Angus Crichton

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Angus Crichton
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Personal information
Full nameAngus Crichton
Born (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 25)
Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–18 South Sydney 55 11 0 0 44
2019– Sydney Roosters 61 16 0 0 64
Total 116 27 0 0 108
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–21 New South Wales 10 0 0 0 0
As of 17 Sept 2021
Source: [1]

Angus Crichton (born 5 February 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.

He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, and New South Wales in the State of Origin series.

Background[]

Crichton was born in Temora, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior rugby league for the Young Cherrypickers, before switching to rugby union in his senior school years at The Scots College (Sydney). In 2013 he was selected in the New South Wales Schools First XV and the Australian Schoolboys XV.[2]

Playing career[]

Early career[]

In 2013, Crichton played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team, while attending The Scots College.[3] He spent some time back in rugby league with the Sydney Roosters' lower grade teams in 2014, before again playing for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team that same year.[4] On 31 October 2014, he signed a 2-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2015.[5] In 2015, he played for the Rabbitohs' NYC team,[6] before re-signing with them late in the year on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.[7]

2016[]

In 2016, Crichton graduated to the Rabbitohs' New South Wales Cup team, North Sydney Bears.[8] In Round 19 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs against the Brisbane Broncos.[9][10]

2017[]

The 2017 season was Crichton's breakout year where he earned rave reviews in an otherwise disappointing South Sydney side. He finished the season with 22 appearances and 7 tries including a hat-trick against the Gold Coast Titans.[11][12][13] On December 18 2017, after much speculation over his future Crichton signed a 3-year deal to join South Sydney's arch rivals the Sydney Roosters on a three-year deal starting in The 2019 season.[14][15][16]

2018[]

After recurring injuries to his left middle-finger, Crichton underwent surgery to amputate the top half of the digit in the preseason.[17] On the 28th of May, 2018, Crichton was named to make his debut for New South Wales off the interchange bench in Game 1 of the 2018 State of Origin series at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Crichton played in all 3 matches for New South Wales as the blues won their first origin shield since 2014.[18]

2019[]

Crichton made his debut for the Sydney Roosters against his old club South Sydney in Round 1 of the 2019 NRL season at the Sydney Cricket Ground which ended in a 26-16 loss. Crichton was involved in a scuffle with Souths player Cody Walker in the second half where Walker called Crichton a "traitor". Crichton scored his first try for the club in Round 4 against Brisbane at the same venue. Crichton was later selected to play for New South Wales in Game 1 of the 2019 State of Origin series which New South Wales would go on to lose at Suncorp Stadium. Crichton was subsequently one of the players dropped from the New South Wales team for Game 2.[19][20]

Crichton played for the Sydney Roosters in the club's 2019 NRL Grand Final victory over Canberra at ANZ Stadium. It was Crichton's first premiership victory as a player and the club's second consecutive premiership victory.[21][22]

On 7 October, Crichton was named at second row for the U23 Junior Australian side.

2020[]

On 22 February, Crichton played for the Sydney Roosters in their 2020 World Club Challenge victory defeating St Helens R.F.C. 20-12.[23]

In round 5 of the 2020 NRL season, Crichton scored two tries as the Sydney Roosters defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 42-6 at Bankwest Stadium.[24]

Crichton played in the 2020 State of Origin series playing all three games in the 2-1 series loss, coming off the bench in the first origin and then started the next two due to Captain Boyd Cordner suffering another head knock ruling him out of the series.

2021[]

During the Sydney Roosters shock defeat to Brisbane in round 11 of the 2021 NRL season, Crichton was placed on report for a high tackle. He was later suspended for two games.[25]

Crichton played a total of 20 games for the Sydney Roosters in the 2021 NRL season including the club's two finals matches. The Sydney Roosters would be eliminated from the second week of the finals losing to Manly 42-6.[26]

References[]

  1. ^ "Angus Crichton - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ "NSW Schoolboys sweep field to set up all-NSW final". Waratahs.com.au. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Australian Schools squads ready for New Zealand and Fiji". .rugby.com.au. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ^ ELOUISE HAWKEY29 Aug 2014, 9:38 a.m. (29 August 2014). "Australian rep". The Young Witness. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. ^ NRL (30 October 2014). "sign Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union Player Angus Crichton for Two Years". Rabbitohs. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. ^ "C". Nyc Database. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Burgess officially cleared for Rabbitohs return". Zero Tackle. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  8. ^ NRL (14 June 2016). "TEAMS | Intrust Super Premiership NSW Rd 15". NSWRL. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Updated team lists: Rabbitohs v Broncos". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  10. ^ NRL. "LATE MAIL: Rd 19, 2016". Rabbitohs. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  11. ^ Barrett, Chris (29 August 2017). "Double surgery to have South Sydney forward Angus Crichton primed for next year". Retrieved 5 September 2017 – via The Sydney Morning Herald.
  12. ^ "Johns: 'He's going right to the top'". Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  13. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Seibold thought Angus Crichton would stay". 18 December 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  15. ^ Webster, Andrew (19 December 2017). "Sydney Roosters chairman Nick Politis defends Angus Crichton deal: 'We run our salary cap better than most clubs'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Dailytelegraph.com.au - Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  17. ^ "Angus Crichton Opens Up On His Amputated Finger". Triple M. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Crichton Hungry for More Origin Success".
  19. ^ "Robinson denies off-field factor in Mitchell's NSW axing". NRL. 16 June 2019.
  20. ^ "The cheeky toddler sledge that helped reunited Blues break bread". Fox Sports. 28 May 2019.
  21. ^ "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH. 6 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC.
  23. ^ "Sydney Roosters are World Club champions after Manu mauls St Helens". www.theguardian.com. 22 February 2020.
  24. ^ "James Tedesco stars for Sydney Roosters". ABC News. 15 June 2020.
  25. ^ "Sydney Roosters v St George score". wwos.nine.com.au.
  26. ^ "'They don't rate us': How injury toll eased pressure for revitalised Roosters". www.nrl.com. 16 September 2021.

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