Adam Elliott

Adam Elliott
Personal information
Born (1994-10-16) 16 October 1994
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Lock

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Canterbury Bulldogs 51 5 2 0 24
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Country NSW 1 1 0 0 4
As of 4 March 2018
Source: [1]

Adam Elliott (born 16 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League.

Background

Born in Bega, New South Wales, Elliott is of Indigenous Australian descent[2] and played his junior rugby league for the Tathra Sea Eagles. He attended St Gregory's College, Campbelltown and played in the College's GIO Schoolboys Cup side,[3] before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Playing career

Early career

In 2013 and 2014, Elliott played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC team,[4] before graduating to their New South Wales Cup team in 2015.[5] On 3 May 2015, he played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents.[6] On 27 September 2015, he was named at second-row in the 2015 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[7] On 3 November 2015, he re-signed with the Bulldogs on a 2-year contract. [8]

2016

In Round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Elliott made his NRL debut for the Bulldogs against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[9][10]

2018

Elliott made 24 appearances for Canterbury in the 2018 season scoring 4 tries. In September of 2018, Canterbury held Mad Monday celebrations at The Harbour View Hotel in Sydney's CBD. Later in the evening, photographs provided by the media showed Canterbury players being heavily intoxicated, stripping naked and vomiting in the street. Elliott was handed a $25,000 fine (including $10,000 suspended) by Canterbury after nude images of the player appeared in the media. Elliott was also handed a notice to attend court for wilful and obscene exposure.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Adam Elliott - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1994-10-16. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  2. ↑ NRL Digital Media. "World And Indigenous All Stars Announced". NSWRL. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  3. ↑ "St Greg's shows Farrer how it's done". The Northern Daily Leader. 21 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "E". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  5. ↑ Posted: 4 March 2015 by Triple M NRL (2015-03-04). "NSW Cup Round One Team Lists | Triple M NRL". Triplem.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  6. ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  7. ↑ "2015 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year". NSWRL. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Bulldogs confirm retention and recruitment". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  9. ↑ "Updated: Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  10. ↑ NRL. "NRL LATE MAIL: Sea-Eagles v". Bulldogs. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  11. ↑ https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/bulldogs-mad-monday-mess-results-in-major-sponsor-walking-away/news-story/c6cbe3da49c6e54248ec603b6992dc83
  12. ↑ https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/nrl-canterbury-bulldogs-charged-by-police-after-mad-monday-celebrations/1ff918e3-75df-4d85-b2ab-c4a7ecc4c6d7
  13. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/NC0xNzE3LTQtLS0tLS0yMjYwNS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0=
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