Michael Garvey (rugby league)
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| Born | 27 July 1988 Voorhees Township, New Jersey, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Garvey is an American rugby league footballer for the Philadelphia Fight in the USA Rugby League. He represented his country in the 2013 World Cup.
Playing career
Garvey has played for the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup, Aston Bulls in the AMNRL and previously played rugby union for Hawaii Pacific University where he was awarded the 2010 Hawaii Rugby Football Union MVP Award,[2] and rugby league for the Aston Bulls where he was awarded the 2011 AMNRL Rookie of the Year Award [3] as well as the 2012 USA International Player of the Year.[4]
In 2013, Garvey was named in the United States squad for the World Cup and scored a try in their 22-18 trial win over France.[5] His position is Centre.[6]
References
- ^ Michael Garvey rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ http://letstalkbusinessblog.blogspot.com.au/2010/06/hawaii-rugby-awards.html
- ^ http://www.amnrl.com/news/rookie-year
- ^ http://www.amnrl.com/news/international-award-garvey
- ^ http://www.nrl.com/usa-shock-france-in-cup-warm-up/tabid/10874/newsid/75101/default.aspx
- ^ 24-man squads for all RLWC2013 nations announced rlwc2013.com, 9 October 2013