Brett Finch
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Full name | Brett John Finch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: NRL Stats As of 30 August 2008 |
Brett Finch (born 20 August 1981 in Maitland, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League competition. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders from 1999 to 2002, winning the club's rookie of the year award in his debut season. Finch then moved to the Sydney Roosters where he played until the end of the 2006 NRL season.
While attending Erindale College, Finch played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998.[1]
Brett Finch has played three State of Origin games for New South Wales since crossing from the Canberra Raiders. His most famous moment was when he was called into the New South Wales squad on the eve of Game 1 of the 2006 series. He then turned out to be a hero by scoring a try, setting up two and by kicking the winning field goal to push New South Wales to a famous 17-16 victory at Telstra Stadium.
Parramatta Eels announced that they had signed Brett Finch on a 2 year deal from the Roosters, commencing from the 2007 season.
Controversy
- In 2004, Brett Finch, whilst playing for the Sydney Roosters, threw a bottle back into the crowd after he was pelted by a Canterbury Bulldogs fan. The fan was banned for life from NRL Games, while Brett Finch was suspended for 3 weeks[2]
Point Scoring Summary - Raiders/Roosters/Eels(NRL)
Season | Appearance | Interchange | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points |
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1999(Raiders) | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
2000(Raiders) | 11 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
2001(Raiders) | 26 | - | 12 | - | - | 48 |
2002(Raiders) | 25 | - | 6 | - | 2 | 26 |
2003(Roosters) | 20 | 5 | 12 | - | 1 | 49 |
2004(Roosters) | 27 | - | 11 | - | 3 | 47 |
2005(Roosters) | 20 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 14 |
2006(Roosters) | 21 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
2007(Eels) | 25 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 9 |
2008(Eels) | 22 | - | 5 | - | 1 | 21 |
External links
References
- ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
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(help) - ^ Don't do your bottle: NRL cautions Roosters star - League - www.smh.com.au
- 1981 births
- People from Maitland, New South Wales
- Australian Schoolboy players
- Australian rugby league players
- Sydney Roosters rugby league players
- Parramatta Eels rugby league players
- Canberra Raiders rugby league players
- New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
- Australian rugby league biography stubs