halifax, Gold Coast-Tweed Giants, Leeds, and Sheffield Eagles, as a Prop, or Second-row. He commenced studying for a degree in Welsh at Cardiff University in 2007, but this study has since been discontinued.