Ray Stone (rugby league)
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| Full name | Raymond Stone | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1997 Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock, Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ray Stone (born 6 June 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a lock for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.
Background
Stone was born in Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia.
Playing career
Stone grew up in Moss Vale, and played junior football for Moss Vale Dragons in CRL competition. In 2015, Stone was selected in the Australian schoolboys team. He played for the Wests Tigers until the end of the 2016 season, playing SG ball and holden cup.
In 2017, Stone was signed by the Parramatta Eels for under 20s, playing Lock for the majority of the season including in the Holden Cup Grand Final, while also playing for Wentworthville Magpies in the Intrust Super Premiership appearing in 9 games off the bench and at lock. Stone was picked for the 20s Junior Kangaroos team and New South Wales under 20s state of origin team.
Stone was re-signed to Parramatta's 30 man squad for the 2018 season, playing as a consistent starter for Wentworthville, appearing in 14 games with 2 tries. On August 17, 2018 round 22, Stone made his NRL debut for Parramatta against the Melbourne Storm in a 20-4 defeat. On April 23, Round 6 2019, Stone played in the opening game of the new Bankwest Stadium in a 51-6 win against the Wests Tigers.
Stone re-signed with Parramatta until the end of the 2020 season.[2]
Stone made a total of 6 appearances for Parramatta in the 2019 NRL season. Stone played for Parramatta in their 58-0 victory over the Brisbane Broncos in the elimination final. Stone then played for the club's feeder side the Wentworthville Magpies in their Canterbury Cup NSW grand final defeat against Newtown at Bankwest Stadium.[3][4]
On November 4 2019, Stone signed a one-year contract extension with Parramatta for the 2020 season.[5]
In round 7 of the 2020 NRL season, Stone scored his first try in the top grade as Parramatta defeated Canberra 25-24 in golden point extra-time at Bankwest Stadium.[6]
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Eels vs Wests Tigers - NRL match centre". Wide World of Sports. 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Newtown reign supreme in epic decider". NSWRL.
- ^ "Parramatta Eels eliminate Brisbane Broncos from the NRL Finals with a thumping 58-0 win". ABC.
- ^ "Parramatta Eels re-sign five players as rumours of Ryan Matterson joining grow louder". Sporting News.
- ^ "Parramatta Eels Skipper Clint Gutherson kicks stunning field goal". www.news.com.au.