Aaron Summers (rugby league)

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Aaron Summers
Personal information
Full nameAaron Summers
Born (1981-08-02) 2 August 1981 (age 42)
Australia
Playing information
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2006–07 Widnes Vikings
2008 Celtic Crusaders
Total00000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2007 Wales 10000
Source: [1]

Aaron Summers (born 2 August 1981), also known by the nickname of "Sum-Dog", is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL), and the Central Queensland Comets in the Queensland Cup. He plays as a prop. He is a Wales international. [2] He has previously played for the Crusaders [2] and Widnes Vikings. [1] [3]

Aaron Summers is an Australian-born (Gosford, New South Wales) rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL and the Central Queensland Comets in the Queensland Cup. He played the second half of the 2010 Queensland Cup Competition with the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles.

He plays as a prop. He is a Wales international having Played against PNG at Brewery Field, Bridgend, Wales.[1]

He has previously played Jersey Flegg for the North Sydney Bears also Premier league for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He played for Whitehaven RLFC, Celtic Crusaders[1] and Widnes Vikings in the English competition.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Wales 50 Papua New Guinea 10". Cymru RL. 28 October 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  3. "Whitehaven 18–22 Widnes Vikings". Widnes Rugby League. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2010.