Mitchell Frei

Mitchell Frei

Frei playing for the Newcastle Knights in the NSW Cup in 2013.
Personal information
Born	(1992-02-09) 9 February 1992 (age 33) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2016 Sydney Roosters 7 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014–17 Queensland Residents 3 1 0 0 4
Source: [1] As of 7 January 2024

Mitchell Frei (born 9 February 1992) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who most recently played for the Brisbane Tigers in the Intrust Super Cup. Frei had also played for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, the Wynnum Manly Seagulls, the Souths Logan Magpies and Wyong Roos. He plays at second-row and lock.

Background

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Frei is of German and South African descent ^{[2] [3]} and played his junior rugby league for the Albany Creek Crushers, ^[4] before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.

Frei is the son of Australian former cricketer Harry Frei, his younger brothers Brendan and Jackson are also rugby league players. ^[5]

Playing career

Early career

From 2010 to 2012, Frei played for the Brisbane Broncos' NYC team. ^[6]

On 21 April 2012, he played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team. ^[7]

On 13 November 2012, he signed a 1-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2013. ^{[8] [9]}

After playing in the New South Wales Cup and failing to play a first-grade game for the Knights, he joined the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Queensland Cup in 2014. ^[10]

On 9 July 2014, he played for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents. ^[11] On 3 May 2015, he again played for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents. ^[12]

In May 2015, he signed a 1-year contract with the Sydney Roosters starting in 2016. ^[4] On 11 September 2015, he was named the Queensland Cup Lock of the Year. ^[13]

2016

In Round 3 of the 2016 NRL season, Frei made his NRL debut for the Roosters against the North Queensland Cowboys, coming off the interchange bench in the Roosters' 0-40 loss at 1300SMILES Stadium. At years end he left the Roosters to join Wynnum-Manly Seagulls in the Queensland Cup. ^{[14] [15]}

2017

Frei returned to the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in 2017, after not being re-signed by the Roosters. Frei remained with Wynnum Manly until the conclusion of the 2018 season, playing a total of 43 games across two seasons. ^[16]

2019

In 2019, Frei signed with the Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup, playing 24 games across 2019 and 2020.

2021

Frei made the move to the Brisbane Tigers for the 2021 season, playing 21 games and scoring 5 tries for the year, marking the last season in his Rugby League career.

References

1. "Mitchell Frei - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
2. "Queensland Cricket Archive". Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
3. http://www.up.ac.za/media/shared/378/ZP_Files/south-african-rugby-league_press-release.zp52247.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
4. "Wynnum Manly Seagulls lock Mitchell Frei is excited to join the Sydney Roosters". Couriermail.com.au. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
5. "Mitchell Frei chip off the old block". Couriermail.com.au. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
6. "F". Nyc Database. 27 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
7. "U20's State of Origin". M.nrl.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
8. Dick, Barry (13 November 2012). "Newcastle Knights sign promising Brisbane Broncos forward Mitchell Frei on a one-year-deal" . Retrieved 6 March 2016.
9. NewcastleKnights.com.au (13 November 2012). "Mitchell Frei signs with Knights". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
10. NRL (4 May 2014). "Rd10 Highlights - Wynnum v Dolphins". QRL. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
11. NRL (9 July 2014). "VB NSW Cup Rep Team go down to QLD Residents". NSWRL. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
12. Published by John Dean (26 April 2015). "2015 QLD RESIDENTS TEAM NAMED". Rugby League Week. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
13. "Gala Dinner award winners". QRL Media. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
14. "UPDATED: Round 3 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
15. NRL (17 March 2016). "NRL Late Mail | Round 3". Roosters. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
16. https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mitchell-frei/summary.html ^{[ bare URL ]}

External links

• 2016 Sydney Roosters profile