Craig Stapleton (rugby league)

Craig Stapleton
Craig Stapleton Salford.jpg
Personal information
Full nameCraig Stapleton
Born (1978-08-31) 31 August 1978 (age 41)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb)
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998 St. George Dragons 6 1 0 0 4
2001–03 St George Illawarra 30 2 0 0 8
2004 Parramatta Eels 23 1 0 0 4
2005 Leigh Centurions 28 4 0 0 16
2006 Penrith Panthers 24 1 0 0 4
2007 Cronulla-Sutherland 24 0 0 0 0
2008–09 Salford City Reds 27 2 0 0 8
2010 South Sydney 3 0 0 0 0
Total 165 11 0 0 44
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

Craig Stapleton (born 31 August 1978) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. Stapleton formerly played for St. George and St. George Illawarra, Parramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition as well as Leigh Centurions and Salford City Reds in Super League. Stapleton primarily plays at prop. A journeyman forward, Stapleton has played for seven clubs in ten years.

Background

Stapleton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Return to Australia

Stapleton returned to Australia in 2009 to play in the Illawarra rugby league competition with Wests and was called up by South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2010 due to the number of injuries they had in the forwards.[3] For the 2019 Group 7 Rugby League season, Stapleton was named head coach of the Warilla Gorillas.

Career highlights

Footnotes

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ loverugbyleague
  3. ^ http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/58992/souths-sign-prop-stapleton/default.aspx
  4. ^ Brad Walter (11 June 2010). "Red-headed journeyman finds himself at Redfern to help the Rabbitohs". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 July 2010.

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