Angus Crichton

Angus Crichton (born 5 February 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.

Angus Crichton
Personal information
Full nameAngus Crichton
Born (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996
Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–18 South Sydney 55 11 0 0 44
2019– Sydney Roosters 41 7 0 0 28
Total 96 18 0 0 72
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–20 New South Wales 7 0 0 0 0
As of 7 October 2019
Source: [1]

He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, and New South Wales in the State of Origin series.

Background

Crichton was born in Temora, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior rugby league for the Young Cherrypickers, before switching to rugby union in his senior school years at the Scots College (Sydney). In 2013 he was selected in the New South Wales Schools First XV and the Australian Schoolboys XV.[2]

Playing career

Early career

In 2013, Crichton played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team.[3] He spent some time back in rugby league with the Sydney Roosters' lower grade teams in 2014, before again playing for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team that same year.[4] On 31 October 2014, he signed a 2-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2015.[5] In 2015, he played for the Rabbitohs' NYC team,[6] before re-signing with them late in the year on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.[7]

2016

In 2016, Crichton graduated to the Rabbitohs' New South Wales Cup team, North Sydney Bears.[8] In Round 19 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs against the Brisbane Broncos.[9][10]

2017

The 2017 season was Crichton's breakout year where he earned rave reviews in an otherwise disappointing South Sydney side. He finished the season with 22 appearances and 7 tries including a hat-trick against the Gold Coast Titans.[11][12][13] On December 18 2017, after much speculation over his future Crichton signed a 3-year deal to join South Sydney's arch rivals the Sydney Roosters on a three-year deal starting in The 2019 season.[14][15][16]

2018

On the 28th of May, 2018, Crichton was named to make his debut for New South Wales off the interchange bench in Game 1 of the 2018 State of Origin series at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Crichton played in all 3 matches for New South Wales as the blues won their first origin shield since 2014.[17]

2019

Crichton made his debut for the Sydney Roosters against his old club South Sydney in Round 1 of the 2019 NRL season at the Sydney Cricket Ground which ended in a 26-16 loss. Crichton was involved in a scuffle with Souths player Cody Walker in the second half where Walker called Crichton a "traitor". Crichton scored his first try for the club in Round 4 against Brisbane at the same venue. Crichton was later selected to play for New South Wales in Game 1 of the 2019 State of Origin series which New South Wales would go on to lose at Suncorp Stadium. Crichton was subsequently one of the players dropped from the New South Wales team for Game 2.[18][19]

Crichton played for the Sydney Roosters in the club's 2019 NRL Grand Final victory over Canberra at ANZ Stadium. It was Crichton's first premiership victory as a player and the club's second consecutive premiership victory.[20][21]

On 7 October, Crichton was named at second row for the U23 Junior Australian side.

2020

On 22 February, Crichton played for the Sydney Roosters in their 2020 World Club Challenge victory defeating St Helens R.F.C. 20-12.[22]

In round 5 of the 2020 NRL season, Crichton scored two tries as the Sydney Roosters defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 42-6 at Bankwest Stadium.[23]

Crichton played in the 2020 State of Origin series playing all 3 games in the 2-1 series loss, coming off the bench in the first origin and then started the next two due to Captain Boyd Cordner suffering another head knock ruling him out of the series.

References
  1. "Angus Crichton - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. "NSW Schoolboys sweep field to set up all-NSW final". Waratahs.com.au. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. "Australian Schools squads ready for New Zealand and Fiji". .rugby.com.au. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ELOUISE HAWKEY29 Aug 2014, 9:38 a.m. (29 August 2014). "Australian rep". The Young Witness. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. NRL. "sign Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union Player Angus Crichton for Two Years". Rabbitohs. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. "C". Nyc Database. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. "Burgess officially cleared for Rabbitohs return". Zero Tackle. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  8. NRL. "TEAMS | Intrust Super Premiership NSW Rd 15". NSWRL. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  9. "Updated team lists: Rabbitohs v Broncos". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  10. NRL. "LATE MAIL: Rd 19, 2016". Rabbitohs. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  11. Barrett, Chris (29 August 2017). "Double surgery to have South Sydney forward Angus Crichton primed for next year". Retrieved 5 September 2017 – via The Sydney Morning Herald.
  12. "Johns: 'He's going right to the top'". Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  13. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  14. "Seibold thought Angus Crichton would stay". 18 December 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  15. Webster, Andrew (19 December 2017). "Sydney Roosters chairman Nick Politis defends Angus Crichton deal: 'We run our salary cap better than most clubs'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  16. "Dailytelegraph.com.au - Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  17. https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/07/11/crichton-hungry-for-more-origin-success/
  18. "Robinson denies off-field factor in Mitchell's NSW axing". NRL.
  19. "The cheeky toddler sledge that helped reunited Blues break bread". Fox Sports.
  20. "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH.
  21. "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC.
  22. "Sydney Roosters are World Club champions after Manu mauls St Helens". www.theguardian.com.
  23. "James Tedesco stars for Sydney Roosters". www.abc.net.au.
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