Adam Clune

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Adam Clune
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Personal information
Born (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995 (age 29)
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020–21 St. George Illawarra 251004
2022–23 Newcastle Knights 2230113
2024– Huddersfield Giants 2640012
Total7380129
Source: [1]
As of 26 October 2023

Adam Clune (born 8 June 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half for Huddersfield Giants in the Super League.

Contents

He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Background

Clune played his junior rugby league for the Junee Diesels, Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles [2] and Western Suburbs Red Devils.

Playing career

2020

Clune made his debut in round 4 of the 2020 NRL season for St. George Illawarra against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. [3]

He played 15 games for the club in his debut season as they finished 13th on the table and missed out on the finals. [4]

2021

Clune scored his first NRL try in round 1 of the 2021 NRL season against local rivals Cronulla-Sutherland. [5]

In August, he signed a two-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2022. [6]

Clune played a total of 10 matches for St. George Illawarra in the 2021 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table and missed out on the finals. [7]

2022

Clune played a total of 18 matches for Newcastle in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished 14th on the table and missed the finals. [8]

2023

In 2023, after spending most of the year in the NSW Cup, Clune was called into the Knights NRL team for the last three weeks of the season, replacing Jackson Hastings due to injury. Clune played in the Knights' 10–40 loss to New Zealand Warriors in week two of the finals. [9] He parted ways with the club at the end of the 2023 season. [10]

On 26 October, it was reported that he had joined the Huddersfield Giants for 2024 on a three-year contract. [11]

2024

Clune played 26 games for Huddersfield in the 2024 Super League season as the club had a difficult campaign finishing 9th on the table, despite this clune had 8 assists and 4 tries to record his most consistent season to date. [12]

Statistics

YearTeamAppTGDGPts
2020 St. George Illawarra 150000
2021101004
2022 Newcastle Knights 182008
202341000
2024 Huddersfield Giants 2130012
Totals6870029

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