Brock Lamb

Brock Lamb
Personal information
Born (1997-01-22) 22 January 1997
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Halfback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–18 Newcastle Knights 32 5 30 1 81
As of 7 October 2018
Source: [1]

Brock Lamb (born 22 January 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. His positions are five-eighth and halfback. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

Background

Born in Maitland, New South Wales, Lamb played his junior rugby league for the West Maitland Reddogs, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.

Playing career

Early career

From 2014 to 2016, Lamb played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team.[2][3] In November and December 2014, he played for the Australian Schoolboys.[4] On 21 January 2015, he signed a 3-year contract with the Knights until the end of the 2017 season.[5]

2016

In round 9 of the 2016 NRL season, Lamb made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Sydney Roosters.[6][7] In September, he extended his contract with the Knights from the end of 2017 to the end of 2018.[8]

2017

Lamb played 21 games for the Knights during the 2017 season. On 9 July, during a close game against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Newcastle were given a penalty in the final seconds of the game with the score at 20-18 in favour of Canterbury. The first choice goal-kicker Trent Hodkinson handed the ball to Lamb to give his side the chance of sending the game into golden point extra time by kicking the goal. Lamb missed the conversion and Canterbury won the match, after the game Hodkinson was questioned as to why he gave the kick to level the game to Lamb. In the aftermath of the loss, Lamb was mocked on social media for his missed conversion attempt.[9][10][11][12]

2018

After the additions of halfback Mitchell Pearce and five-eighth Connor Watson to the Knights' side in 2018, Lamb started the year coming off the interchange bench, before eventually being demoted to reserve grade.[13] Lamb only played 8 NRL games for the season before parting ways with the Knights at the end of the year.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Brock Lamb - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  2. ↑ "L". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Raiders slay Knights in Holden Cup". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Robert Jennings picked for the Australian Schoolboys rugby league team". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  5. ↑ NRL. "Lamb and Cogger commit to Knights - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Updated Team lists: Roosters v Knights". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  7. ↑ NRL. "LATE MAIL: Roosters v Knights - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  8. ↑ NewcastleKnights.com.au (2016-05-15). "Lamb secures contract extension". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  9. ↑ "Lamb rapt as Knights see NRL silver lining". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Andrew Johns lashes 'unacceptable, embarrassing' Knights". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Bulldogs grab win for Reynolds as Knights miss last-minute penalty". 9 July 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  12. ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Brock Lamb - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  13. ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Brock Lamb - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "Knights announce departing players - Zero Tackle". 6 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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