Adrian Davis (rugby league)

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Adrian Davis
Personal information
Born (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 31)
Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight78 kg (12 st 4 lb)
Position Halfback

Adrian Davis (born 19 January 1990) is an Indigenous Australian rugby league player. He has previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NSW Cup and the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Intrust Super Cup.

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Background

Born in Kempsey, New South Wales Davis played his junior football with Kempsey Dragons. He attended Granville Boys High before being signed by the Canterbury Bulldogs, where he played for their SG Ball under-20's squads. [1]

He also plays in the annual NSW Koori Knockout and won 2 titles with the Newcastle Yowies.

Playing career

Newcastle Knights

Davis played for Knights Holden Cup team in 2010 and then played for there NSW Cup side between 2011 and 2013. When not selected for the NSW Cup side he played and in the Newcastle competition for Central Newcastle.

Redcliffe Dolphins

Davis played for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Intrust Super Cup in 2014 season. He also captained the First Nation Goanna's against his previous NSW Cup side for three seasons. [2]

Penrith Panthers

2015 Davis signed a one-year second-tier deal with the Penrith Panthers. [3] He played in their 2015 Auckland Nines team but did not play first grade during the season.

Newcastle Yowies

Without a club for 2016, Davies was selected to tour to United Kingdom with the Newcastle Yowies, an Indigenous invitational team from the Hunter Region. They lost 38–12 to the London Broncos and won against the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

Rep honours

Career stats

SeasonMatchesTriesGoalsF/GPoints
Newcastle Knights NYC 2010 18728
Newcastle Knights NSW Cup 2011 261144
Newcastle Knights NSW Cup 2012 26936
Newcastle Knights NSW Cup 2013 261248
Redcliffe Dolphins 2014 240
Total9639--128

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References

  1. "SCHOOLBOY DAVIS OFF TO DARWIN". ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. "First Nations Goannas player Adrian Davis hopes to get a belated shot at an NRL career". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. "Panthers offer Davis opportunity to shine". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2015.