Adrian Purtell

Adrian Purtell
Personal information


Born	(1985-01-31) 31 January 1985 Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.94 m)
Weight	15 st 8 lb (99 kg)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006–09	Canberra Raiders	64	30	0	0	120
2010–11	Penrith Panthers	46	15	0	0	60
2012–16	Bradford Bulls	88	38	0	0	152
2017	London Broncos	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	198	83	0	0	332
As of 2 October 2016
Source: Rugby League Project League Central

Adrian Purtell (born 31 January 1985) is an Australian rugby league footballer for the Bradford Bulls. He previously played with the Canberra Raiders and Penrith Panthers. His usual position is Centre.

Career

Purtell in 2008

Purtell played junior rugby league with Albury Rams and Lavington Panthers.^[1] He made his debut for the Canberra Raiders in Round 1 2006 against the Manly Sea Eagles. In 2006 he was crowned the club's Rookie of the Year. During the season, he also re-signed with the club until the end of 2008.

In round 6 of 2007 Purtell was shifted from the wing to the centres. Purtell took this opportunity with both hands, scoring two tries in his first match in the new position and showing consistent form after that match.

Purtell was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in the middle of 2007.^[2] He missed the rest of the season as a result. This came at a cruel time for Purtell as he had only just cemented a spot in the centres. In his last game of 2007 he scored 3 tries against the St George Illawarra Dragons, including a 90-metre solo effort.

After a long recovery Purtell made a successful return to rugby league. On 16 March 2008, Purtell completed his return by crossing over for 2 tries against the Newcastle Knights. Soon after he re-signed to stay with Canberra until the end of the 2011 season, rejecting an offer to join the Melbourne Storm.^[3] He ended the 2008 season as top try-scorer for the Raiders.

After being unable to maintain his position in the starting team for the second half of the 2009 season, Purtell was offered a release from the Raiders.^[4] He joined the Penrith Panthers from the 2010 season.

Super League

Bradford Bulls

It was announced that Purtell signed a 3-year contract with Super League team Bradford Bulls.

2012 - 2012 Season

Purtell featured in two of the four pre-season friendlies. He played against Dewsbury Rams and Hull FC, Adrian scored a try against the Rams.

Adrian featured in two consecutive games from Round 1 (Catalans Dragons) to Round 2 (Castleford Tigers). Purtell was injured for Rounds 3-6. He returned in Round 7 (St Helens). He was ill for Round 8. He once again returned and featured in four consecutive games from Round 9 (Hull FC) to Round 12 (Huddersfield Giants). He was injured for Rounds 13-14. He returned to feature in Round 15 (Leeds Rhinos). Purtell also appeared in the Challenge Cup against Doncaster RLFC and Warrington Wolves. He scored against Widnes Vikings (1 try) and Warrington Wolves (1 try).

2013 - 2013 Season

Purtell missed the pre-season games against Dewsbury Rams and Leeds Rhinos due to the doctors not giving him permission to play until April.

Due to the doctors orders he missed Rounds 1-6. He made his comeback and played in ten consecutive games from Round 7 (Hull KR) to Round 16 (Huddersfield Giants) however he missed Rounds 17-18 due to injury but returned to play in Round 19 (Widnes Vikings) to Round 25 (Castleford Tigers). Purtell also featured in the Challenge Cup against Rochdale Hornets and London Broncos. He scored against Leeds Rhinos (1 try), Salford City Reds (2 tries), Warrington Wolves (1 try) and Catalan Dragons (1 try).

2014 - 2014 Season

Purtell featured in the pre-season games against Hull FC and Castleford Tigers. He scored against Hull FC (1 try).

He featured in Round 1 (Castleford Tigers) to Round 21 (Huddersfield Giants). Adrian also featured in Round 4 (Oldham Roughyeds) to the Quarter Final (Warrington Wolves) in the Challenge Cup. Purtell scored against Castleford Tigers (1 try), Wakefield Wildcats (3 tries), Hull FC (1 try), Salford Red Devils (1 try), Catalan Dragons (1 try), Warrington Wolves (3 tries) and St Helens RLFC (1 try).

He signed a new 1 Year Deal with Bradford despite their relegation from Super League.

2015 - 2015 Season

Purtell featured in the pre-season friendlies against Castleford Tigers and Leeds Rhinos. He scored against Castleford Tigers (1 try).

He featured in Round 1 (Leigh Centurions) to Round 4 (Hunslet Hawks) then in Round 6 (Workington Town) to Round 9 (London Broncos). Purtell also played in Round 11 (Sheffield Eagles) to Round 13 (Featherstone Rovers) then in Round 22 (Leigh Centurions). Purtell played in Qualifier 1 (Sheffield Eagles) to Qualifier 6 (Leigh Centurions). Adrian played in the £1 Million Game (Wakefield Wildcats). He also featured in the Challenge Cup in Round 4 (Workington Town). He scored against Whitehaven RLFC (3 tries), Featherstone Rovers (1 try), Workington Town (3 tries), Sheffield Eagles (1 try), Halifax RLFC (2 tries), Dewsbury Rams (2 tries), Wakefield Wildcats (2 tries), Salford Red Devils (1 try) and Widnes Vikings (1 try).

2016 - 2015 Season

After the retirement of Chev Walker it was announced that Purtell would be the captain of the Bulls. He did not feature in any of the friendlies due to a minor injury.

Purtell featured in Round 1 (Featherstone Rovers) to Round 4 (Leigh Centurions) then in Round 9 (Sheffield Eagles) to Round 11 (Workington Town). He played in the Championship Shield Game 2 (Halifax RLFC) then in the Final (Sheffield Eagles). He scored against Leigh Centurions (1 try), Workington Town (1 try), Halifax RLFC (1 try) and Sheffield Eagles (1 try).

Season	Appearance	Tries	Points
2012 Bradford Bulls	10	2	8
2013 Bradford Bulls	19	5	20
2014 Bradford Bulls	24	11	44
2015 Bradford Bulls	26	16	64
2016 Bradford Bulls	9	4	16
Total	88	38	152

Heart Attack

On 27 May 2012, Adrian Purtell suffered a heart attack. Club medical staff were aware of Purtell's chest pains, and stopped many times for treatment, as the Bulls returned from their 37–22 loss to Leeds Rhinos. He was cleared to resume playing in April 2013.

References

↑ Brett Kohlhagen (2 July 2010). "Purtell's pleasure at Panther coup". Border Mail. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
↑ "Raider Purtell sidelined with DVT". ABC News (Australia). 2 June 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
↑ "Raiders re-sign Purtell". Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 7 May 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
↑ Matt Cram (1 September 2009). "Adrian Purtell set to quit Canberra Raiders". Border Mail. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

External links

London Broncos – current squad

1 Hellewell 2 Williams 3 Stapleton 4 Naiqama 5 Macani 6 Eliab 7 Barthau 8 Slyney 9 Cunningham 10 Battye 11 Harrison 12 Garside 14 Ackers 15 Bussey 16 Ioane 17 Offerdahl 18 Thackray 20 Leatherbarrow 21 Foster 22 Davis 23 Magrin 24 Walker 25 Everett 26 Pewhairangi 27 Pointer 28 Gray 29 Adebiyi 30 Bustin 31 Pearce-Paul 32 Kear 33 Soward 34 Bienek Coach: Henderson

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.