Ryan Millard

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Ryan Millard
Personal information
Born (1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 (age 37)
Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionFive-eighth, Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Rochdale Hornets 22 12 0 0 48
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–15 Fiji 5 0 0 0 0

Ryan Millard (born 13 March 1987) is an Australian-born Fijian rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Magpies in the New South Wales Cup. He plays as a five-eighth or fullback, and can also play as a centre or on the wing. He is a Fijia international.[1]

Millard scoring a try for the Bulldogs

Background[edit]

Millard was born in Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the younger brother of Daryl Millard.

Biography[edit]

His elder brother Daryl Millard plays for South Sydney Rabbitohs in the Australian National Rugby League and is also a Fijian international.[2] Their father, Shane Millard, is the assistant coach of the Australian Fijian team. Shane is a former reserve-grade coach for the St George Dragons and also coached the USA Tomahawks.[3][4][5] There is no relation between the family and journeyman Australian-born former USA international hooker and second-row Shane Millard, although this is sometimes reported as the case.[3][6]

Career[edit]

Millard in action for the Bullodgs

Domestic[edit]

Ryan Millard played junior rugby league for Renown United[7] and previously played in the youth teams at the St. George Illawarra Dragons, playing in the Jersey Flegg and SG Ball sides for the Dragons.[8][9] He failed to make first grade with St. George Illawarra and moved with his brother to the Bulldogs for the 2007 season.[10] He played in the New South Wales Cup for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2008 and for the Newtown Jets in 2009.[11][12] For the 2010 season he moved to the Shellharbour City Dragons, the New South Wales Cup team that act as a feeder club to the NRL club St. George Illawarra Dragons.[13]

International[edit]

Millard played for Fiji against the Junior Kangaroos in a narrow 15–14 loss in 2007.[14][15] He was not selected in either the wider training squad[16][17] nor the final 25-man Fiji squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[18] He made his full international debut for Fiji in the 2009 Pacific Cup.[2] Millard has also represented the Australian Fijian team[3][19][20] and was named Australian Fijian Fiji Bati Player of the Year for 2009.[21] Millard is eligible to play for Fiji as he has a Fijian mother.[22]

He was a late call-up to Fiji's 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad after John Sutton was ruled out before the tournament.[23]

Following the 2013 Rugby League World Cup Millard followed in the footsteps of other Fijians and was signed by Hornets CEO Ryan Bradley for Rochdale Hornets[24]

On 2 May 2015, Ryan played for Fiji in the Melanesian Cup test-match.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PNG and Fiji finalise squads for Pacific Cup". National Rugby League. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Millard eyes Bati". Fiji Times. 3 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Daryl Neville, Joel Greig and Shane Millard confirmed as AFRL Coaches". Australian Fijian Rugby League. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  4. ^ "National Team Committee". AMNRL. 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  5. ^ Brown, Alex (12 September 2006). "Dragons ball boy now carrying his side's hopes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  6. ^ "USA Tomahawks ready to take on Samoa". RLCup. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Ryan Millard". NSWRL. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  8. ^ "NRL finals teams". The Daily Telegraph. London. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  9. ^ "BULLDOGS BACK TO THE 'FAMILY CLUB'". rleague.com. 27 July 2006. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  10. ^ "NRL News". NRL Club Analysis. 24 August 2006. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  11. ^ "AUSTRALIAN FIJI SQUAD FOR CABRAMATTA WORLD NINES". rleague.com. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  12. ^ "Shellharbour City Dragons". NSWRL. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  13. ^ "Junior Kangaroos pip past Fiji". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  14. ^ "Fiji scare junior Kangaroos". League Central. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  15. ^ "Bati pencil in new Newcastle pace ace Uate". Fiji Times Online. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
  16. ^ "Fijian preliminary squad". RLWC08.com. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  17. ^ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  18. ^ "Waqa to lead Australian Fijians on tour". FijiLive. 27 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  19. ^ "Comeback win against Fiji for the Cook Islands" (PDF). Rugby League Review. October 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  20. ^ "Hayne PC Medal to 2009 awards list". rleague.com. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  21. ^ "Millard intends to make most of his second coming". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  22. ^ "Fijivillage".
  23. ^ "Championship One: Rochdale sign Fiji international playmaker Ryan Millard | Sky Sports". www1.skysports.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014.

External links[edit]

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