Kaysa Pritchard

Kaysa Pritchard
Personal information
Born (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Parramatta Eels 47 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Samoa 3 0 0 0 0
As of 7 October 2018
Source: [1]

Kaysa Pritchard (born 5 May 1994) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He plays as a hooker.

Background

Pritchard was born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Samoan heritage.

He played his junior football for the Cabramatta Two Blues, and attended Hoxton Park High School before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.

Pritchard is the younger brother of retired Parramatta Eels player Frank Pritchard.[2]

Playing career

Early career

In 2012, Pritchard played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team.[3]

Pritchard in 2013

2013

In Round 8, Pritchard made his NRL debut for the Eels against the North Queensland Cowboys. On 5 July, he re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.[4]

2014

On 3 May, Pritchard played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team.[5] On 8 September, he was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations,[6] but didn't make the final 24-man squad.

2015

On 14 May 2015, it was revealed that Kaysa Pritchard let fellow Parramatta player Kenny Edwards take a urine sample for Pritchard on his behalf. Pritchard was temporarily stood down by the club.[7][8] On 11 July, Pritchard re-signed with the Eels on a 1-year contract.[9]

2016

On 26 February, Pritchard re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.[10] On 7 May, he made his international debut for Samoa against Tonga in the 2016 Polynesian Cup.[11] Later in the year he represented Samoa in their historical test match against Fiji in Apia.

2017

Pritchard started the 2017 season at hooker for Parramatta in Round 1. He went on to play a further 15 games before suffering a season-ending knee injury against The St George Dragons.[12] After being ruled out for the season, Pritchard made a shock return to The Parramatta side in their elimination final loss to North Queensland.[13]

2018

On 29 April 2018, Pritchard was awarded the anzac medal for being voted best player on ground in Parramatta's 24-22 victory over The Wests Tigers [14]. In Round 10, Pritchard suffered a groin injury in the match against Canterbury and was ruled out for 3-4 weeks[15]. On 19 July, Pritchard scored a try in Parramatta's 14-8 victory over arch rivals Canterbury in which the media dubbed the match the "spoon bowl" as both sides were sitting last and second last on the table.[16][17] On 28 July, Pritchard was ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a dislocated shoulder in Parramatta's 26-20 loss to South Sydney.[18] In total, Pritchard only managed to feature in 8 games for Parramatta in season 2018 as the club endured a horror year on and off the field claiming its 14th wooden spoon and Pritchard's second wooden spoon as a player since he joined The Eels in 2013.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "Kaysa Pritchard - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. ↑ "Parramatta Eel Kaysa Pritchard just grateful to be playing first grade". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140531104806/http://rleague.com/players/Kaysa-Pritchard_3625/Matches/. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Eels announce re-signing of youth | NRL". Zerotackle .com. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  5. ↑ "NSW U20s ORIGIN SQUAD ANNOUNCED". Rugby League Week. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Samoa train on squad announced | NRL". Zerotackle.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  7. ↑ https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/eels/nrl-2016-parramatta-eels-hooker-kaysa-pritchard-wants-to-repay-the-faith-shown-by-coach-brad-arthur/news-story/063f5ddba51257188844e7fc0180fc01
  8. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-14/parramatta-eels-forward-kenny-edwards-facing-ban-for-switching-/6468682
  9. ↑ "Eels Re-Sign Seven Players - Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  10. ↑ "Eels re-sign young forwards". Zero Tackle. 2015-08-29. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  11. ↑ "Samoa too good for Tonga in fiery Pacific Test clash at Pirtek Stadium". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  12. ↑ http://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/kaysa-pritchard-injury-nrl-parramatta-table-nathan-peats-contract-news-knee-recovery-time/19eit7ujb7t4l1gk3cu5eu6uua
  13. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/updated-team-lists-eels-v-cowboys/tabid/10874/newsid/112078/default.aspx
  14. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/04/29/parramatta-eels-hooker-kaysa-pritchard-turns-in-starring-performance-against-wests-tigers/
  15. ↑ http://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/nrl-team-lists-2018-round-ten-draw-predicted-supercoach/repp4zvcdndm14qs34310r0ed
  16. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-19/nrl-parramatta-eels-beat-canterbury-bulldogs/10006932
  17. ↑ https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/fears-spoon-bowl-will-attract-lowest-crowd-for-20-years-20180716-p4zrs9.html
  18. ↑ https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-casualty-ward-full-round-21-injury-list-every-clubs-injured-players-and-return-dates/news-story/63c21cfdb5ddd3552d59b2127637e1fb
  19. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/Ny0xNzE3LTQtLS0tLS0yMDQwMy0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0=
  20. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/12/parramatta-eels-2018-season-review/
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