Clay Priest
 Priest playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 5 February 1989 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [2] As of 4 March 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clay Priest (born 5 February 1989) is an Australian rugby league footballer who last played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He plays as a lock and prop. He has previously played for the Canberra Raiders.
Background[edit]
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[edit]
Early career[edit]
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[edit]
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] He finished his debut season with 14 NRL matches.[8]
2017[edit]
Priest played 17 NRL matches for the Raiders during the 2017 season.[9] In November, he signed a contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for the 2018 season, in a swap deal with Bulldogs player Brad Abbey joining the Raiders.[10]
2018[edit]
On 27 August, Priest was one of the players announced by Canterbury to be leaving at the end of the season after his contract was not renewed by the club.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Clay Priest - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Mounties kick off preseason training | Fairfield City Champion". Fairfieldchampion.com.au. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Jon Tuxworth (23 April 2016). "NRL: Raiders hand Clay Priest a debut as Stuart shakes up out of form side". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Updated team lists: Raiders v Tigers". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ NRL. "NRL Late Mail: Raiders v Tigers". Raiders. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Priest re-signs with the Raiders". Zero Tackle. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Media, NRL Digital (10 November 2017). "Bulldogs become Salary Cap compliant for 2018". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Join us on Sunday to say farewell to our departing players". 27 August 2018.