Clay Priest

Clay Priest
Priest playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1989-02-05) 5 February 1989
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Canberra Raiders 13 0 0 0 0
As of 31 July 2016
Source: [2]

Clay Priest (born 5 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He plays at lock and prop.

Background

Born in Penrith, New South Wales, Priest played his junior rugby league for Brothers Penrith, before being signed by the Mount Pritchard Mounties.

Playing career

Early career

In 2014, Priest joined the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the New South Wales Cup, while training with NRL side Canberra Raiders during the pre-season.[3]

2016

After impressing for the Mounties, Priest was handed a second-tier contract with the Raiders[4] and made his NRL debut for them against the Wests Tigers in Round 8 of the 2016 NRL season.[5][6] On 18 August, he re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.[7]

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  2. "Clay Priest - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. "Mounties kick off preseason training | Fairfield City Champion". Fairfieldchampion.com.au. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  4. Jon Tuxworth. "NRL: Raiders hand Clay Priest a debut as Stuart shakes up out of form side". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  5. "Updated team lists: Raiders v Tigers". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  6. NRL. "NRL Late Mail: Raiders v Tigers". Raiders. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  7. "Priest re-signs with the Raiders". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
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