Joey Lussick

Joey Lussick (born 28 December 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Parramatta Eels.

Joey Lussick
Personal information
Full nameJoey Lussick
Born (1995-12-28) 28 December 1995
Freshwater, New South Wales, Australia
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Manly Sea Eagles 1 1 0 0 4
2018–20 Salford Red Devils 59 18 4 0 80
2021– Parramatta Eels 0 0 0 0 0
Total 60 19 4 0 84
As of 13 October 2019
Source: [1][2]

He previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL and Salford Red Devils.

Background

Lussick was born in Freshwater, New South Wales, Australia. He is the younger brother of former Sea Eagles teammate Darcy Lussick[3] and son of former Sea Eagles player Jason Lussick.[4]

Lussick played his junior rugby league for the Beacon Hill Bears, and Rugby Union for Newington College and the Australian Schoolboys rugby league and union team before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.

Playing career

Early career

In late 2013, Lussick played for the Australian Schoolboys.[5] In 2014 and 2015, he played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team.[6] During 2015, he made a mid-season switch to the Sydney Roosters.[7] In 2016, he graduated to the Roosters' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team, Wyong Roos.[8]

2017

In 2017, Lussick joined the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. In round 20 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Sea Eagles against the St. George Illawarra Dragons,[9][10] playing alongside his brother Darcy and scoring a try.[11]

2018

In 2018, Lussick joined English side, the Salford Red Devils for the rest of the season in their aim to remain in the Super League during the Middle 8s.[12] His existing footballing relationship with fellow new Red Devil Jackson Hastings, having played Australian schoolboys as well as at the Roosters and Manly with Hastings, was said to be an added bonus according to Head Coach Ian Watson, as was his adaptability to play anywhere in the spine.[13]

2019

Lussick was part of the Salford side which surprised many by reaching the 2019 Super League Grand Final against St Helens. Salford went into the game looking to win their first championship since 1976 but faced a St Helens team which had only lost 3 games all season. Lussick played in the final which was won by St Helens by a score of 23–6 at Old Trafford.[14][15][16]

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. "Joey Lussick - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  3. 1 hr ago (31 March 2012). "Parramatta turning tables on Manly's poaching of player talent, with interest". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. "Daddy of all tough guys: Meet the man who moulded Darcy Lussick". Smh.com.au. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  5. "Australians Win Second Test - Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League - FOX SPORTS PULSE". foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  6. "L". Nyc Database. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  7. "Updated NRL and NYC team lists: Finals Week 1". NRL.com. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  8. NRL Digital Media. "TEAMS | Intrust Super Premiership Rd 1". NSWRL. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  9. "Updated team lists: Dragons v Sea Eagles". NRL.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  10. NRL Digital Media. "NRL Late Mail | Round 20 v Dragons". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  11. "Points galore as Dragons thump Manly". NRL.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  12. "Joey Lussick: Salford Red Devils sign hooker from Manly Warringah Sea Eagles". 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
  13. "Salford get Joey Lussick over the line - Salford Red Devils". 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  14. "St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened". The Guardian.
  15. "St Helens give Justin Holbrook the perfect send-off with commanding Grand Final victory over Salford". Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  16. "St Helens win 2019 Super League League Leaders' shield". Sky Sports.
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