Anthony Cherrington
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Full name | Nau Paraone Anthony Cherrington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 21 March 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 30 October 2016 |
Nau Paraone Anthony Cherrington (born 21 March 1988) is a professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League.
Cherrington played junior rugby league for the Paddington-Woolahra Tigers. He spent most of the 2007 season in the premier league. At the end of 2007 he was selected for the Junior Kiwis.
On the 13 May 2008 he was named on the bench for his first grade debut against Parramatta Eels with Craig Fitzgibbon, Anthony Tupou, Willie Mason and Nate Myles out of the team for State of Origin.
Cherrington was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup[1] but he was not selected to play.
Unfortunately in the 2010 pre-season Cherrington suffered a serious injury which would sideline him for the entire season. Another serious knee injury, this time to his other knee, also wiped him out of the 2011 season. These injuries halted his hopes of following in the footsteps of his idol, Sonny Bill Williams.[2]
He is the grandson of Nau Cherrington, who played for the All Blacks from 1950 to 1951.[3]
References
- ^ "Kiwis select Sonny Bill". Sky Sports. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
- ^ DAN KOCH. "Anthony Cherrington uses his regrets to advise future stars". THE AUSTRALIAN. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ Proszenko, Adrian (21 February 2010). "Contrite Rooster pulls off road to disaster". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 May 2014.