Chris Leikvoll
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Full name | Christopher Leikvoll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 4 December 1975||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 121 kg (19 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Leikvoll (/laɪkvɒl/) (born 4 December 1975) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.[1]
Background
[edit]Born into an Australian to a norweigen family in Sydney, New South Wales. Leikvoll's surname comes from his Norwegian grandfather.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Leikvoll made his debut for Illawarra in round 12 1997 against South Sydney which ended in a 28–28 draw. Leikvoll played in the club's final ever game as a stand-alone entity which was a 25–24 loss to Canterbury.
Leikvoll played as a prop in the St George Illawarra Dragons side that made the 1999 NRL Grand Final against the Melbourne Storm. It was the joint venture's first season in the premiership.
Leikvoll signed with the Warrington Wolves from St George Illawarra Dragons in 2004 until November 2006. Leikvoll has an EU passport, so he did not count on the overseas quota.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Chris Leikvoll at warringtonwolves.org". warringtonwolves.org. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2016. [dead link]
External links
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- 1975 births
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian people of English descent
- Australian people of Norwegian descent
- Australian expatriate rugby league players in England
- Illawarra Steelers players
- St. George Illawarra Dragons players
- Warrington Wolves players
- Rugby league props
- Living people
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Australian rugby league biography, 1970s birth stubs