Alex Twal

Alex Twal
Personal information
Born (1996-07-03) 3 July 1996
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017– Wests Tigers 30 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Lebanon 4 0 0 0 0
As of 5 August 2018
Source: [1]

Alex Twal (born 3 July 1996) is a Lebanese international rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He plays as a prop.

Background

Twal was born in Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.

Playing career

Early career

A Parramatta City Titans junior, Twal played in the Holden Cup for the Parramatta Eels and was part of their extended first grade squad in 2015 and 2016. He played for the New South Wales under-20's and the Junior Kangaroos in both 2015 and 2016.[2]

2017

Twal signed for the Wests Tigers midway through the 2017 season, from 2018 the end of 2020, before being granted an early release from Parramatta mid-season.[3] He made his first grade debut on 2 July, one day before his 21st birthday,[1] and played in the Tigers remaining eight games for the season, "putting in some seriously consistent performances off the bench."[4] With 249 tackles made and only 5 missed, Twal had the best tackle percentage in the NRL over the regular season.[5]

At season's end, Twal was selected for Lebanon in the World Cup. Teammate Tim Mannah said, "He reminds me of Nathan Brown where his personality is huge, and he’s a player players love to play with. He brings a lot to a team. The Tigers are lucky to have him. He’ll have a really strong career in the NRL." Coach Brad Fittler added, "He plays big minutes for a front-rower, he has a great work ethic, he’s a top kid."[6] After the pool rounds, he was leading the competition in tackles made.[7]

2018

Twal made 21 appearances for Wests in 2018 as the club finished 9th on the table at the end of the regular season and missed out on the finals.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alex Twal - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1996-07-03. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  2. ↑ Media, NRL Digital. "Wests Tigers sign Alex Twal".
  3. ↑ "Tigers snap up young gun". 2 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Alicia Newton. "10 NRL young guns of RLWC 2017". nrl.com.
  5. ↑ "Player Stats". nrl.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Christian Nicolussi. "Eels captain Tim Mannah praises Lebanon teammate and Wests Tigers recruit Alex Twal". Daily Telegraph.
  7. ↑ "Player Stats". Rugby League World Cup 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017.
  8. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/06/wests-tigers-2018-season-review/
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