Reuben Garrick

Reuben Garrick (born 30 June 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL.[2]

Reuben Garrick
Personal information
Born (1997-06-30) 30 June 1997
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Manly Sea Eagles 33 17 74 0 216
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4
2019 Australia 9s 2 0 0 0 0
As of 20 October 2019
Source: [1]

He has also played for the Prime Minister's XIII.

Background

Garrick was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior rugby league for the Gerringong Lions.

Career

Garrick played under 20s for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, and in the NSW cup with the Illawarra Cutters. In 2018, Garrick signed a contract with Manly starting in 2019.[3][4] Garrick made his first grade debut in Round 1 of the 2019 NRL season against the Wests Tigers.[5][6] In Round 8 2019, Garrick scored all of Manly's 18 points as they defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 18-10 at Brookvale Oval. In the same week, Garrick signed a contract to stay with Manly until the end of the 2021 season.[7]

In Round 18 2019 against Parramatta, Garrick scored a hat-trick as Manly-Warringah won the match 36-24 at Brookvale Oval.[8] In Round 20 2019 against Newcastle, Garrick scored 2 tries and kicked 3 goals as Manly won the match 30-6 at Brookvale Oval.[9]

In Round 21 2019, Garrick scored 2 tries for Manly-Warringah in a 24-16 loss against the New Zealand Warriors at Mt. Smart Stadium.[10]

Garrick finished the 2019 NRL season as Manly's top try scorer and top point scorer. The club would go on to reach the second week of the finals but were eliminated in the semi-final by South Sydney.[11][12]

On 30 September, Garrick earned his first representative jersey as he was named on the bench for the Australia PM XIII side against Fiji PM XIII, which he scored his first representative try in the 10-52 demolishing of Fiji at ANZ National stadium in Fiji. On 7 October, Garrick was named in the Australian side for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s. Later that day, Garrick was named at wing for the U23 Junior Australian side, and on October 25, he kicked two goals in the 62-4 win against France at WIN stadium.

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Fresh hope for Reuben Garrick". Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  3. Ward, Courtney (2018-11-21). "Garrick hopes change of scenery will help spread his wings". Kiama Independent. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  4. BARROW, TIM (2016-07-07). "Garrick rise continues with junior Blues". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  5. "Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 12 March 2019.
  6. Ward, Courtney (2019-03-12). "Garrick named to make his NRL debut with Sea Eagles". South Coast Register. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  7. "Manly winger Reuben Garrick re-signs with club before huge Bulldogs performance". wwos.nine.com.au.
  8. "Garrick honours grandfather with three-try haul in emotional win". NRL.
  9. "Cronulla beats South Sydney 39-24, Bulldogs defeat Panthers 16-8 and Manly wins over Newcastle 30-6". ABC.
  10. "Warriors survive late scare to upset Sea Eagles". NRL.
  11. "South Sydney Rabbitohs beat Manly Sea Eagles 34-26 in NRL semi-final". ABC.
  12. "Rabbitohs dig deep to eliminate Sea Eagles in finals thriller". NRL.
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