Craig Garvey

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Craig "Garvs" Garvey
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Personal information
Full nameCraig Garvey
Born (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31)
La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2013–15 St. George Illawarra 100000
2016–17 Canterbury Bulldogs 132008
Total232008
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2016 Indigenous All Stars 10000
Source: [1]
As of 15 May 2019
Relatives Grant Garvey (brother)

Craig Garvey (born 28 April 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Canterbury Bulldogs, was part of the Canberra Raiders squad for 2018 and a short-term member of the Sydney Roosters for 2019.

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Background

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

He played his junior rugby league for the Earlwood Saints and La Perouse Panthers, before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Playing career

Early career

In 2012 and 2013, Garvey played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons' NYC team. [2]

2013

In 2013, Garvey captained St. George's NYC side. [3] [4] On 20 April, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team. [5] On 1 May, he re-signed with St. George Illawarra on a two-year contract. [3] [6] In round 17 of the 2013 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for St. George Illawarra against the Sydney Roosters. [7] [8]

2014

Garvey was named in the St. George squad for the 2014 NRL Auckland Nines. [9]

On 28 February, Garvey was stood down by St. George, later being found to have been guilty to assaulting a man. [10] [11] On 16 December, after consultation and approval from the NRL, St. George Illawarra reinstated him into the full-time first-grade squad. [12]

Garvey playing for the Illawarra Cutters in 2015 Craig Garvey.jpg
Garvey playing for the Illawarra Cutters in 2015

2015

On 31 January and 1 February 2015, Garvey played for St. George Illawarra in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. [13]

On 3 November, Garvey signed a two-year contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs starting in 2016. [14]

2016

On 13 February, Garvey played for the Indigenous All Stars against the World All Stars. [15]

Garvey was named in the Bulldogs' 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad. [16]

2017

Garvey was named in the Canterbury-Bankstown squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines. [17]

2018

In late 2017, Garvey signed a contract to join the Canberra Raiders for the 2018 season. Garvey was unable to break into Canberra's first team and spent the majority of the season playing for their feeder team the Mount Pritchard Mounties. On 1 August, Garvey was released by Canberra with the player citing family reasons as to why the contract was ended. [18]

2019

In 2019, Garvey signed a contract to join reigning premiers the Sydney Roosters. [19]

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References

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  2. ↑ "G". Nyc Database. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Dragons.com.au (1 May 2013). "Ben Creagh re-signs with the Dragons | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Craig Garvey". Dragons.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Under 20's Origin squads named". NRL.com. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dragons Extend Captains' Contracts". Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "NRL 2013 – Round 17". Rugby League Project. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Late Mail: Round 17". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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  12. ↑ "Dragons reinstate Craig Garvey | NRL". Zero Tackle. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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  14. ↑ "Bulldogs confirm retention and recruitment | NRL". Zero Tackle. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  15. ↑ Chris Garry (13 February 2016). "World All Stars defeat Indigenous All Stars 12-8 at Suncorp Stadium". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
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  18. ↑ "Canberra Raiders grant Garvey's release request". August 2018.
  19. ↑ "Player Profile". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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