Josh Perry

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Josh Perry
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Personal information
Full nameJoshua Paul Perry [1]
Born (1981-02-04) 4 February 1981 (age 42)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb) [2]
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2000–07 Newcastle Knights 142150060
2008–10 Manly Sea Eagles 6950020
2011–13 St Helens 442008
Total255220088
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2001–09 NSW Country 51004
2003–10 New South Wales 30000
2008–10 Australia 40000
Source: [3] [4] [5] [6]

Josh Perry (born 4 February 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative prop, he played in the NRL for the Newcastle Knights, with whom he won the 2001 NRL Premiership and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, with whom he won the 2008 NRL Premiership, and played in the Super League for St Helens.

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Background

Perry was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Perry attended Caves Beach Public School and his very first Rugby League Club was Swansea Junior Rugby League Club, NSW. He was a Valentine Junior.

His brother James plays for the Philadelphia Fight in the American National Rugby League. [7]

Playing career

Club career

Newcastle Knights

Perry made his first-grade début in round 17 of the 2000 season playing for Newcastle against the New Zealand Warriors at EnergyAustralia Stadium on 27 May. [8]

Perry played at prop forward in the 2001 NRL Grand Final-winning Newcastle team that defeated the Parramatta Eels, 30–24 at Stadium Australia on 30 September in an upset victory. [9] Having won the 2001 NRL Premiership, the Newcastle club traveled to England to play the 2002 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, the Bradford Bulls. Perry played at prop forward in Newcastle's loss. [10]

In the 2005 NRL season, Perry was limited to only seven appearances for Newcastle as the club endured a horror year on the field and finished last. In the 2006 NRL season, the club turned their fortunes around by qualifying for the finals. Perry played in the club's 50-6 elimination final loss against the Brisbane Broncos at the Sydney Football Stadium. [11]

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Perry playing for Manly

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

In 2007, Perry came off contract at the Newcastle Knights and he signed for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for the 2008 NRL season on a three-year contract. [9]

In his first year with the Sea Eagles, Perry played in the 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over the Melbourne Storm. [9]

St Helens

Perry joined English club St Helens for the 2011 season on a three-year contract. [12] Perry saw out his contract and retired from the sport after being released at the end of the 2013 season.

Representative career

Perry was also selected for Country Origin in 2001, 2003 and 2004, scoring one try in the 2001 match.

Perry was selected to represent New South Wales as a reserve for game I of the 2003 State of Origin series. [13]

In August 2008, Perry was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. [14] [15]

Two days following the 2008 NRL grand final, Perry was named in the 24-man Australia squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. [9] [16] Perry made his test début for Australia against New Zealand from the bench in Australia's opening RLWC 08 game on 26 October.

He was selected for Country in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009 and selected in the New South Wales team for game 3 in the 2009 series. [17]

Perry was rewarded for his and Manly's good start to 2010 NRL season with selection on the bench for Australia in the 2010 ANZAC Test against New Zealand in Melbourne on 7 May.

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Footnotes

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  2. ↑ "Meet the Teams First Team Players". web page. Saints RFC. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Page Not Found". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 March 2019.{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
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  5. ↑ "Yesterday's Hero - Your Sporting Hero's - Josh Perry - Manly, Newcastle". Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Josh Perry - Player Stats". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "PBR Fight 2010 Season-Player preview :: Philadelphia Fight Rugby". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Player Page" Josh Perry". NRL Stats. Retrieved 11 October 2008.[ dead link ]
  9. 1 2 3 4 Robert Dillon (2 October 2008). "Brian Smith happy to see Josh Perry reach potential". Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  10. ↑ "Knights draw 2001 grand final inspiration". NRL.com. 10 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "The worst teams in NRL history". Sporting News.
  12. ↑ "Josh Perry is NRL's latest loss". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "Game I, State of origin 2003". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  14. ↑ Liam FitzGibbon (1 August 2008). "Surprises in Kangaroos squad". "Fox Sports News (Australia)". Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  15. ↑ "Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad". International Herald Tribune. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  16. ↑ "Manly six win Australia call-up". BBC. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  17. ↑ Balym, Todd (3 May 2009). "Blues halfback duel in two as Mitchell Pearce misses selection". Fox Sports . Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
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