Tyran Wishart

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Tyran Wishart
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Personal information
Born (1999-11-17) 17 November 1999 (age 24)
Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position Halfback
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2022– Melbourne Storm 3550020
Source: [1]
As of 25 April 2024

Tyran Wishart (born 17 November 1999) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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Background

Wishart is the son of former Illawarra Steelers and St. George Illawarra Dragons winger Rod Wishart. [2]

He played his junior rugby league for the Gerringong Lions. Wishart was educated at Kiama High School before playing junior representative for the St George Illawarra Dragons. He then signed his first senior contract with Melbourne Storm. [3]

Playing career

Wishart made his debut in round 1 of the 2022 NRL season for Melbourne Storm against Wests Tigers. [4] He had his jersey (cap 202) presented to him by his father and former Illawarra Steelers player Rod Wishart. [5]

Wishart would make 15 appearances for Melbourne during 2022, mostly being used as a utility off the interchange bench. His season was cut short by a syndesmosis injury in round 23. [6] [7] Wishart played 14 games for Melbourne in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished third on the table. Wishart played in Melbourne's semi-final victory over the Sydney Roosters where he scored a try. [8]

In April 2024, Wishart would make an appearance for the North Sydney Bears in the New South Wales Cup competition after sitting on the bench for the entire match for Melbourne in their round 7 2024 game against the Sydney Roosters. [9]

Statistics

YearTeamGamesTriesPts
2022 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 15
20231428
Totals2928

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References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. Ward, Roy (18 February 2022). ""He's always fully supportive": Tyran Wishart carries dad's legacy back into NRL with Storm". Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. Ward, Courtney (11 October 2021). "Gerringong's Tyran Wishart weathers unique season with Storm as NRL debut looms". South Coast Register.
  4. "NRL 2022, Round 1 Team Lists". NRL.com. 8 March 2022.
  5. Bailey, Scott (7 May 2022). "Wishart happily a Storm man for son Tyran". The Canberra Times. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 20 September 2022. So much so that he considers an invitation from Melbourne to present his son his debut jersey in round one against Wests Tigers as his most treasured moment in rugby league.
  6. "Tyran Wishart: Season in Review". melbournestorm.com.au. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  7. Rosser, Corey (19 August 2022). "Storm hit 60 in record defeat of Broncos". NRL.com. Retrieved 20 September 2022. The only bad news for Melbourne was interchange utility Tyran Wishart (ankle)... not being able to finish the game.
  8. "NRL 2023: Melbourne Storm season review". www.sportingnews.com.
  9. "Feeder Report: Round 6 & 7". melbournestorm.com.au. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024. Tyran Wishart got his first opportunity at feeder level after not being required for Storm's Round 7 win over the Roosters, managing 15 tackles in his stint at hooker.