Liam Wright

Liam Wright
Full name Liam Wright
Date of birth (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997
Place of birth Durban, South Africa [1]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 97 kg (15 st 4 lb; 214 lb)
School Anglican Church Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Openside flanker
Current team Queensland Country / Reds
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–pres. Easts Tigers (0)
Correct as of 21 October 2017
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–pres. Queensland Country 9 (0)
Correct as of 21 October 2017
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–pres. Reds 12 (0)
Correct as of 23 February 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–2017 Australia U20 9 (5)
Correct as of 18 June 2017

Liam Wright (born 6 November 1997) is an Australian professional rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. He also plays for Queensland Country in Australia's NRC.[2] His usual position is flanker. He was selected in the Australian squad for the 2017 Wallabies tour to Japan and Europe.[3]

Career

Wright began his senior rugby career with Easts Tigers, playing Queensland Premier Rugby in 2016.[4] He was selected in the Australian Under-20 team in 2016 and 2017 for the World Championships in Italy and Georgia.[5] Wright joined the Queensland Country team and made his debut in Australia's National Rugby Championship (NRC) in October 2016, playing against the NSW Country Eagles.[6]

In 2017, he signed a two-year professional contract with the Queensland Reds for the following two seasons.[7] After impressing national selectors during the NRC in 2017, Wright played for Australia against the Barbarians in Sydney,[8] and was then chosen as one of two development players in the Wallabies tour squad for the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[3][9]

Wright made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds off the bench in the team's first match of the 2018 season, playing against the Rebels in Melbourne.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Liam Wright". Rugby Australia. 2017. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Liam Wright". It's Rugby. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 Decent, Tom (29 October 2017). "Blake Enever, Matt Philip, Jack Maddocks and Liam Wright the bolters for Wallabies spring tour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "BLK Queensland Premier Rugby preview - Round 17". reds Rugby. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liam Wright: International career". It's Rugby. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Liam Wright: NRC 2016". It's Rugby. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Tucker, Jim (2 September 2017). "Queensland Reds can bank on 'St George' Smith for another season". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Wallabies v Barbarians: Injuries to Jack Dempsey and Lukhan Tui sour Australian win". The Sunday Telegraph. Sydney. 28 October 2017. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Uncapped locks make Wallabies tour squad". Special Broadcasting Service. 29 October 2017. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Rebels v Reds". Rugby Australia. 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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