Michael Stolberg

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Michael Stolberg
Date of birth (1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthCaloundra, Queensland, Australia
Height204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight120 kg (260 lb; 18 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2022 Kintetsu Liners 41 (70)
2022– Ricoh Black Rams ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2015 Northland 20 (10)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020 Sunwolves 6 (10)
2020 Rebels 7 (0)

Michael Stolberg (born 27 March 1992) is an Australian rugby player currently playing for the Ricoh Black Rams in the Japanese Top League Competition. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Rugby career

Stolberg's first representative honour was in 2007 with selection in the Queensland Under 15 team. From here he was identified and offered a scholarship from the Anglican Church Grammar School. During his two years at The Anglican Church Grammar School he was a member of the ARU National Talent Squad.

Stolberg joined Easts Rugby Union in 2010 and played one year of Premier Colts and continued with the club's Premier Grade team from 2011 - 2013. During this time he was a member of the Queensland Reds Academy for 2011 and the ARU's National Academy from 2012-2013.

In 2014 Stolberg was signed by the Northland Rugby Union to play in New Zealand's ITM Cup (now Mitre10 Cup) and continued with the club for the 2015 season. [4]

Stolberg joined the Kintetsu Liners in the Japanese Top League for the 2016/17 season and played the 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons for them. [5] Michael captained a number of games for the Kintetsu Liners in the 2019/20 season and captained all games during the 2020/21 season. [6] [7]

In May 2021 Kintetsu announced Stolberg was leaving the team.

Professional statistics

As of 16 December 2019 [8] [9] [10] .

SeasonCompetitionTeamGamesStartsSubMins PlayedTriesPoints
2014 ITM Cup Northland 101927315
2015 ITM Cup Northland 107358215
2016–17 Top League Kintetsu Liners 14113892210
2017–18 Top League Kintetsu Liners 1028300210
2018 Top Challenge League Kintetsu Liners 1046471735
2019 Top Challenge League Kintetsu Liners 770548315

Super Rugby statistics

As of 12 September 2020 [11]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2020 Sunwolves 66048020001000
2020 AU Rebels 7252030000000
Total138568320001000

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